Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
“The Saugatuck Pump House, now the Saugatuck-Douglas History Museum, is a historic building located at 735 Park Street in Saugatuck, Michigan. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.”
Wikipedia article Saugatuck Pump House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 33 National Register listings published here for Allegan County · listed in 2015 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Saugatuck Pump House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEGAN #8 |
| 7 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HAMILTON FD 0000149 - 2018 |
| 16 May 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAUGATUCK TOWNSHIP FD 2018256 - 2018 |
| 28 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEGAN 02 |
| 7 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEGAN 01 |
| 26 March 2019 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAUGATUCK TOWNSHIP FD 2019186 - 2019 |
| 26 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAAFSCHAP FD 2018146 - 2018 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Saugatuck Pump House: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laketown Site | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saugatuck, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1993 and 2005: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Hail | Saugatuck | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Saugatuck | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saugatuck | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saugatuck | $20,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down in Saugatuck and Fennville. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saugatuck | $20,000 | Several trees were blown down in Saugatuck and Allegan by thunderstorm wind gusts, as reported by area law enforcement. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Saugatuck | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Saugatuck | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saugatuck | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saugatuck | - | A trained weather spotter reported a 81 mph wind gust measured by his local anemometer. The spotter also reported a tree was downed across Michigan Highway 89 in the southern part of Saugatuck Township. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saugatuck | - | Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 mph in Saugatuck. |
| April 1998 | Hail | East Saugatuck | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Saugatuck | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saugatuck Gap Filler Annex | 0.1 miles | 2022 | |
 | Leiendecker's Inn-Coral Gables | 0.3 miles | 2009 |
 | All Saints' Episcopal Church | 0.4 miles | 1984 |
 | Warner P. Sutton House | 0.7 miles | 1992 |
 | Lake Shore Chapel | 1.0 miles | 1997 |
 | Navigation Structures at Saugatuck Harbor | 1.1 miles | 2001 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000943 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Allegan County | All 33 listed properties in this county. |
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