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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 31, 2005, the Laurium district encompasses roughly 2872 acres of industrial, social and architectural history.
Founded in 1887, the Village of Laurium grew to satisfy the demand for housing that neither the nearby Village of Red Jacket or the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company could adequately supply. The village was a part of the development of the Calumet conglomerate lode, the most important development in U.S. copper mining in the mid-nineteenth century. It was home to mine workers and mine owners, but also doctors, shopkeepers, barbers, bakers and laundresses and all the others needed to sustain a community.A walking tour of the historic residential district's magnificent homes, built by those who prospered from the rich copper industry, is available with a list of homes and accompanying map. Only the Laurium Manor Inn is open to the public so please respect private property. Pick up a brochure at the Keweenaw Convention & Visitors Bureau office on US-41 in Calumet.
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