Quincy St., Suomi College campus, Hancock, Michigan. County/parish: Houghton.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 13, 1972. NRIS 72000618.
1 contributing building.
Old Main, Suomi College is a four-story sandstone educational building located at 603 Quincy Street on what was formerly the Finlandia University campus in Hancock, Michigan. It is also known as the Suomi College Building. It opened on January 21, 1900, and housed the Suomi Opisto (Finnish College).
It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1959 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
After the university closed in 2023, the structure was sold to a private developer, who repurposed it as Old Main Inn, featuring a retreat center, wedding/event venue, and museum and housing an artist collective and gallery.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25339427