BlockFrom the record
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Benzie County · listed in 2021 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Gwen Frostic Studio
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
The listing
- Listed as. Frostic, Gwen, Studio - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 5140 River Rd., Benzonia Township, 49616
- When was it listed? March 2021
- Category. building
- Township. Benzonia township
- National Register reference number. 100006321 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
10 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Gwen Frostic Studio between 2001 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENZONIA TOWNSHIP FD 19034 - 2019 |
| 13 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENZIE 02 |
| 18 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FRANKFORT-ELBERTA VFD 0000026 - 2020 |
| 15 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FRANKFORT-ELBERTA VFD 0000036 - 2019 |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gwen Frostic Studio: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Rohn Property | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mills Community House | 1.8 miles | 1972 |
 | Benzie County Courthouse | 2.1 miles | 1996 |
 | CITY OF MILWAUKEE | 5.0 miles | 1990 |
 | Frankfort Land Company House | 5.1 miles | 1995 |
 | Navigation Structures at Frankfort Harbor | 5.5 miles | 1997 |
 | Frankfort North Breakwater Light | 5.7 miles | 2005 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006321 in Record Group 79. |
| Benzie County | All 9 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.