Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
“The Old Hanover High School is a former school building located at 105 Fairview Street in Hanover, Michigan. It now houses the Lee Conklin Reed Organ & History Museum.”
Wikipedia article Old Hanover High School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 29 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 2012 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Hanover High School Complex between 2018 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. 4 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 use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HANOVER TOWNSHIP FD 148 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOMERSET TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 490 - 2018 |
| 3 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HANOVER TOWNSHIP FD 152 - 2020 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LIBERTY TOWNSHIP FD 99 - 2019 |
| 6 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PULASKI TOWNSHIP FD 0000039 - 2019 |
| 24 April 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HANOVER TOWNSHIP FD 93 - 2020 |
| 21 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HANOVER TOWNSHIP FD 61 - 2019 |
| 8 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LITCHFIELD FD 2020-17 - 2020 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hanover High School Complex: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenith Portland Cement Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hanover, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanover | $50,000 | Several trees were uprooted and snapped off along a five mile path along Moscow road. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanover | $25,000 | Several trees were blown down near Hanover. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanover | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Hanover | $10,000 | The public in Hanover reported one inch diameter hail. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanover | $5,000 | Jackson Central Dispatch reported trees uprooted along Fowler Road in Hanover Township. Local fire officials estimated winds gusted to 50 mph in the thunderstorm. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanover | $5,000 | Trees reported downed in Hanover. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Hanover | - | Jackson Central Dispatch relayed reports from Hanover Township fire officials of nickel-sized hail. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Hanover | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy, Frederick A., Jr., and Caroline Hewett, Farm | 0.9 miles | 2000 | |
 | Paddock-Hubbard House | 7.0 miles | 1994 |
 | Concord Village Historic District | 7.1 miles | 1996 |
 | Mann House | 7.2 miles | 1970 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 12001030 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Jackson County | All 29 listed properties in this county. |
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