Seventh Street-Black River Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

From the record

“The Seventh Street-Black River Bridge is a bridge carrying Seventh Street over the Black River in Port Huron, Michigan. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.”
Wikipedia article Seventh Street-Black River Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 28 National Register listings published here for St. Clair County · listed in 2000 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Seventh Street--Black River Bridge - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. Seventh St. over Black R., Port Huron, 48060
When was it listed? February 2000
Category. structure
Also known as. Highway Bridges of Michigan MPS
City. Port Huron city
Architect. John Alexander Low Waddell
National Register reference number. 00000045 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

16 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Seventh Street-Black River Bridge between 2018 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Natural	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
17 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	PORT HURON FD 2223 - 2019
13 August 2019	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	PORT HURON FD 2176 - 2019
25 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	PORT HURON TOWNSHIP FD 607 - 2020
5 June 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	PORT HURON FD 1413 - 2020
5 June 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	PORT HURON TOWNSHIP FD 476 - 2020
14 June 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	PORT HURON FD 0001515 - 2018
8 May 2018	Natural	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	FORT GRATIOT FD 1800480 - 2018
7 May 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	PORT HURON FD 0001175 - 2018

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Seventh Street-Black River Bridge: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Morton Salt Co--Marysville, Mich.	Salt	Past Producer
	Morton Salt Co--Port Huron, Mich.	Salt	Past Producer

Every working recorded in St. Clair County

Storms near this property

48 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Port Huron, the town this property stands in, in 48 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 31 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 lightning, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
February 2021	Flood	Port Huron	$550,000	At least 20 houses were reported to be impacted with flooding, with major damage occurring to 3 of houses.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	$175,000	Dozens of trees and power lines were reported blown down. Trees blocked roads and at least two fell onto houses.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	$75,000	Trees and wires reported down across St. Clair County.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	$50,000	Law enforcement reported numerous trees and power poles down in Fort Gratiot, covering a 2 square mile area between Keewahdin and Carrigan Roads. Several homes received damage from falling trees. No one was injured. Total property damages were estimated at roughly $50K.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	$50,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and caused widespread power outages.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	$18,000	no account filed
December 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	$10,000	no account filed
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	$10,000	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	$8,000	no account filed
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	$6,000	A tree fell onto a car.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	$5,000	Several trees reported down.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	$5,000	A large tree limb, about 2 feet in circumference, crashed into a minivan, severing a power line on its way down.
June 1998	Lightning	Port Huron	$5,000	no account filed
June 2006	Lightning	Port Huron	$2,000	A local newspaper reported that a utility pole was struck by lightning on Lakeshore Road.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	$1,500	Large tree branches where reported blown down, one of which landed on a the rear of a car.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	$1,000	Large tree limbs reported down.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	-	A two foot diameter tree reported blown down.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	-	Numerous roads were closed due to downed trees and powerlines over southern Port Huron.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	-	A house suffered roof damage.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	-	A large tree limb was reported blown down.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	-	Large tree limbs and power lines reported down.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	-	Several large trees and tree limbs blown down.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	-	Several trees reported blown down.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	-	Trees reported blown down.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	-	Trees down along Gratiot Avenue.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	-	A trained spotter recorded a measured wind gust of 65 mph.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	-	A trained spotter reported large limbs down.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	-	Trained spotter reported large limbs down near Port Huron.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	-	Law enforcement reported trees blown down.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	-	Large tree limbs were reported blown down.
September 2005	Lightning	Port Huron	-	Lightning knocked out the county dispatch radio system. Trees also caught fire from lightning strikes.
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	-	Numerous trees and large limbs were reported down. Power lines were also reported down along 11th Avenue.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	-	A large tree fell over utility lines near 10th Avenue and Hancock Street. Power was knocked out to area neighborhoods and some traffic signals.
April 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	-	A 60 MPH wind gust was measured by the Coast Guard.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Port Huron	-	A newspaper reported that a large tree was blown over in thunderstorms winds and landed next to an apartment building, tearing the electrical service box from the building.
September 2019	Hail	Port Huron	-	no account filed
August 2016	Hail	Port Huron	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Port Huron	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Port Huron	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Port Huron	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Port Huron	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Port Huron	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Port Huron	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Port Huron	-	no account filed
July 2000	Hail	Port Huron	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Port Huron	-	no account filed
August 1997	Hail	Port Huron	-	no account filed
June 1996	Hail	Port Huron	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Clair County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Military Road Historic District	0.1 miles	1998
Federal Building	0.1 miles	1974
Howard Block	0.1 miles	1994
Harrington Hotel	0.3 miles	1982
Ladies of the Maccabees Building	0.5 miles	1982
Wilbur F. Davidson House	0.8 miles	1972

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 00000045 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
St. Clair County	All 28 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.