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Photograph of Smith-Dengler House
Photograph by Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Smith-Dengler House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

From the record

“The Smith-Dengler House is a private home located at 58555 US 41 in Wolverine, Calumet Charter Township, Michigan, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.”

Wikipedia article Smith-Dengler House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 41 National Register listings published here for Houghton County · listed in 2008 · category: Building.

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 3 buildingss, 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Smith--Dengler House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 58555 US 41 (Calumet Township), Wolverine, 49913
  • When was it listed? March 2008
  • Category. building
  • Charter township. Calumet charter township
  • Architectural style. Tudor Revival architecture, Shingle style architecture
  • National Register reference number. 08000221 - 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 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Smith-Dengler House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 were 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 use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1
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
7 August 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCALUMET VILLAGE FD 0081219 - 2019
26 July 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 June 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSLASHER
5 June 1993Smoking1.6 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 June 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 1993Misuse of fire by a minor2.3 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Houghton County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 66 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 66 workings within 5 miles of Smith-Dengler House: 54 past producers, 9 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver. 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
Michigan Nickel DepositsNickel, CopperProspectSulfides
Michigan Nickel DepositsNickel, CopperProspect
MohawkCopper, ArsenicPast Producer1898, 1902
Mohawkite FissureCopper, ArsenicPast Producer1900, 1901
Centennial No.2Copper, SilverPast Producer1863, 1904
WolverineCopper, SilverPast Producer1882, 1898
Haltunen Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Keweenaw County Pit Number 21Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Keweenaw County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Allouez Conglomerate No 1 & 2Copper, SilverPast Producer1830

Every working recorded in Houghton 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
Calumet Theatre1.7 miles1971
Calumet Fire Station1.8 miles1974
Calumet Downtown Historic District1.8 miles1974
Calumet and Hecla Industrial District1.9 miles1974
Laurium Historic District2.1 miles2005
Thomas H. Hoatson House2.2 miles1994

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 08000221 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Houghton CountyAll 41 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.