South Range Community Building

During the depths of the Great Depression, the unemployment rate in the southern Keweenaw Peninsula was over 75%.^[2] The South Range Community Building was built in 1933-35 and funded by the Civil Works Administration (CWA) and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration as a way to employ the miners and craftsmen of the area.^[2] The building was intended to function as both a social and governmental hub for the community of South Range, and it continues to serve this purpose today.

The South Range Community Building is a one-story rectangular brick building with a facade of sandstone trimmed with brick.^[2] It sits on a mine rock foundation, and is surmounted by a hipped roof with a three front gables flanked with side gables.^[2] Three entrances are centered below the three front gables.^[2]

Inside, the building contains village offices and a multi-use auditorium.^[2] The center entrance on the first floor has been converted into a fire station.^[3]