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13-631: The Marquette City Water Works, a Richardsonian Romanesque building of Lake Superior sandstone , was built in 1891 during the Marquette Iron Range iron ore boom. The Marquette Maritime Museum Association was founded in 1980 as the old Water Works was nearing the end of its useful life. In 1984, the Association commenced Museum operations in the Water Works. In 2002, the Museum signed lease papers with

26-550: A display of Fresnel lenses . This 19th-century lens technology used carefully fitted glass prisms to mathematically focus a beam of light onto the sometimes-stormy waters of the Great Lakes. Most Fresnel lenses have been rendered obsolete by high-intensity sealed beam lamps, so the lighthouses that formerly used them have transferred or lent them to the Museum. Outdoor features of the Marquette Maritime Museum include

39-618: A harborside memorial to the World War II United States Navy submarines USS Darter and USS Dace , two attack submarines credited with a key role in the 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf . These two submarines are honored here because David McClintock ( Darter ) was a Marquette resident. Commander (later Captain) McClintock was awarded the Navy Cross for the Leyte Gulf service performed by him, his crew, and his ship. The museum

52-582: Is located at 300 North Lakeshore Boulevard, Marquette, Michigan 49855. 46°32′44″N 87°22′46″W  /  46.54558°N 87.37936°W  / 46.54558; -87.37936 Richardsonian Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th- and 12th-century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesque characteristics. Richardson first used elements of

65-611: The Chicago school of architecture and architects Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright . Overseas, Folke Zettervall was influenced by the Richardson style when he designed several railway stations in Sweden during this period. In Finland, Eliel Saarinen was influenced by Richardson. Research is underway to try to document the westward movement of the artisans and craftsmen, many of whom were immigrant Italians and Irish , who built in

78-553: The Osage Bank of Fairfax , Bank of Hominy , Bank of Burbank , and Bank of Bigheart . Notes Bibliography [REDACTED] Media related to Richardsonian Romanesque ( category ) at Wikimedia Commons Folke Zettervall Folke Zettervall (21 October 1862 – 12 March 1955) was a Swedish architect and head architect with the Swedish State Railways ( Statens Järnvägar ) between 1895 and 1930. Zettervall

91-636: The Coast Guard to offer guided, supervised public tours of the Marquette Harbor Light. In July 2016, on the 150th anniversary of the lighthouse, the Coast Guard gave the ownership deed of Lighthouse Point to the City of Marquette. Lighthouse Park is now open to the public but the Museum still offers guided tours mid-May to mid-October. The museum and lighthouse tour schedule and admission fee information can be found at mqtmaritimemuseum.com. The Museum includes

104-474: The National Railroad's chief architect until 1931. During his career, Hann Zettervall draw about 260 station houses which were built throughout Sweden. In addition, he had a number of other commissions including drawing the plans for Suntak Church ( Suntaks kyrka ) at Tidaholm , the former courthouse at Krylbo ( Krylbo tingshus ) and the county hall at Sollefteå ( Sollefteå tingshus ). Zettervall

117-766: The Richardsonian Romanesque tradition. The style began in the East, in and around Boston, where Richardson built the influential Trinity Church on Copley Square . As the style was losing favor in the East, it was gaining popularity further west. Stone carvers and masons trained in the Richardsonian manner appear to have taken the style west, until it died out in the early decades of the 20th century. As an example, four small bank buildings were built in Richardsonian Romanesque style in Osage County, Oklahoma , during 1904–1911:

130-867: The style in his Richardson Olmsted Complex in Buffalo, New York , designed in 1870, and Trinity Church in Boston is his most well-known example of this medieval revival style. Multiple architects followed in this style in the late 19th century; Richardsonian Romanesque later influenced modern styles of architecture as well. This very free revival style incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish and Italian Romanesque characteristics. It emphasizes clear, strong picturesque massing, round-headed "Romanesque" arches, often springing from clusters of short squat columns, recessed entrances, richly varied rustication , blank stretches of walling contrasting with bands of windows, and cylindrical towers with conical caps embedded in

143-458: The walling. The style includes work by the generation of architects practicing in the 1880s before the influence of the Beaux-Arts styles . Some of the practitioners who most faithfully followed Richardson's proportion, massing and detailing had worked in his office. These include: Other architects who employed Richardson Romanesque elements in their designs include: The style also influenced

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156-607: Was born at Lund , Sweden. He was the son of architect Helgo Zettervall (1831–1907). He started his studies at Katedralskolan ( Högre Allmänna Läroverket ) in Uppsala and continued in Copenhagen at Copenhagen Technical College ( Københavns Tekniske Skole ). He continued his education in architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( Kunst-Akademiets Arkitekturskole ) from 1885 to 1888. After graduation, Zettervall

169-469: Was licensed as an architect and first worked for his father who was chief of Board superintendent for the administration of state buildings ( Överintendentsämbetet ). In 1890 he was recruited by Adolf W. Edelsvärd (1824–1919) to work on the architectural office of the Swedish national railway system, Statens Järnvägar. When Edelsvärd retired in 1895, Zettervall first became acting architect and in 1898 he became

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