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Photograph of John C. and Augusta (Covell) Lewis House
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Lewis, John C. and Augusta (Covell), House

Built in 1878 (Victorian architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

From the record

“The John C. and Augusta (Covell) Lewis House is a private house located at 324 S. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.”

Wikipedia article John C. and Augusta (Covell) Lewis House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 14 National Register listings published here for Muskegon County · listed in 2010 · category: Building · built in 1878, Victorian architecture.

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 building, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 324 S Mears Ave, Whitehall, 49461
  • When was it listed? December 2010
  • Category. building
  • City. Whitehall city
  • When was it built? 1878
  • Architectural style. Victorian architecture
  • National Register reference number. 10001027 - 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Lewis, John C. and Augusta (Covell), House between 1992 and 2019, burning about 112 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
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
8 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOCEANA 14
6 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE LAKE FIRE AUTHORITY 0000532 - 2018
4 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE LAKE FIRE AUTHORITY 0000525 - 2018
2 July 2018Debris and open burning8.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 04
1 July 2018Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 02
30 June 2007Recreation and ceremony5.6 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 June 2018Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMONTAGUE FD 0000199 - 2018
7 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRANT TOWNSHIP FD 0000026 - 2018

Every fire recorded in Muskegon County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lewis, John C. and Augusta (Covell), House: 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Titanium, Metal, Titanium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Howmet Corp--Whitehall, Mich.TitaniumPast Producer
Whitehall Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Whitehall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Whitehall Plant TiTitanium, MetalPlant1992

Every working recorded in Muskegon County

Storms near this property

14 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitehall, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2013FloodWhitehall$5,000,000Heavy rain caused significant flooding on rivers and streams across Muskegon county.
April 2020HailWhitehall$500,000Hail up to one and three quarters inches in diameter was reported near Whitehall.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$250,000Wind gusts to near 70 mph downed numerous trees and power lines and caused considerable damage.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$50,000The media reported that a large tree fell on a house and that multiple trees were blown down in Whitehall.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$25,000A tree was blown down onto a mobile home and numerous tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Whitehall.
May 2001HailWhitehall$25,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$15,000no account filed
August 2003HailWhitehall$10,000A report of three quarters inch hail was also received from Whitehall.
April 2006HailWhitehall$5,000Broadcast media reported three quarters inch diameter hail in Whitehall.
August 2004HailWhitehall$5,000Three quarters inch hail was reported by the broadcast media in Blue Lake township.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$5,000A tree was blown down 6 miles east of Whitehall, and another was blown down 6 miles south of Whitehall.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$200The broadcast media reported that multiple healthy trees were blown down four miles north of Twin Lake.
July 2008HailWhitehall-Nickel sized hail was reported by an amateur radio operator in downtown Whitehall.
September 1995Thunderstorm WindWhitehall-A very large basswood tree was uprooted by winds that were estimated to be between 60 and 70 mph, at Lincoln Golf Course, located about halfway between Muskegon and Whitehall. The base of the tree trunk was at least three feet in diameter. The base of the uprooted tree roots and dirt measured 25 feet across. Very strong winds were reported throughout the county but other damage was minor.

Every storm recorded in Muskegon 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

1 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
Navigation Structures at White Lake Harbor4.5 miles2000

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 10001027 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Muskegon CountyAll 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.