Shoop Building 222 Main Street Racine, WI

     This is a historic building at 215 State Street and 222 Main Street in Racine, Wisconsin.  The building is 6 stories high.  Its exterior walls are of a mixture of cream brick and red sandstone.  The architect was James Gilbert Chandler.  The style is Richardson Romanesque.  It was built in stages over several years. (1893 to 1899)

Shoop Building

     Clarence Shoop was a physician in Racine from the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s.  He established a patent medicine business in a rented room on Main Street.  His business soon outgrew this site and over several years he built a larger building the Shook Building.

     In 1914 Western Publishing took over the Building. beginning in 1928, a variety of tenants occupied the site

     Currently, the building is occupied by an accounting firm.

Hackley Building 349 west Webster Ave Muskegon MI

     The Hackley Administration Building  located at 349 West Western Avenue was built in 1889 as a replacement to a previously damaged school.  Later, it became the administration building of Muskegon, MI school district. The architect was Allen. Funds for the project were provided by Charles Hackley.

     The building was 4 stories.  Ir was 50,000 square feet.There was a large anterior clock tower.  The building style was Richardson Romanesque with features such as gables, towers, turrets, round arches and rock faced masonry

Muskegon School Administration Building

Same as above

Muskegon Museum of Art

     This museum is located at 296 Webster Ave. Muskegon, MI.  It opened in 1912 as the Hackley Art Gallery.  It is of the few art galleries in Western Michigan that was planned to house works of art.

     The Museum was built with funds from Charles Hackley in a 1905 bequest that called for purchase of pictures to be placed in the Hackley Public Library.   Architect was Beman from Chicago.

Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI

     The exterior walls are yellowish white brick trimmed with limestone.  There are marble columns framing the front entrance. Stairs lead from the vestibule to the art gallery and down to a 200 seat auditorium.  Overall building style is Beaux artes.

    There was an expansion in 1979 to 1980.

    This building was built in 1904.   Architect was A.L. Flegel. It was a 4 story brick building.  Style was commercial vernacular.  It was a retail building.  it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 8/11/1987.

Martin Decor Building

Martin Secor Building