Morgan-Copp-Mervau Building
{{Short description|United States historic place}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Morgan–Copp–Mervau Building
| nrhp_type =
| image = Morgans Store c1885.jpg
| caption = Circa 1885
| location = 101 N. Mill St., Northport, Michigan
| coordinates = {{coord|45|7|47|N|85|36|57|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Michigan#USA
| built = 1880
| architect OR builder =
| architecture = Late Victorian
| added = March 15, 2000
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 00000219{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
}}
The Morgan–Copp–Mervau Building, also known as the Corner Store, is a commercial building located at 101 North Mill Street in Northport, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
History
The Morgan–Copp–Mervau Building was built in three sections.{{Cite web |title=Morgan-Copp-Mervau Building |url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/23708.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140209191038/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/23708.htm |archive-date=February 9, 2014 |access-date=January 1, 2014 |publisher=Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online}} The first, a single-story building fronting on Nagonaba, was constructed in 1880 as a grocery and dry goods store. The store was owned by Northport native N. C. Morgan and his wife Abbie Voice.{{Citation |title=History of Leelanau County: The Traverse Region |url=http://genealogytrails.com/mich/leelanau/earlyhistory.html |pages=222–248 |year=1884 |publisher=H.R. Page & Co}} An attached two-story section was built on the rear in 1881-83; this served as the Morgans' home. The Morgans moved to Sault Ste Marie in 1887.{{Citation |title=Memorial Record of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ayglAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA274 |page=274 |year=1895 |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company}} The two-story section was extended to front onto Mill Street some time before 1905; this section was used for quite some time as Mervau's drugstore. A third section, built diagonally to front onto the Nagonaba/Mill intersection, was built in 1927/28.
In 1996/97, the building was rehabilitated and restored to its original appearance.
Description
The Morgan–Copp–Mervau Building consists of three sections: a single-story false-front clapboard-clad section fronting on Nagonaba, a two-story false-front clapboard-clad section fronting on Mill, and a single-story cedar stickwork addition fronting onto the Nagonaba/Mill intersection. The first two sections form an ell, with the third section oriented diagonally to the first two.
References
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{{National Register of Historic Places listings in Leelanau County, Michigan}}
Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
Category:Victorian architecture in Michigan
Category:Buildings and structures in Leelanau County, Michigan
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Leelanau County, Michigan