Painesdale is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Houghton County,
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
, United States. Painesdale is located in
Adams Township along
M-26, southwest of
South Range. Painesdale has a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...
with
ZIP code 49955.
History
Painesdale was built by the
Champion Mining Company
The Champion Mining Company was created in 1899 to manage the Champion Mine located in the heart of copper country in Painesdale, Michigan, United States. The Champion Mine in Painesdale was closed in 1967. The Champion #4 Shaft-Rock house is the ...
between 1899 and 1917, and named after the Boston businessman
William A. Paine, who was associated with many mines as well as the
Paine Webber
PaineWebber & Co. was an American investment bank and stock brokerage firm that was acquired by the Swiss bank UBS in 2000. The company was founded in 1880 in Boston, Massachusetts, by William Alfred Paine and Wallace G. Webber. Operating with t ...
brokerage.
Painesdale was located near the copper load, and the company designed the town following theories of efficient planning.
In 1993, the town was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
.
[Bogue, Margaret Beattie (2007)]
''Around the Shores of Lake Superior: A Guide to Historic Sites''
p. 300. The University of Wisconsin Press. The designation applies to the area encompassing Painesdale streets and the Champion Mine.
National Register of Historic Places
Description
File:Painesdale MI church.jpg, Painesdale church
File:Painsedale MI Houses.jpg, Houses in Painesdale
Painesdale contains rows of identical saltbox workers' houses as well as managers' houses that were more individualized.
Demographics
See also
* Seeberville Murders
References
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Census-designated places in Michigan
Census-designated places in Houghton County, Michigan
Unincorporated communities in Houghton County, Michigan
Unincorporated communities in Michigan
1899 establishments in Michigan
Populated places established in 1899
Houghton micropolitan area, Michigan
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