In 1864 Eagle Harbor was a thriving port town of about 500 people trading heavily in the shipment of copper from the neighboring mines. At that time the Eagle Harbor House (known at that time as Kunz's Hotel after its proprietor) was joined by two other hotels - Wright's Hotel and the Houghton House. Ten stores had also set up shop in the young village including three general stores, a hardware store, a grocery store, three cobblers (makers of shoes), a milliner (maker of hats), a tailor, and a carriage maker. There was also two doctors, a collection of masons and carpenters, and a blacksmith.
Any of those businesses could have once set up shop in one of these two buildings sitting up along Front Street next to the old Eagle Harbor House. Both of these structures date from at least 1900, though both were most likely older. The first floor would have housed a business while the second apartments, possibly even apartments for the proprietor of the business in question. The only known tenant of these two is the building on the right which once housed the town's Post Office.

















