201 5th St.

201 5th St. in downtown Calumet, MI.

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Quick Facts

Location:

Calumet, MI

Significance:

Contributing Structure to the Calumet National Historic Landmark District

OPEN TO PUBLIC:

No

MANAGED BY:

Private Property

Amenities

2 listed

Cellular Signal, Parking - Auto

The lot on the corner of 5th and Portland streets is where John Dymock established the Red Jacket branch of the Baer & Dymock meat market in 1868 in partnership with the Baer brothers of Hancock. The meat market and the Bastian building on the corner both survived the great fire of 1870. The market eventually took over the Bastian building, gaining frontage on 5th Street. Around that time, the existing building was constructed. John Dymock also served as president of the First National Bank of Calumet, and vice-president of the Calumet & Pittsburgh Mining Company. He died in 1904, but the market continued in business here as Baer Brothers until sometime after 1948. Sometime between 1908 and 1917, a second storefront was added to the building. Over the years, the second storefront was occupied by businesses including a telegraph office, the Dawes Hat Shop, the Calumet office of The Daily Mining Gazette, and Hahn Hammered Copper.