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Statue of "Old Ish" in downtown Ishpeming. Ishpeming (/ ˈ ɪ ʃ p ə m ɪ ŋ / ISH-pə-ming) is a city in Marquette County, Michigan, United States.Located in the Upper Peninsula, the population was 6,140 at the 2020 census, [2] less than it was in the 1950s and 1960s when the Iron ore mines employed more workers.
By 1873, the city of Ishpeming was incorporated. In 1874, a disastrous fire destroyed most of the buildings in the Main Street district. New buildings, primarily of brick and stone, were constructed in the next few years to replace the lost buildings. [2] Ishpeming boomed in the 1880s, and continued to expand until the turn of the century.
Ishpeming: The City Hall in Ishpeming was built during the boom iron-mining years, constructed from 1889 to 1891 using a design by Milwaukee architect Demetrius F. Charlton. It is a two-story, rectangular structure built of Portage Entry sandstone with a rounded entry arch, decorative sandstone sills and lintels above and below the windows, and ...
The Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library, located at 317 Main Street in Ishpeming, Michigan, [1] is the second oldest Carnegie Library in the Upper Peninsula. [2] It was authorized in 1901 and opened in 1904. [2] It was listed as a Michigan State Historic Site on January 18, 1980. [1]
The Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum is a former iron mine, now a heritage museum, located on Euclid Street between Lakeshore Drive and Spruce Street in Ishpeming, Michigan.The museum, operated by "Marquette Range Iron Mining Heritage Theme Park Inc.", celebrates the history of the Marquette Iron Range.
Ishpeming Township is a civil township of Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,392 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] The city of Ishpeming is to the south, but the two are administered autonomously.
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The Mather Inn is a hotel in Ishpeming, Michigan.The inn served as housing for the cast of the classic 1959 movie Anatomy of a Murder, and was the place where Duke Ellington composed the movie's score.