Benjamin Bangs House

Built in 1866 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Benjamin Bangs House is a single-family home located at 819 South Leroy Street in Fenton, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.”
Wikipedia article Benjamin Bangs House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 73 National Register listings published here for Genesee County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1866, Greek 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.
Listed as. Bangs, Benjamin, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 819 S. Leroy St., Fenton, 48430
When was it listed? November 1982
Category. building
Also known as. Genesee County MRA
City. Fenton city
When was it built? 1866
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 82000498 - 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

24 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Benjamin Bangs House between 2006 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 2 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 use	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Debris and open burning	3
Natural	2
Smoking	1

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
7 September 2019	Smoking	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	HARTLAND AREA FD 0000655 - 2019
8 August 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	FENTON CITY FD 0000288 - 2019
4 August 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
24 August 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	FENTON CITY FD 0000320 - 2019
20 August 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 662 - 2018
16 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	FENTON CITY FD 0000305 - 2019
20 July 2019	Natural	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 573 - 2019
10 July 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	FENTON CITY FD 0000228 - 2019

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Benjamin Bangs House: 4 producers. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Bentley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Denton Plant & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Fenton Gravel Co., Inc. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Livingston County Road Comm. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Genesee County

Storms near this property

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fenton, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 17 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 lightning, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 2 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 1999	Lightning	Fenton	1 killed, 1 hurt	A thunderstorm quickly rolled into Silver Lake Park near Fenton. Beachgoers at the park quickly gathered up their things and raced to their cars, but the last group off the beach was not quite quick enough. Lightning struck an adult female and an eight year old girl, about five feet away from their car. Rescue workers were briefly able to resuscitate the adult, but she died soon after arriving at a local hospital. The girl was treated for her injuries at the hospital, and was released the following day.
August 2007	Tornado (EF2)	Fenton	1 hurt, $13,000,000	This is the same tornado that began in Livingston County's Cohoctah Township. The tornado crossed into Genesee County approximately 3 miles west southwest of Fenton at 1649EST. The City of Fenton sustained the greatest amount of damage where the tornado path widened to approximately one-quarter mile, including the snapping and uprooting of hundreds of trees, de-roofing of both residential and municipal structures, and the partial collapse of a large retail structure near the intersection of Owen Road and U.S. 23. Of the approximately 250 homes/buildings damaged in Fenton, two were destroyed and five sustained major damage. The tornado was rated as EF2 in Fenton with wind speeds estimated at approximately 130 MPH. The average path width in Genesee County was 350 yards. One person in Fenton received minor injuries after being struck by flying glass. The tornado exited Genesee County one mile east of Fenton at 1700EST and then continued in Oakland County for another 5.5 miles.
June 2003	Tornado (F1)	Fenton	$300,000	A tornado touched down in Camp Copneconic and produced extensive tree damage. The tornado then traveled northeast into southern Grand Blanc Township. The tornado hit Spring Oak subdivision on the north side of Baldwin Road approximately one mile east of Fenton road. The tornado completely destroyed the garage and front porches of three homes. Several homes had their garage walls destroyed. Several other homes had shingle and siding damage. The tornado continued through Aspen subdivision, where two homes sustained roof and garage damage. Several other homes in the subdivision lost shingles and siding. The tornado continued to the intersection of McWain and Pollock roads. Several homes sustained damage due to falling trees. The Michigan room on one home was destroyed. The tornado lifted just northeast of McWain road. An official storm survey conducted by the National Weather Service estimated winds between 100 and 110 mph.
May 2001	Tornado (F0)	Fenton	$10,000	The tornado moved north from Livingston County, soon dissipating in far southern Genesee County. Tree damage was spotty along the path in Genesee County, consistent with a weak tornado.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Fenton	$6,000	no account filed
July 2011	Lightning	Fenton	$5,000	Lightning struck a house which caused a fire.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Fenton	$5,000	A large tree \|was reported blown down near South Holly and South Leroy Roads.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Fenton	$3,000	no account filed
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Fenton	$1,000	A 12 inch diameter tree was blown down, as well as a few 6 inch diameter tree limbs.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Fenton	-	Six inch tree limbs reported down.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Fenton	-	Trees and large limbs reported down.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Fenton	-	Multiple large tree limbs reported down.
October 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Fenton	-	Large tree reported blown down.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Fenton	-	Six inch diameter trees reported down.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Fenton	-	A trained spotter reported trees down at the intersection of Fenton and Thompson Roads.
July 2005	Lightning	Fenton	-	A lightning strike hit the steeple at Fenton First Presbyterian Church,sending shingles and plywood to the ground.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Fenton	-	A trained weather spotter reported 2 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs down.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Fenton	-	An 18 inch and 2 foot diameter tree were blown down.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Fenton	-	A large tree was blown over.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Fenton	-	Numerous large tree limbs were knocked down at various locations in the community of Fenton. In Goodrich, numerous trees, power lines, phone lines, and cable lines were blown down. A large tree was blown onto a dog house at a residence, crushing it, and a large tree fell across M-15. At Shinanguag Lake, just south of Goodrich, numerous large trees were blown down.
July 2011	Hail	Fenton	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Fenton	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Fenton	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Fenton	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Fenton	-	no account filed
April 2001	Hail	Fenton	-	no account filed
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Fenton	-	no account filed
June 1999	Hail	Fenton	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Fenton	-	no account filed
April 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Fenton	-	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	Fenton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Genesee 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
David B. Colwell House	under 500 feet	1982
Church, Volney-Carlos B. Shotwell House	0.1 miles	1982
Col. J. Hinckley House	0.1 miles	1982
H.N. Jennings House	0.2 miles	1982
Edwin Trump House	0.2 miles	1982
Dibbleville-Fentonville Historic District	0.2 miles	1982

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 82000498 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Genesee County	All 73 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.