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One of 29 National Register listings published here for Ottawa County · listed in 2026 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Zeeland Record Company Building
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2026.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 16 South Elm Street, Zeeland, 49464
- When was it listed? January 2026
- Category. building
- City. Zeeland city
- National Register reference number. 100012502 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
18 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Zeeland Record Company Building between 2012 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 2 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 | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19636 - 2019 |
| 7 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP FD 19381 - 2019 |
| 23 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA 02 |
| 10 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 20528 - 2020 |
| 9 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND FD 0002036 - 2018 |
| 6 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND FD 0002003 - 2018 |
| 17 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ZEELAND TOWNSHIP FD 19465 - 2019 |
| 15 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ZEELAND TOWNSHIP FD 19411 - 2019 |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Zeeland Record Company Building: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Zeeland Brick Co.Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zeeland, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Hail | Zeeland | $50,000 | One and three quarters inch diameter hail was reported by the public one mile east of Zeeland. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeeland | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeeland | $20,000 | Numerous trees were downed in Zeeland. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Zeeland | $15,000 | Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported by the public six miles east of Zeeland. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeeland | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts in Zeeland. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Zeeland | $10,000 | Hail up to three quarters of an inch in diameter was reported four miles north of Zeeland, and hail briefly covered the ground there. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeeland | $10,000 | Trees were downed by strong winds in Zeeland. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeeland | $5,000 | Several tree limbs were knocked down near Zeeland. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeeland | $5,000 | An emergency manager four miles east of Zeeland reported a 60 m.p.h. wind gust. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Zeeland | - | An amateur radio operator reported one inch diameter hail near Zeeland. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeeland | - | A trained spotter near Zeeland estimated a peak wind gust of 65 mph and reported several six to twelve inch diameter trees were blown down. The public reported numerous tree branches blown down in Jenison and a 15 inch diameter branch down on a house. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeeland | - | A tree came down and also took power lines down in Zeeland. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Zeeland | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Zeeland | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Max and Esther De Pree House | 0.7 miles | 2017 |
 | Benjamin Van Raalte House | 3.1 miles | 1989 |
 | De Zwaan Windmill | 4.1 miles | 2018 |
 | Holland Old City Hall and Fire Station | 4.6 miles | 1985 |
 | Holland Reformed Protestant Dutch Church | 4.7 miles | 1990 |
 | Holland Downtown Historic District | 4.8 miles | 1990 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100012502 in Record Group 79. |
| Ottawa County | All 29 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.