[1] The Lieblein House was built in 1895 by William Washburn, who owned a local Hancock clothing store.

[2] In about 1905, Washburn sold the house to Edward Lieblein, a wholesale grocer who owned stores in Hancock and Calumet.

[3] At the time of Finlandia's closing in 2023, the building housed the offices of the President, Institutional Advancement, Alumni Relations, and Communications.

[2] It has an enclosed wrap-around porch with Doric columns and narrow one-over-one windows.

[2] The narrow windows are also used in a three-story polygonal turret topped with a galvanized metal roof and spire.