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One of 9 National Register listings published here for Wexford County · listed in 2026 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Cooley School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2026.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 221 Granite Street, Cadillac, 49601
- When was it listed? January 2026
- Category. building
- City. Cadillac city
- National Register reference number. 100012597 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Cooley School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 97 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 August 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEXFORD 07 - BIG PINE FIRE |
| 22 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CADILLAC DPS 0001617 - 2018 |
| 20 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARING TOWNSHIP FD 72 - 2020 |
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CADILLAC DPS 0001278 - 2018 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHERRY GROVE TOWNSHIP FD 0000137 - 2018 |
| 27 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cooley School: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilcox Brothers Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Dunbar Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mcfall Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wexford Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
42 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cadillac, the town this property stands in, in 42 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 22 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 2 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | $35,000 | Numerous trees and power lines downed. Several vehicles, and the roof of a residence, were heavily damaged by falling trees. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | $35,000 | Several trees and large limbs were knocked down in Cadillac. One mobile home in Country Acres was destroyed by a falling tree. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Cadillac | $20,000 | Water was over a foot deep on Mitchell Street in Cadillac. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | $11,000 | Numerous trees and large limbs were downed in Cadillac. Some power outages resulted. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | $7,500 | Central dispatch reports trees and powerlines down across Wexford county. Time estimated by radar. |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | $7,000 | Trees and power lines downed. Several road signs blown over along US-131. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | $5,000 | Multiple trees down. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | $5,000 | Trees down over roadway. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | $5,000 | Multiple trees were downed. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | $4,500 | A boat on Lake Cadillac was flipped over. Power lines were downed in the city of Cadillac, and a large tree was toppled onto power lines. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | $4,000 | Trees were downed on Wright and Lake Streets in Cadillac. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | $2,000 | Trees down in Cadillac. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | $2,000 | Several large trees and some power lines were reported blown down by the wind in and around the Cadillac area. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | - | Strong thunderstorm winds downed a portion of a tree onto a house in Cadillac. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Cadillac | - | Accumulating pea-size hail in the area, with hail up to nickel-sized. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | - | Power pole snapped in half. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Cadillac | - | Up to six inches of water covered some city streets. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | - | Trees down . |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | - | Billboard and power lines blown over |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | - | Power lines down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | - | Several trees and power lines down. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | - | Strong thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | - | Strong thunderstorm winds blew down many large tree limbs. Some of the tree limbs were up to 10 inches in diameter. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Cadillac | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Cadillac | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Cadillac | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Cadillac | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Cadillac | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Cadillac | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Cadillac | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Cadillac | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Cadillac | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Cadillac | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Cadillac | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Cadillac | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Cadillac | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Cadillac | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Cadillac | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Cadillac | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Cadillac | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Shay Locomotive | 0.3 miles | 1981 |
 | Cobbs and Mitchell Building | 0.6 miles | 2010 |
 | Elks Temple Building | 0.6 miles | 1988 |
 | Frank J. Cobbs House | 0.7 miles | 1988 |
 | Old Cadillac City Hall | 0.8 miles | 1986 |
 | Masonic Temple Building | 0.8 miles | 1994 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100012597 in Record Group 79. |
| Wexford 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.
- 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.