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Photograph of Bellevue Gothic Mill
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Bellevue Mill

Built in 1852 (Gothic Revival). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

From the record

“The Bellevue Gothic Mill is a historic gristmill located on the west bank of Battle Creek, at 218 East Mill Street in Bellevue, Michigan. It was a producing grist mill from 1854 until 1958.”

Wikipedia article Bellevue Gothic Mill, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 18 National Register listings published here for Eaton County · listed in 1975 · category: Building · built in 1852, Gothic Revival.

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. W bank of Battle Creek on Riverside St., Bellevue, 49021
  • When was it listed? March 1975
  • Category. building
  • Township. Bellevue township
  • When was it built? 1852
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 75000942 - 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

15 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Bellevue Mill between 2018 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 5 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 use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural5

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
28 May 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBELLEVUE FD 019-172 - 2019
13 May 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBELLEVUE FD 020-128 - 2020
7 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBELLEVUE FD 019-128 - 2019
6 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOLIVET FD 0000070 - 2019
14 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPENNFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 00347 - 2019
13 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPENNFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 00344 - 2019
7 March 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBELLEVUE FD 0020-76 - 2020
30 March 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHARLOTTE FD 0000183 - 2018

Every fire recorded in Eaton 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 Bellevue Mill: 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Bellevue LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bellevue QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer1946
Alpha Prtlnd Cmnt Co Clay PitClayPast Producer
Olivet Brick&Tile Co Clay PitClayPast Producer
Pit No. 3 & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit No. 3 and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rieth - Riley Construction CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vermontville Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Eaton County

Storms near this property

20 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellevue, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 7 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 2008Flash FloodBellevue$600,000Numerous road washouts were reported across portions of Eaton county. As a result a presidential disaster declaration was issued.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBellevue$50,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts blew a roof off of a garage. Two 24 inch diameter pine trees were blown down.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBellevue$25,000Several large trees were blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBellevue$25,000Several trees were blown down two miles east of Bellevue.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindBellevue$25,000no account filed
April 2001HailBellevue$25,000no account filed
June 2003HailBellevue$20,000Three quarters inch hail was reported in Bellevue and also two miles east of Grand Ledge.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindBellevue$10,000A couple of trees were blown down in Bellevue and one mile west of Charlotte.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBellevue$10,000no account filed
September 1997Thunderstorm WindBellevue$5,000Eaton County Central Dispatch reported trees were downed in Bellevue Township.
February 2024HailBellevue-Three quarters inch hail was reported by the public southeast of Bellevue.
July 2023HailBellevue-One inch hail was reported near Bellevue.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBellevue-A trained spotter near Bellevue estimated thunderstorm wind gusts up to 60 mph that brought down several branches.
July 2010HailBellevue-A trained spotter in Bellevue reported up to three quarters inch diameter hail.
April 2010HailBellevue-Hail up to three quarters of an inch in diameter was reported in Bellevue and Charlotte by trained spotters.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBellevue-A trained spotter reported that a healthy three foot diameter tree was blown down between Tasker road and Link highway.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBellevue-Several trees were blown down in Bellevue where wind gusts were estimated at 50 to 60 mph.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindBellevue-A storm chaser reported estimated wind gusts up to 68 mph that blew down several tree branches.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindBellevue-An amateur radio operator reported an estimated 60-mph wind gust.
June 1998HailBellevue-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Eaton 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

2 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
Residential Drive-Townline Brook Bridge3.9 miles2000
Hance House4.9 miles1972

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 75000942 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Eaton CountyAll 18 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.