Nickels Arcade
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| Location | 326-330 S. State St., Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 42°16′42″N 83°44′29″W / 42.27833°N 83.74139°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1915 |
| Built by | A.R. Cole & Co. |
| Architect | Herman Pipp |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001180[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 9, 1987 |
Nickels Arcade is a commercial building located at 326-330 South State Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1] The building is notable as perhaps the only remaining example in Michigan of a free-standing commercial arcade building of a type that was popularized by the Cleveland Arcade.[2]
John H. Nickels owned and operated a meat market at this location on State Street. His grandson Tom E. Nickels inherited a portion of the property, and bought other portions of the property from his brothers and sister. Nickels hired local architect Hermann Pipp to design this building. Construction by A.R. Cole & Co. began in 1915.[2]
The first tenant, the Farmers and Mechanics bank, moved in that year. The entire building, however, was not completed until 1918, due in part to delays caused by the onset of World War I. Nickels owned the Arcade until his death in 1932, when he passed it on to his children, James and Nora.[3]
In July 2015, a University of Michigan student from Saugatuck fell through the glass roof of the arcade to his death.[4]
