swedetown - National Parks Gallery

96 homes once stood in Swedetown Location. Around 1880 through the 1890s, new construction was common in this neighborhood, set on a grid of seven intersecting streets west of Calumet off Osceola Road. These were a mix of log company homes, frame homes, and homes built by individuals on lots rented from C&H.
The most prominent features in Swedetown today are the water tanks on the hill, visible from miles away. The historic C&H Lake Superior Waterworks standpipe, a Michigan Engineering Landmark and American Water Landmark, was built in 1898. Another local landmark is now missing. The Eugene Field School at the end of Tunnel street once educated the location's elementary students. It was named after an American author well-known for his children's poetry, such as the poem Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe,--
Sailed on a river of crystal light
Into a sea of dew... - Eugene Field
Like the children in the Field poem, Swedetown today seems sleepy. Only forty of the original homes and some outbuildings remain. Much of the neighborhood is now #MissingintheCopperCountry.