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Photograph of Bradley House
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Bradley House

Built in 1874. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

From the record

“The Bradley House is a restored single-family home, now used as a museum, located at 3200 Cook Road in Midland, Michigan, on the grounds of the Midland County Historical Society Heritage Park. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.”

Wikipedia article Bradley House (Midland, Michigan), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 27 National Register listings published here for Midland County · listed in 1972 · category: Building · built in 1874.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Corner of Cook Rd. and Main St., Midland, 48640
  • When was it listed? July 1972
  • Category. building
  • City. Midland city
  • When was it built? 1874
  • National Register reference number. 72000642 - 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Bradley House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 were 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
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1

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 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND FD 9003558 - 2019
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLINCOLN TOWNSHIP FD 0000169 - 2019
1 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19292 - 2019
26 July 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND FD 9002895 - 2019

Every fire recorded in Midland County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bradley House: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite, Clay, Halite, Bromine, Iodine, 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
Dow Chemical Company - Midland Michigan OperationsHalitePast Producer1892
Dow-MidlandMagnesite, Bromine, Iodine, CalciumProducer1940
Midland Brick and Tile Co Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Midland PropertyPotassiumUnknown
Dow Chemical Co Clay PitClayPast Producer
Tittabawassee Clay PitClayPast Producer
Dow Chemical Co--Hope, Mich.MagnesiteProducer
Martin Marietta-MidlandMagnesitePlant

Every working recorded in Midland County

Storms near this property

60 of 90 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midland, the town this property stands in, in 90 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 49 thunderstorm wind, 35 hail, 4 lightning, 1 tornado. 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 2014HailMidland$5,000,000no account filed
July 2014HailMidland$1,000,000no account filed
July 2014HailMidland$1,000,000no account filed
May 1999Tornado (F2)Midland$150,000no account filed
July 2014HailMidland$100,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMidland$100,000no account filed
May 2006LightningMidland$50,000Lightning struck a house on Claremont St in Midland, sparking a fire. The fire burned along the electrical wiring and destroyed most of the home's attic. The home also sustained major damage to insulation and trusses, as well as to electrical and water systems. Total damages were estimated at $50K.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMidland$50,000A trained spotter reported trees blown down in Midland. A local newspaper article also included a picture of a very large 80 foot honey locust tree lying on top of a home. The tree punched through the back sunroom of the home. A neighbor also lost a 50 foot cherry tree due to the thunderstorm winds. Several other large trees were reported blown down across the city of Midland. Midland County was hit particularly hard. Thousands of customers lost power, with most going without power for 3 to 4 days due to the extent of the tree damage across the region. The road commission responded to 24 calls of trees down across roadways. Midland firefighters responded to 50 storm related calls, most involving downed trees and power lines. The most damage in the city occurred from Nelson Street to the downtown area, and in the area of Nakoma Drive and Jefferson Avenue. At least one vehicle was damaged due to fallen debris. Property damage in the area was roughly estimated at around $50K.
July 2014HailMidland$25,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindMidland$25,000no account filed
March 2006FloodMidland$20,000no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindMidland$8,000Numerous trees were downed in a small area.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindMidland$6,000no account filed
September 2011Thunderstorm WindMidland$5,000Numerous trees and powerlines reported down.
July 2006LightningMidland$5,000Lightning struck a home, sparking a fire. Property damage was roughly estimated at $5K.
June 2002LightningMidland$5,000Lightning struck an oak tree. Parts of the tree landed on a trailer and caused minor damage.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindMidland$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree across a street in the city. Several large branches were snapped off trees, pulling power lines down.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindMidland$4,000Numerous tress and powerlines were reported down.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindMidland$4,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindMidland$3,000no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMidland$2,500Trained spotter reported that several trees were blown down in the city of Midland by thunderstorm winds. The Midland Fire Chief reported five "really big trees" and numerous power wires down across area streets, including Hancock, Jay, Clay, and Cottonwood Streets. Debris from trees in the Clay and Jay street areas took crews four hours to clean up.
July 2014HailMidland$1,000no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindMidland$500Law enforcement reported power lines blown down.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindMidland$500An isolated wind damage event occurred at a residence, whereby, two large limbs, about 8 inches in diameter each, were snapped off a large tree by thunderstorm wind gusts. These large limbs had several branches about 4 inches in diameter that pulled down power lines.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMidland-Trees and power lines.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindMidland-Sporadic tree damage, with a number of large trees uprooted and tree limbs downed across the neighborhood. Some of the tree damage resulted in downed power lines. Minor property damage occurred where downed trees or tree limbs fell on power lines, forcing the lines to disconnect or loosen from nearby homes. All of the tree damage was noted to be blown from west to east. The swath of wind damage broadened from one-half mile wide to three-quartres of a mile wide.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMidland-Trees reported blown down.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMidland-Multiple trees and wires reported down in city of Midland.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMidland-Large tree limbs were observed snapped.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMidland-Several trees and power lines reported down.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMidland-Large tree branches downed on a house and on wires.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMidland-Wires reported down.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMidland-Eight inch diameter tree blown down, along with numerous small branches.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMidland-Numerous trees down.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindMidland-Trees and wires reported down.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindMidland-Trees and wires reported down.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindMidland-Large tree reported down.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindMidland-Trees and wires reported down.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindMidland-Numerous trees were reported blown down in the city of Midland.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindMidland-A tree was reported blown over.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindMidland-Trees and wires were reported down.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindMidland-A tree was reported down near the intersection of Hancock and Jay Roads.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindMidland-Power lines reported down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMidland-Trees reported down.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindMidland-Dispatched reported multiple tree downs throughout Midland County.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMidland-Several trees and large tree limbs reported down.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMidland-A trained spotter measured a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindMidland-Law enforcement reported a tree down on the northwest side of Midland.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindMidland-Law enforcement reported a large tree branch down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMidland-Central dispatch reported a tree and power lines blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMidland-Trees were reported blown down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMidland-Local law enforcement reported 3 to 4 trees down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMidland-Large tree limbs and several power lines down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMidland-Trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMidland-Several trees were reported blown down.
July 2002LightningMidland-A newspaper reported that lightning struck a telephone line, knocking power out to thousands of Midland County residents.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindMidland-Law enforcement reported numerous trees blown down in thunderstorm winds.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindMidland-Trained spotters reported that thunderstorm winds uprooted and blown onto Brooks Road near Meridian Road in Mount Haley Township.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindMidland-Several large limbs blown down.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindMidland-Power lines were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Midland 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

6 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
Robert E. and Barbara Schwartz House0.4 miles2013
Alden B. Dow House and Studio0.8 miles1989
Donald and Louise Clark Irish House0.9 miles2004
Calvin A. and Alta Koch Campbell House1.0 miles2004
James T. Pardee House1.0 miles1989
Oscar C. Diehl House1.1 miles1989

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 72000642 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Midland CountyAll 27 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.