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One of 87 National Register listings published here for Oakland County · listed in 2013 · category: Building · built in 1972, by Minoru Yamasaki.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Minoru & Teruko Yamasaki House
Built in 1972. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Yamasaki, Minoru & Teruko, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 3717 Lakecrest Dr. (Bloomfield Township), Birmingham, 48304
- When was it listed? December 2013
- Category. building
- Charter township. Bloomfield charter township
- When was it built? 1972
- Architect. Minoru Yamasaki
- National Register reference number. 13000905 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
29 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Minoru & Teruko Yamasaki House between 2018 and 2019, burning about 29 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0003804 - 2019 |
| 1 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROCHESTER HILLS FD 0004453 - 2019 |
| 14 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0003325 - 2019 |
| 13 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0003315 - 2019 |
| 11 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BIRMINGHAM FD 0001383 - 2019 |
| 10 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WATERFORD TOWNSHIP FD 0007004 - 2018 |
| 1 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TROY FD 0001879 - 2019 |
| 1 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0003097 - 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 Minoru & Teruko Yamasaki House: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniels Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Underwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Birmingham, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birmingham | $150,000 | Trees and limbs reported down. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birmingham | - | Large tree uprooted and fell onto road. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birmingham | - | Tree reported down on the road. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birmingham | - | Tree reported down on the road. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birmingham | - | Numerous large tree limbs reported down around Maple and Cranbrook roads. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birmingham | - | Large tree limbs reported down near Chestnut and Elm Streets. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Birmingham | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Birmingham | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Birmingham | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walbri Hall | 0.2 miles | 2022 | |
 | Trowbridge Road-Grand Trunk Western Railroad Bridge | 0.5 miles | 2000 |
 | Thomas W. and Margaret Taliaferro House | 0.8 miles | 2011 |
| H. Augustus and Agnes Cleveland O'Dell House-Inch House | 0.9 miles | 2009 | |
 | Gregor S. and Elizabeth B. Affleck House | 1.2 miles | 1985 |
 | Cranbrook House | 1.6 miles | 1973 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 13000905 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Oakland County | All 87 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.