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The J. Vivian Jr. and Company Building is a commercial building located at 342 Hecla Street in Laurium, Michigan. in the Italian Renaissance Revival, and Italianate architectural styles, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.〔 == History == Captain Johnson Vivian Sr. was born in Cornwall, England. He worked in the mining industry in his home country, then emigrated to Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula to work as a mining captain,〔(Copper Country Architects: Charlton & Gilbert ) Dany Peavey, Stevan Sliger, John Krystof, and Travis Dvorak, retrieved 8/26/09〕 first in Eagle Harbor, then moving to mines located in Copper Harbor, Phoenix, Hancock, and Ontonogan, among other places.〔(Alvah L. Sawyer, ) ''History of Northern Peninsula of Michigan, and Its People,'' 1911, Lewis Publishing, Chicago, p. 1328-1330〕 Captain Vivian had four sons, one of whom was Johnson Vivian, Jr.〔 The younger Vivian was born in the United States and attended high school in the area.〔 Captain Vivian had a number of commercial interests, and in 1886, the younger Vivian, with assistance from his father, established J. Vivian Jr. and Company, a mercantile business, in Osceola.〔 In 1894 the father and son established a branch of their mercantile business in Laurium, constructing a building on Hecla Street.〔 At the time, the firm was taking a risk as the store's location was viewed as remote.〔(Laurium Historic District ) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM, Jane C. Busch, Sept 22, 2004〕 However, the store was an immediate success, and by 1895 employed 50 people.〔 Other merchants followed Vivian's example,〔 and the block on Hecla soon became the commercial center of the area.〔 In 1903, the store was the largest in the area.〔 Johnson Vivian, Jr. took over his father's business when the latter died in 1909.〔 He continued as a leading citizen in Laurium.〔 He was the president of the State Savings Bank and the Palestra (the Laurium ice rink), a director of the Laurium Park Association, and on the Board of Directors of the Calumet Public Hospital.〔 The J. Vivian Jr. and Company was in business until 1936.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「J. Vivian, Jr. and Company Building」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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