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Photograph of Fidelity Building
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Fidelity Building

Built in 1926 (Renaissance Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

From the record

“The Fidelity Building is an office building located at 162 Pipestone Street in Benton Harbor, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.”

Wikipedia article Fidelity Building (Benton Harbor, Michigan), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 32 National Register listings published here for Berrien County · listed in 2002 · category: Building · built in 1926, Renaissance Revival architecture.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 162 Pipestone St., Benton Harbor, 49022
  • When was it listed? February 2002
  • Category. building
  • City. Benton Harbor city
  • When was it built? 1926
  • Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 02000042 - 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

61 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Fidelity Building between 2018 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 13 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 use26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 September 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesST JOSEPH FD 228 - 2020
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesST JOSEPH CHARTER TWP FD STATION 1 2019068 - 2019
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesST JOSEPH FD 159 - 2019
7 August 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBENTON CHARTER TWP FD 0000399 - 2019
22 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBENTON HARBOR FD 293 - 2020
22 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH BERRIEN FIRE RESCUE 140 - 2020
22 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBENTON HARBOR FD 238 - 2019
19 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBENTON CHARTER TWP FD 0000425 - 2019

Every fire recorded in Berrien County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fidelity Building: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Saint Joseph Terminal MillLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Berrien County

Storms near this property

11 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Benton Harbor, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 2003 and 2022: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2006Thunderstorm WindBenton Harbor$3,000A tree fell onto power lines.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBenton Harbor-Emergency management officials reported a large tree down onto power lines.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBenton Harbor-Reports of trees down across roads just south of Benton Heights.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBenton Harbor-Trees down around Berrien County, including Benton Township.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBenton Harbor-Trees were reported blown down in Benton Harbor as well as south of Waltervliet.
June 2004Flash FloodBenton Harbor-Emergency management reported water above car tires flowing across I-94.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBenton Harbor-Trained spotter reported trees down in Benton Harbor. Winds were estimated near 70 MPH.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBenton Harbor-Law enforcement reported trees down in Benton Harbor.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBenton Harbor-Numerous trees reported down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBenton Harbor-Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down near Benton Harbor.
August 2006HailBenton Harbor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Berrien 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Wendell P. and Harriet Rounds Robbins House0.9 miles2007
Blossomland Bridge1.2 miles1999
Eden Springs Park1.2 miles2023
Mary's City of David1.4 miles2009
Whitcomb Hotel1.4 miles2021
Shiloh House1.5 miles1972

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 02000042 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Berrien CountyAll 32 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.