ESCANABA, MI (AP)-- Escanaba leaders are pushing to get part of their downtown listed on the National Register for Historic Places by the end of the year.
The Escanaba Daily Press reports that architectural historian Bill Rutter expects an easy approval from the National Park Service in Washington, D.C. He worked with a local committee to put together the nomination.
The register is the federal government's list of properties considered worthy of preservation because of importance to U.S. history and culture. The designation allows property owners to receive federal tax credits to keep up their buildings.
Rutter says the downtown's attributes are its history, people and architecture. That includes the House of Ludington, which is the oldest continuously operating hotel in the Upper Peninsula.
