Rogers City in Presque Isle County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Herman Hoeft & Son's General Store
Historic Site No. 8
A variety of businesses have occupied the building over the years, including a furniture store, appliance store, grocery store, automobile dealership, hardware, and two pizza shops. Originally a two-story building, the second floor was destroyed by the 1935 fire shown in the photo. At that time, an A&P grocery store occupied the main floor of the building, while the American Legion hall was on the second floor.
Erected 2011 by City of Rogers City & Vibrant Small Cities Initiative (VSCI) grant from MSHDA. (Marker Number 8.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1873.
Location. 45° 25.231′ N, 83° 49.025′ W. Marker is in Rogers City, Michigan, in Presque Isle County. Marker is on North 3rd Street (Alternate U.S. 23) north of West Michigan Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Marker is mounted at eye-level, directly on the front of the subject building, at the northeast corner, facing 3rd Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 203 North 3rd Street, Rogers City MI 49779, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Site of Presque Isle County Savings Bank (within shouting distance of this marker); Erskine Building / Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Lodge (within shouting distance of this marker); Rogers City Post Office (within shouting distance of this marker); Presque Isle County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Presque Isle County Bank (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Frederick Denny Larke General Store (about 400 feet away); Emergency Steering Wheel (about 400 feet away); Site of Bertram Building (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rogers City.
Regarding Herman Hoeft & Son's General Store. Building is currently occupied by a retail toy store.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Rogers City Historic Walking Tour
Also see . . . Joint Documents of the State of Michigan For the Year 1897, Vol. 4. From the recommendation of the Advisory Pardon Board in regards to the four men named below who were convicted in 1892 of the August 23, 1875, murder of ALBERT MOLITOR:
HERMAN HOEFT came to Rogers City and engaged in the same kind of business as MOLITOR and they became bitter rivals, although for a time they had some business intercourse with each other. It is evident that Hoeft both hated and feared MOLITOR, and he went secretly to work to destroy MOLITOR's power in the county. He found an instrument mete for his purpose in the bitter enmity of these ignorant Germans towards MOLITOR, and he became their leader. Through them he was elected treasurer of the county in the election held on the reorganization of the county in 1875. His leadership and influence over these people is shown by the fact that upon the refusal of THOMAS CRAWFORD, the ex-treasurer, to surrender the books belonging to the office, they turned out en masse and accompanied him to Craford's Quarry for the purpose of getting these books. (Submitted on September 25, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
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