Art Gallery Building

Built in 1877 (Italianate architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Art Gallery Building is a commercial building located at 156 South Washington Street in Constantine, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.”
Wikipedia article Art Gallery Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 17 National Register listings published here for St. Joseph County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1877, Italianate 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. 156 S. Washington St., Constantine, 49042
When was it listed? May 1980
Category. building
Township. Constantine township
When was it built? 1877
Architectural style. Italianate architecture
National Register reference number. 80004070 - 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

32 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Art Gallery Building between 2003 and 2020, burning about 47 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Natural	5
Recreation and ceremony	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 August 2020	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 108 - 2020
4 August 2020	Natural	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 107 - 2020
29 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CONSTANTINE FD 211 - 2020
21 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	FABIUS PARK FD 141 - 2020
30 July 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CONSTANTINE FD 202 - 2019
20 July 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
19 July 2018	Natural	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 0000120 - 2018
12 July 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 0097 - 2019

Every fire recorded in St. Joseph County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Art Gallery Building: 1 producer. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Api Dredge and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in St. Joseph County

Storms near this property

28 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Constantine, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 22 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2006	Lightning	Constantine	1 killed	A 45 year old man leaning against a tree was seriously injured when the tree was struck by lightning. He later died of his injuries.
July 1997	Lightning	Constantine	1 hurt	An adult woman in Constantine was struck by lightning at 2:22 PM EDT at 10884 Harder Road. Michigan State Police reported she sought medical treatment at Three Rivers Area Hospital, where she was treated and released for minor injuries.
June 2010	Tornado (EF2)	Constantine	$300,000	A survey of damage across southern St. Joseph County was performed by NWS Personnel. The damage found indicates that a circulation touched down over an open field north of Miller Road and west of Blue School Road. The tornado initially struck two barns, destroying them and sending the debris several miles downwind. The tornado then picked up a trailer at a local Port-A-Jon business. It appears that a combination of the strong winds and the trailer striking one of the guy wires, resulted in a 350 foot cell tower being blown down into an adjacent tower, causing the failure of both (DI: FST DOD:2). The tornado then continued across mainly open fields, scouring a 200 yard wide area of corn, just to the east-southeast of the cell towers and several trees along its track. The final damage occurred at a residence where minor roof damage was done to a barn, as well as more focused tree damage and a center pivot irrigation system being flipped. The tornado reached a maximum of roughly 200 yards in width and was on the ground for over 10 miles. Maximum winds are estimated at around 125 mph.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	$100,000	EXTENSIVE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
October 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	$3,000	no account filed
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	$1,000	The broadcast media report that a healthy tree, 3 feet in diameter, was uprooted in a local cemetery.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	$200	The public reports that large tree branches were downed.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	-	Local media relayed via Twitter numerous reports of downed power lines in Three Rivers, Constantine, and Fabius Park.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	-	Rotted tree snapped in half.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	-	A one foot diameter tree limb 30 foot long and apparently healthy fell and damaged a dog kennel.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	-	Trees and power lines were reported blown down in several locations across the county.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	-	Amateur radio operators reported power poles were blown down.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	-	Tree downed.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	-	Tree down on Youngs Prairie Road. Time estimated from radar.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	-	Trained spotters reported trees and tree limbs down. A eight inch diameter branch was blocking Riverside Drive, just west of Blue School Road in Constantine.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	-	An off duty NWS employee reported multiple trees uprooted in the Constantine area.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	-	County dispatch officials reported trees down in Constantine.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	-	A few trees reported down.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	-	Law enforcement reported numerous trees down northeast of Constantine.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	-	Law enforcement reported trees down in Constantine.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	-	Large tree limbs reported knocked down.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	-	Law enforcement reported trees down in Constantine.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	-	Power lines and numerous trees down.
June 2006	Hail	Constantine	-	no account filed
July 1999	Hail	Constantine	-	no account filed
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	-	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Constantine	-	no account filed
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Constantine	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Joseph 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Constantine Historic Commercial District	under 500 feet	1985
Nettleton-Cond House	under 500 feet	2021
Gov. John S. Barry House	0.3 miles	1972
Morse-Scoville House	0.4 miles	1996
Wahbememe Burial Site and Monument	3.1 miles	1995
US Government Land Office Building, Old	3.3 miles	1989

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80004070 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
St. Joseph County	All 17 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.