The Longyear Hall of Pedagogy (also known as just Longyear Hall) was an academic building located on Presque Isle Avenue, on the campus of

Northern Michigan University Northern Michigan University (Northern Michigan, Northern or NMU) is a public university in Marquette, Michigan. It was established in 1899 by the Michigan Legislature as Northern State Normal School. In 1963, the state designated Northern a uni ...

Marquette, Michigan Marquette ( ) is a city in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 20,629 at the 2020 United States Census, which makes it the largest city in the Upper Peninsula. Marquette serves as the seat of government of Marquett ...

. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1972 as part of the Kaye Hall Complex, and individually listed on the

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in 1980, but was demolished in 1993Longyear Hall of Pedagogy
from Northern Michigan University, retrieved 8/13/09 and removed from the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.

History

The original Longyear Hall, named for prominent Marquette real estate developer and early Northern Michigan Normal School patron

John Munroe Longyear John Munro Longyear, Sr. (April 15, 1850 – May 28, 1922) was an American businessman and noted developer of timber and mineral lands in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan who became the central figure behind the Arctic Coal Company, which surve ...

, was constructed in 1900,Longyear Hall of Pedagogy - Northern Michigan University
from the state of Michigan, retrieved 12/1/09 the year after Northern was founded.
from the state of Michigan, retrieved 12/2/09 This building burned down in 1905. A second Longyear Building, a reconstruction of the original, was built in 1907, based on a design by Battle Creek architect E. W. Arnold. Longyear Hall was used to house administration offices, classrooms, and the library. In 1915, Kaye Hall was built, which connected Longyear Hall with the nearby Peter White Science Hall (1902)Peter White Hall of Science
from Northern Michigan University, retrieved 12/2/09 to form a three-building complex. An addition to the Longyear Hall, housing athletic facilities, was built in 1933. In 1972, Kaye Hall and the Peter White Science Hall were demolished. Longyear Hall was abandoned in 1975 when administrative offices were moved, and the structure was never used again. Despite being listed on the

in 1980, Longyear Hall was torn down in 1993.

Description

The Longyear Hall of Pedagogy was a rectangular two-and-one-half-story structure built with a steel frame sheathed with local Marquette brownstone, with a hipped roof and gabled dormers. The front entrance was topped by a bank of three rectangular windows and flanked by two-story bay windows. A stone beltcourse ran between the first and second stories, and a dentil cornice edged the top of the structure.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places Buildings and structures in Marquette, Michigan Buildings and structures demolished in 1993 Northern Michigan University National Register of Historic Places in Marquette County, Michigan Buildings and structures completed in 1906 Michigan State Historic Sites Demolished buildings and structures in Michigan 1906 establishments in Michigan