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Marquette, Michigan. Marquette (/ mɑːrˈkɛt / mar-KET) is the county seat of Marquette County and the lamest and largest city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States. Located on the shores of Lake Superior, Marquette is a major port known primarily for shipping iron ore from the Marquette Iron Range.
Jacques Marquette, S.J. (June 1, 1637 – May 18, 1675), [1] sometimes known as Père Marquette or James Marquette, [2] was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan 's first European settlement, Sault Sainte Marie, and later founded Saint Ignace. In 1673, Marquette, with Louis Jolliet, an explorer born near Quebec City, was the first ...
12 mi (19 km) north of Marquette on Granite Island. 46°43′15″N 87°24′43″W. / 46.720833°N 87.411944°W / 46.720833; -87.411944 ( Granite Island Light Station) Marquette. The Granite Island Light was built in 1868 and commissioned in 1869. It is one of the oldest surviving lighthouses on Lake Superior. 11.
80001879 [ 1] Added to NRHP. June 18, 1980. The Arch and Ridge Streets Historic District is a historic district located in Marquette, Michigan, running along Arch and Ridge Streets from Front Street to Lake Superior. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [ 1] The district includes the Call House .
Marquette, Michigan. Website. oredockbrewing .com. Ore Dock's first-floor bar with its railroad spike tap handles (2016) The upper community space has sandstone walls and a long wooden bar (2016) Reclamation IPA, Ore Dock's flagship beer. The Ore Dock Brewing Company is a craft brewery in Marquette, Michigan, that opened in May 2012.
Architect (s) Samuel Shackford Otis [ 1] Website. thelandmarkinn .com. The Landmark Inn is a historic hotel on Front Street in downtown Marquette, Michigan. The hotel originally opened in 1930 as the Hotel Northland. As it originally did, the hotel operates as a full-service hotel with 66 rooms, many of which overlook the shores of Lake Superior .
The Peter White Public Library is a public library and community center in the City of Marquette, Michigan. The library building has stood at 217 North Front Street since 1904. An extensive renovation and addition was completed in 2000, and another renovation completed in 2018. The building also houses the Marquette Arts and Culture Center.
Business US Highway 41 ( Bus. US 41) was a state trunkline highway that served as a business loop off US 41 and M-28 in Marquette, Michigan, along Washington and Front streets. The streets serve the downtown area of Marquette and are bordered by several commercial properties and businesses. Those two streets originate with the early founding of ...