building until 1920. The Sundberg heirs continued to own the building until 1921, when the Negaunee Chamber of Commerce purchased it with the intention of refitting it as a manufacturing center to attract employers to the area. However, the building remained vacant until 1926, when Eisendrath Glove Company, a glove and mitten manufacturer, moved in. The company used the space until the mid-1930s, after which a series of garment and dress manufacturers used the building into the 1940s. Beginning 1936, parts of the Sundberg Block were used as a "Community Building", hosting various community groups and providing facilities for the local National Youth Administration. From the late 1950s until the early 1970s it held the Negaunee Youth Center, but by 1974 was again vacant. In the 1980s and 1990s, the building housed a furniture warehouse, but it was again vacant in the 2000s, used only for storage. Rapidly deteriorating building conditions resulted in the March 2010 collapse of a portion of the roof and west wall. The building was demolished in November 2016. Description The Sundberg Block was a two-story Late Victorian commercial building constructed of dark red brick with sandstone trim, with a slightly sloped flat roof. The building was rectangular in plan, measuring . Shallow piers divided the front facade into three bays, each defining a storefront. The central bay had a false front rising substantially above the flanking bays and is slightly wider, containing a separate door accessing the second-floor stairs. This center bay had a pair of square windows, above which was an inset stone carved with "1890 Sundberg Block". A series of five arch-top false windows ran along the upper section of the facade. The flanking bays had semi-round windows on the second floor, each divided in three vertically. Each bay was surmounted by an ornate cast iron cornice. The side walls were plain, with primarily two-over-two double-hung windows. Some of the original cast iron shutters were still in place. The rear was divided into three bays, corresponding to the divisions in the front. Each bay contained a center double-door entrance, with a single double-hung window to the side. The second story contained double-hung windows and several opening onto a wood-floor gallery, then considerably deteriorated before demolition. References Commercial buildings completed in 1891 National Register of Historic Places in Marquette County, Michigan Demolished buildings and structures in Michigan Buildings and structures demolished in 2016 Former