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Rowe House

Built in 1855 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

From the record

“The Rowe House is a single-family home at 2360 Lone Tree Road, northwest of Milford, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.”

Wikipedia article Rowe House (Milford, Michigan), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 87 National Register listings published here for Oakland County · listed in 1975 · category: Building · built in 1855, Greek Revival architecture.

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. 2360 Lone Tree Rd., NW of Milford, Milford, 48357
  • When was it listed? December 1975
  • Category. building
  • Charter township. Highland charter township
  • When was it built? 1855
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 75000959 - 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

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Rowe House between 1996 and 2020, burning about 87 acres in total. None 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1

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
9 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHARTLAND AREA FD 0000466 - 2018
7 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHARTLAND AREA FD 0000461 - 2018
13 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHIGHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 18579 - 2018
31 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHIGHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19581 - 2019
23 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHARTLAND AREA FD 0000267 - 2018
10 April 1996Misuse of fire by a minor30 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 March 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHARTLAND AREA FD 0176 - 2020
17 March 2020Debris and open burning50 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHIGHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 20298 - 2020

Every fire recorded in Oakland County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rowe House: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 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
Holloway Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Livingston County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Milford No 315 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Milford PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Muir Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oakland County

Storms near this property

28 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milford, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 19 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 1995HailMilford3 hurtA severe thunderstorm brought nickle-size hail and frequent cloud to ground lightning to the Milford area in southwest Oakland County. Lightning resulted in three minor injuries.
May 2001Tornado (F0)Milford$75,000A weak tornado touched down near High Ridge Drive along the Kent Lake shoreline, in Kensington Metropark. There was a well-defined path of tree damage extending north-northwest to near the intersection of Pearson and Hickory Ridge Roads. A few structures were damaged, including a home struck by a falling tree, and a century-old barn was destroyed. An apartment complex lost gutters and shingles from its roof, and nearby playground equipment was thrown.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMilford$50,000Thirty trees were reported down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindMilford$15,000Trees and power lines were reported down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindMilford$15,000Pine trees reported down, along with siding off a house.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindMilford$10,000Numerous trees and tree limbs reported down.
September 2000LightningMilford$10,000The 911 phone system at the Milford Police Department was zapped by lightning, causing substantial damage to electronic equipment.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMilford$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed a power pole in Milford.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMilford-A 12-15 inch diameter tree was blown down onto the road.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMilford-A large tree was blown down on Milford road.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindMilford-A power pole was blown over, along with 3 inch diameter trees limbs down.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindMilford-A large pine tree was uprooted.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMilford-Numerous large tree limbs down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMilford-Forty inch diameter tree uprooted.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMilford-Power lines and a few large limbs reported down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMilford-Three trees were reported blown down.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindMilford-An amateur radio operator reported large tree branches down.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindMilford-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts at 60 MPH.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindMilford-Spotters reported several six inch diameter tree limbs blown down in thunderstorm winds.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMilford-Large trees blown down in Kensington Metro Park.
March 2019HailMilford-no account filed
September 2019HailMilford-no account filed
September 2019HailMilford-no account filed
July 2012HailMilford-no account filed
April 2010HailMilford-no account filed
June 2008HailMilford-no account filed
March 1998Thunderstorm WindMilford-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMilford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oakland 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
Highland United Methodist Church1.8 miles1981
Milford Rural Agricultural School3.2 miles1992
North Milford Village Historic District3.4 miles2000
Dr. Henry K. Foote House3.5 miles1985
Hubbard-Kesby House4.1 miles1996
Caleb Everts House7.2 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 75000959 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Oakland CountyAll 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.