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Hart, Jr., Lovira and Esther Maria Parker, Farm

Built in 1848 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

From the record

“The Lovira Hart, Jr., and Esther Maria Parker Farm is a historic farmstead located at 9491 West Frankenmuth Road in Tuscola Township, Michigan. It was settled in 1836 and has been continuously owned by the same family since that time.”
Wikipedia article Lovira Hart, Jr., and Esther Maria Parker Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 14 National Register listings published here for Tuscola County · listed in 2004 · category: District · built in 1848, Greek 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

Address. 9491 W. Frankenmuth Rd., Tuscola, 48768
When was it listed? June 2004
Category. district
Township. Tuscola township
When was it built? 1848
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 04000599 - 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

14 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Hart, Jr., Lovira and Esther Maria Parker, Farm between 2018 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 6 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	7
Natural	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
5 September 2019	Natural	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	FRANKENMUTH FD 110 - 2019
21 September 2019	Natural	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	VASSAR FD 1062019 - 2019
9 July 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	BIRCH RUN TOWNSHIP FD 270 - 2018
24 July 2019	Natural	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	BIRCH RUN TOWNSHIP FD 301 - 2019
8 May 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	FRANKENMUTH FD 47 - 2020
7 April 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	BIRCH RUN TOWNSHIP FD 112 - 2019
6 April 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	MILLINGTON-ARBELA TWP FD 0000116 - 2019
25 April 2020	Natural	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	FRANKENMUTH FD 42 - 2020

Every fire recorded in Tuscola 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 Hart, Jr., Lovira and Esther Maria Parker, Farm: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Tuscola County Road Commission Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Tuscola County

Storms near this property

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tuscola, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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
June 2015	Tornado (EF2)	Tuscola	$550,000	A tornado touched down just west of Pine Ridge RV Campground in far southeast Saginaw county and tracked generally east along Birch Run Road, lifting near Mcpherson Road in Tuscola County 2 miles south of Millington. Trees were blown down and shingles were observed off houses. The tornado peaked in intensity near Buell and Belsay Roads, with estimated wind speeds up to 115 mph. Major structure damage occurred to one house, with another home suffering damage to roof and wall. Two minor injuries occurred at the campground. The total path length of the tornado ended up being around 11.2 miles, with 2.4 miles occurring in Saginaw County.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Tuscola	$500	A tree was reported down.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Tuscola	-	Thunderstorm winds brought down wires.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Tuscola	-	Trees and wires down on the road.
September 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Tuscola	-	Trees and power lines reported down.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Tuscola	-	Power lines reported down.
August 2010	Hail	Tuscola	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tuscola 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

4 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
Smith House	5.2 miles	1972
Hotel Columbia	5.3 miles	1992
McKinley School	5.5 miles	1972
Townsend North House	5.8 miles	1977

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 04000599 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Tuscola County	All 14 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.