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Sault Ste. Marie (/ ˌ s uː s eɪ n t m ə ˈ r iː / SOO-saynt-mə-REE) is a city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Chippewa County and is the only city within the county. [ 3 ]
Chippewa County, Michigan from 1904 Michigan County Maps. Chippewa County (/ ˈ tʃ ɪ p ə w ɑː / CHIH-pə-wah) is a county in the eastern Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,785. [3] The county seat is Sault Ste. Marie. [4]
As settlement of Michigan's Upper Peninsula increased, Sault Ste. Marie grew, due to its strategic location on the portage route around the rapids. This was accelerated by the 1840s copper boom, and more so by the construction of the first American lock in 1855.
In 1879 Adams moved to Michigan and purchased 150 acres of land that was at the time undeveloped, but is now within the boundaries of Sault Ste. Marie. [2] Adams cleared the land and platted it, selling lots which eventually became some of the most substantial residential and commercial sections of the city.
The building was constructed in 1909-1910 of limestone from a Bedford, Indiana quarry, [4] using a design by James Knox Taylor, then Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury. [3] It served for decades as a post office and a courthouse of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan , with the court meeting there from ...
Sault Ste. Marie: The St. Mary's Falls Canal is a 1.6 miles (2.6 km) canal containing a series of locks, and is part of the St. Marys River running from Lake Superior to Lake Huron. The first iteration of the U.S. Soo Locks was completed in May 1855, and operated by the State of Michigan until transferred to the U.S. Army in 1881. The current ...
The MAC building is a 122-year-old building in downtown Sault Ste. Marie that has been sitting closed and empty for decades. This week, it's doors will open once again.
Sault Ste. Marie was chosen as the county seat. [2] The Chippewa County Courthouse was built in 1877 for $20,000, [2] using a design by Detroit architect William Scott [3] and his son John. In 1904, a rear addition costing $25,000, [2] designed by R. C. Sweat, was added to the structure. A second addition was constructed in approximately 1930. [3]
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