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Christian-Ellis House

Built in 1895 (Georgian Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Christian-Ellis House is a single-family home in Owosso, Michigan, built in 1895. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.”

Wikipedia article Christian-Ellis House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 45 National Register listings published here for Shiawassee County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1895, Georgian Revival architecture.

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. 600 N. Water St., Owosso, 48867
  • When was it listed? November 1980
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Owosso MRA
  • City. Owosso city
  • When was it built? 1895
  • Architectural style. Georgian Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 80001893 - 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

19 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Christian-Ellis House between 2018 and 2019, burning about 20 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/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural3

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
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOWOSSO FD 182134 - 2018
19 September 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000129 - 2018
2 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCORUNNA-CALEDONIA FD 0000108 - 2019
12 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000099 - 2018
12 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000100 - 2018
11 July 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000098 - 2018
4 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000079 - 2018
18 May 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOWOSSO FD 0001096 - 2019

Every fire recorded in Shiawassee 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 Christian-Ellis House: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Michigan Brick Pit and MillClayProducer
New Corunna Brick Co Clay Shale PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Shiawassee County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Shiawassee County

Storms near this property

41 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Owosso, the town this property stands in, in 41 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 31 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 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
May 1999Thunderstorm WindOwosso$10,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindOwosso$8,000no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindOwosso$6,000Trees and power lines were downed.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindOwosso$5,000Power lines were blown down, resulting in an electrical fire.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindOwosso$5,000no account filed
May 2012Thunderstorm WindOwosso$3,000Trees and wires reported down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindOwosso$3,000Trained spotters reported several trees and power lines down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindOwosso$2,000Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindOwosso$2,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindOwosso-Trees reported down.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindOwosso-Trees reported down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOwosso-Large trees trees and power lines reported down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindOwosso-Multiple trees and power lines reported down.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindOwosso-A large tree was reported blown down.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindOwosso-At least 20 trees were snapped from a wet micro-burst close to the Shiawassee river in Owosso. Many of trees appeared unhealthy.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindOwosso-Law enforcement reported numerous trees down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindOwosso-A trained spotter estimated the wind gusts at 60 MPH.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindOwosso-A trained spotter estimated the wind gusts at 60 MPH.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindOwosso-Central dispatch reported trees blown down.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindOwosso-Local law enforcement reported a tree blown down.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Owosso-A tornado briefly touched down near M-52 and Garrison Roads. A 4 foot diameter tree was snapped.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Owosso-A weak tornado touched down in a farm field on West Dewey Road. Winds were strong enough to throw an empty grain bin 200 feet.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindOwosso-A large tree was reported blown down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindOwosso-Law enforcement reported trees and wires blown down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindOwosso-Poles and wires down at M21 adn Baldwin Rd.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindOwosso-Large limbs down.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindOwosso-Trees blown down.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindOwosso-Several trees blown down.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindOwosso-The Shiawassee County Sheriff's department reported numerous large limbs down from strong thunderstorm winds.
April 1994HailOwosso-Shiawassee County sheriff reported golf ball-size hail in both Perry and Owosso.
August 2022HailOwosso-no account filed
June 2006HailOwosso-no account filed
May 2004HailOwosso-no account filed
May 2004HailOwosso-no account filed
June 2002HailOwosso-no account filed
May 1998HailOwosso-no account filed
April 1998Thunderstorm WindOwosso-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindOwosso-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindOwosso-no account filed
April 1996HailOwosso-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindOwosso-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shiawassee 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
Nathan Ayres Houseunder 500 feet1980
George Pardee Houseunder 500 feet1980
Alfred Williams Houseunder 500 feet1980
Edwin Todd Houseunder 500 feet1980
Leigh Christian Houseunder 500 feet1980
Oliver Street Historic Districtunder 500 feet1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80001893 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Shiawassee CountyAll 45 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.