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    Two white horses are hitched up to a skid loaded with seven large logs. There is a lumberjack sitting on top of the pile of logs. Another lumberjack is in the background, on the right side, holding a

    Two oxen have pulled a log to add to the pile of logs. (Oxen are generally cattle that have been trained to work by yoke and collar. Most oxen are castrated males. The horns keep the yoke from coming

    This elegant example of Renaissance Revival architecture was constructed during 1911-1912. The Federal Building is executed in brick faced with smooth ashlar. A balustrade tops the modillioned cornic

    This elegant example of Renaissance Revival architecture was constructed during 1911-1912. The Federal Building is executed in brick faced with smooth ashlar. A balustrade tops the modillioned cornic

    This elegant example of Renaissance Revival architecture was constructed during 1911-1912. The Federal Building is executed in brick faced with smooth ashlar. A balustrade tops the modillioned cornic

    This elegant example of Renaissance Revival architecture was constructed during 1911-1912. The Federal Building is executed in brick faced with smooth ashlar. A balustrade tops the modillioned cornic

    This elegant example of Renaissance Revival architecture was constructed during 1911-1912. The Federal Building is executed in brick faced with smooth ashlar. A balustrade tops the modillioned cornic

    This elegant example of Renaissance Revival architecture was constructed during 1911-1912. The Federal Building is executed in brick faced with smooth ashlar. A balustrade tops the modillioned cornic

    This elegant example of Renaissance Revival architecture was constructed during 1911-1912. The Federal Building is executed in brick faced with smooth ashlar. A balustrade tops the modillioned cornic

    This elegant example of Renaissance Revival architecture was constructed during 1911-1912. The Federal Building is executed in brick faced with smooth ashlar. A balustrade tops the modillioned cornic

    Earl Girard was hired by the WPA in the mid to late 1930s to write histories of the Alpena area. This is his history of the U.S. Federal Building in Alpena, Michigan.

   

    Aerial view showing the Memorial Hall (aka Alpena National Guard Armory) on upper right and the City Hall on the upper left in Alpena, Michigan. The U.S. Federal Building is in the far upper right ne

    Corner of State and Chisholm Streets at far upper left corner. Carter House is the third house from the top along Chisholm Street. The Fish Hatchery is the long building (moved to location in 1928) w

    This elegant example of Renaissance Revival architecture was constructed during 1911-1912. The Federal Building is executed in brick faced with smooth ashlar. A balustrade tops the modillioned cornic

    The U.S. Federal Building along the Thunder Bay River in Alpena, Michigan, c1940s.

    Log mark or marks for Amos Burton in Alpena, Michigan, 1881, 1883.

    Log mark or marks for Butterfield and Crable in Alpena, Michigan, 1879.

    Log mark or marks for Geo A Butterfield in Alpena, Michigan, November 23, 1880; Dec 17, 1885; March 31, 1886.

    Log mark or marks for C. A. Caffron) in Alpena, Michigan, 1892.