Johannesburg Manufacturing Company Store


Johannesburg Manufacturing Company Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	10816 M-32 E., Johannesburg, Michigan
Coordinates	44°59′9″N 84°27′21″W / 44.98583°N 84.45583°W / 44.98583; -84.45583Coordinates: 44°59′9″N 84°27′21″W / 44.98583°N 84.45583°W / 44.98583; -84.45583
Area	less than one acre
Built	1901 (1901)
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP Reference #	09000475^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 1, 2009

The Johannesburg Manufacturing Company Store is a company store located at 10816 M-32 East in Johannesburg, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

History

Johannesburg Manufacturing Company Store c 1906

The Johannesburg Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1901 by lumbermen Ernest Salling, Rasmus Hanson, and Nels Michelson.^[2] The trio built Johannesburg as a lumber mill and company trown, in the same way as they had built the nearby towns of Grayling, Salling, and Lewiston. The first building constructed in the new town was this company store, which was used as the headquarters of the company. The Johannesburg Manufacturing Company lasted for more than twenty-seven years, with the mill cutting over 300 million board feet and employing as many as 200 people.^[2]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 "Johannesburg Manufacturing Company Store, Johannesburg, Otsego". MI SHPO. Retrieved September 13, 2013.

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