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Photograph of J.J. Deal and Son Carriage Factory
Photograph by Everts & Abbott, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Deal, J.J., and Son Carriage Factory

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

From the record

“Deal and Son Carriage Factory, located at 117 West Street, was the largest factory built in Jonesville, Michigan and is the only 19th century factory remaining in the city. On August 1, 2012, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.”

Wikipedia article J.J. Deal and Son Carriage Factory, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Hillsdale County · listed in 2012 · 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 117 West St., Jonesville, 49250
  • When was it listed? August 2012
  • Category. building
  • Township. Fayette township
  • National Register reference number. 12000456 - 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

6 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Deal, J.J., and Son Carriage Factory between 2018 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined5
Natural1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHILLSDALE CITY FD 0000696 - 2018
6 April 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHILLSDALE CITY FD 0000410 - 2019
14 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHILLSDALE RURAL FD 0020036 - 2020
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLITCHFIELD FD 2018-17 - 2018
8 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLITCHFIELD FD 2020-16 - 2020
26 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHILLSDALE CITY FD 0000297 - 2018

Every fire recorded in Hillsdale County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Deal, J.J., and Son Carriage Factory: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Calcium. 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
John Hess Marl PitCalciumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hillsdale County

Storms near this property

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jonesville, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2016: 11 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 1999Thunderstorm WindJonesville$25,000Several tree limbs...power lines...and traffic lights were blown down.
October 1996Thunderstorm WindJonesville$8,000no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindJonesville-Emergency management officials reported up to 15 trees blown down across northern parts of the county.
November 2016Thunderstorm WindJonesville-The public and local media reported a well built barn demolished, with trees blown down in the area. A large wooden swing set was also blown away.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindJonesville-Emergency management officials reported trees down across the town with scattered power outages.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindJonesville-Law enforcement officials reported several trees down in the Jonesville area.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindJonesville-A tree was blown down onto a county road north of Jonesville.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindJonesville-Emergency management reported trees and power lines down in Jonesville.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindJonesville-Numerous trees were reported down in Moscow, northeast of Jonesville.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindJonesville-Numerous trees were reported down near Lake Le Ann.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindJonesville-Emergency management reported power lines down in Jonesville.

Every storm recorded in Hillsdale 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

5 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
E. O. Grosvenor House0.1 miles1977
Grace Episcopal Church0.2 miles1971
Hillsdale Downtown Historic District4.5 miles1995
Hillsdale County Courthouse4.6 miles1982
William R. Kirby Sr. House5.8 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 12000456 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Hillsdale CountyAll 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.