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Photograph of Loren Andrus Octagon House
Photograph by Ktacia, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Washington Octagon House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

From the record

“The Loren Andrus Octagon House, also known as the Washington Octagon House, is a historic octagon house located at 57500 Van Dyke Avenue just north of 26 Mile Road in Washington Township, Macomb County, Michigan. On September 3, 1971, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.”

Wikipedia article Loren Andrus Octagon House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Macomb County · listed in 1971 · 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. 57000 Van Dyke St., Washington, 48094
  • When was it listed? September 1971
  • Category. building
  • Charter township. Washington charter township
  • National Register reference number. 71000413 - 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

34 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Washington Octagon House between 2018 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
22 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0002381 - 2019
17 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0005593 - 2018
22 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0001684 - 2019
20 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMACOMB TOWNSHIP FD 0003374 - 2019
14 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0001517 - 2019
13 August 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FD 0001820 - 2018
9 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMACOMB TOWNSHIP FD 0002731 - 2019
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FD 0001486 - 2018

Every fire recorded in Macomb County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Washington Octagon House: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Compton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Natural Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sees Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Macomb County

Storms near this property

37 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Washington, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 25 thunderstorm wind, 11 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWashington$60,000Large trees and power poles reported down.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindWashington$20,000Partial roof and siding damage to a building. Multiple trees blown down with powerline snapped.
July 2000Flash FloodWashington$10,000no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindWashington$8,000A trained spotter reported a power pole snapped in half by thunderstorm winds.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWashington$5,000Trees and power lines were reported down.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWashington$5,000no account filed
April 2014Thunderstorm WindWashington$3,000Seven large pine trees and power lines blown down.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWashington$3,000Trees and powerlines reported down.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindWashington$3,000Power lines were blown down.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindWashington$3,000no account filed
April 2014Thunderstorm WindWashington$2,000Power lines reported down.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindWashington$2,000no account filed
September 2014Thunderstorm WindWashington$1,000Three inch diameter tree branches reported down.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWashington-Trees reported down.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWashington-Trees reported down.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWashington-Numerous trees reported down.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindWashington-Numerous trees and power lines were reported down around Washington Township.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindWashington-Numerous large tree branches blown down.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWashington-Trees reported snapped or uprooted.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWashington-Power outage reported due to tree damage.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindWashington-Power lines reported down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindWashington-Nine to ten inch diameter trees blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWashington-A trained spotter reported tree limbs 2 to 3 inches in diameter down and estimated the wind gusts at 60 MPH.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindWashington-Power lines were reported blown down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindWashington-A 12 inch diameter tree and tree limbs were reported down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWashington-A trained spotter reported numerous trees down.
May 2016HailWashington-no account filed
May 2016HailWashington-no account filed
April 2014HailWashington-no account filed
June 2012HailWashington-no account filed
June 2011HailWashington-no account filed
July 2010HailWashington-no account filed
May 2007HailWashington-no account filed
May 2000HailWashington-no account filed
May 2000HailWashington-no account filed
July 2000HailWashington-no account filed
July 1996HailWashington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Macomb 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

4 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
Packard Proving Grounds Gateway Complex3.9 miles2007
Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal4.5 miles1972
Romeo Historic District5.9 miles1970
Wolcott Mill6.4 miles2009

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 71000413 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Macomb CountyAll 15 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.