Comments on: The House http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/12/the-house/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:51:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: fred http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/12/the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-1997 fred Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:01:58 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2494#comment-1997 I was an MTU student that lived in the house from August 1978 until I graduated in May 1981. It was a 2.5 story log house. The logs were approximately one foot square. We heated with only the wood stove in the kitchen and a few box fans. According to people that I talked to at the time, the house was moved from Wisconsin by Stella Cheese for out of town visitors. It was abandoned for a few years prior to being burnt down. It was missing a few logs from the second floor walls prior to burning. Probibly used for a fire in the fireplace by the snowmobilers. They used to ride into the house and use the fireplace, acording to my local friends, when it was abandoned in the early 70's. The 1st floor had a livingroom on the west side and a kitchen and dining room on the east and a half bath, stairs and entryway in between. The 2nd floor had two bedrooms sandwiching a bathroon on the north side and a long open room on th south. Pat and my bedrooms were through the opening in the ceiling in the attic. The porch off of the kitchen was not made of logs and we used it for unfreezing the wood. We salvaged old doors and wood planks from the mine/cheese factory buildings to make furniture and a wall for an extra bedroom on the 2nd floor. I do have pictures of the house from the 90's both occupied and abandoned. I was an MTU student that lived in the house from August 1978 until I graduated in May 1981. It was a 2.5 story log house. The logs were approximately one foot square. We heated with only the wood stove in the kitchen and a few box fans. According to people that I talked to at the time, the house was moved from Wisconsin by Stella Cheese for out of town visitors. It was abandoned for a few years prior to being burnt down. It was missing a few logs from the second floor walls prior to burning. Probibly used for a fire in the fireplace by the snowmobilers. They used to ride into the house and use the fireplace, acording to my local friends, when it was abandoned in the early 70′s. The 1st floor had a livingroom on the west side and a kitchen and dining room on the east and a half bath, stairs and entryway in between. The 2nd floor had two bedrooms sandwiching a bathroon on the north side and a long open room on th south. Pat and my bedrooms were through the opening in the ceiling in the attic. The porch off of the kitchen was not made of logs and we used it for unfreezing the wood. We salvaged old doors and wood planks from the mine/cheese factory buildings to make furniture and a wall for an extra bedroom on the 2nd floor. I do have pictures of the house from the 90′s both occupied and abandoned.

]]> By: explorer http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/12/the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-1996 explorer Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:26:11 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2494#comment-1996 Timbers.. Thanks for dropping by and providing your first hand knowledge of the Cheese Factory's history. (I'm afraid your comments got grabbed by my spam filter - but all's well now) You contributions are the type of material I always hope for on this site: those in the know sharing their knowledge with the rest of us. Thanks! Timbers..

Thanks for dropping by and providing your first hand knowledge of the Cheese Factory’s history. (I’m afraid your comments got grabbed by my spam filter – but all’s well now) You contributions are the type of material I always hope for on this site: those in the know sharing their knowledge with the rest of us. Thanks!

]]> By: timbers http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/12/the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-1995 timbers Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:08:41 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2494#comment-1995 Yes, the house was moved to the site in the early 1930's, log by log as a retreat location for Chicago executives of Stella Cheese. Family history always put original construction in the 1840's -somewhere around Winona. I was told that it was one of the oldest houses in the UP. I'll see if I can dig up some of my original photos of the house. We'd rented it out to MTU students for several years in the late 1960's and early 1970's. It was then re-modeled after that experiment and had families living there until 1997. Yes, the house was moved to the site in the early 1930′s, log by log as a retreat location for Chicago executives of Stella Cheese. Family history always put original construction in the 1840′s -somewhere around Winona. I was told that it was one of the oldest houses in the UP.

I’ll see if I can dig up some of my original photos of the house.

We’d rented it out to MTU students for several years in the late 1960′s and early 1970′s. It was then re-modeled after that experiment and had families living there until 1997.

]]> By: explorer http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/12/the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-1994 explorer Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:09:56 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2494#comment-1994 Herb - Good catch on the date, I didn't even think of it until right now! But to be fair, the house was moved to its current location some point during the factory's history. That didn't necessarily mean the house was from the Copper Country. It could of come from downstate or Wisconsin. (Though I'll admit that isn't as likely, though still a possibility) Lets just say the house was built in the mid to late nineteenth century and cover all the bases... Herb – Good catch on the date, I didn’t even think of it until right now! But to be fair, the house was moved to its current location some point during the factory’s history. That didn’t necessarily mean the house was from the Copper Country. It could of come from downstate or Wisconsin. (Though I’ll admit that isn’t as likely, though still a possibility)

Lets just say the house was built in the mid to late nineteenth century and cover all the bases…

]]> By: Herb from Wisconsin http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/12/the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-1993 Herb from Wisconsin Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:52:25 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2494#comment-1993 [quote] UPDATE:...The original house was built in 1840. According to the owner it was destroyed sometime around 1997. [/quote] That 1840 date has got to be way wrong. In 1840 there were no Euro peoples living around there. Houghton's original copper report was still hot off the press. People often give wildly wrong info. Some local guy here was telling me something in his land Abstract was such and such year. When I asked to see it he was only 150 years off! [quote] UPDATE:…The original house was built in 1840. According to the owner it was destroyed sometime around 1997. [/quote]

That 1840 date has got to be way wrong. In 1840 there were no Euro peoples living around there. Houghton’s original copper report was still hot off the press.

People often give wildly wrong info. Some local guy here was telling me something in his land Abstract was such and such year. When I asked to see it he was only 150 years off!

]]> By: Adam from Detroit http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/12/the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-1992 Adam from Detroit Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:41:45 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2494#comment-1992 nice. reminds me of the ruins of Edsel Ford's "Haven Hill" summer home in Oakland County. nice. reminds me of the ruins of Edsel Ford’s “Haven Hill” summer home in Oakland County.

]]> By: dcclark http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/12/the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 dcclark Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:15:06 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2494#comment-1991 How cool! This is the sort of thing I love to find when I'm out exploring -- totally unexpected. :) How cool! This is the sort of thing I love to find when I’m out exploring — totally unexpected. :)

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