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Photograph of Frank D. Bloss and Sons Farm House
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Bloss, Frank D., and Sons Farm House

Built in 1893 (Queen Anne style). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“Bloss and Sons Farm House is a single-family home located at 8380 Reid Rd., Swartz Creek, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.”

Wikipedia article Frank D. Bloss and Sons Farm House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 73 National Register listings published here for Genesee County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1893, Queen Anne style.

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. 8380 Reid Rd., Swartz Creek, 48473
  • When was it listed? November 1982
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Genesee County MRA
  • Township. Gaines township
  • When was it built? 1893
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style
  • National Register reference number. 82000501 - 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

13 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Bloss, Frank D., and Sons Farm House between 2018 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 1 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 use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural1
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
26 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUNDY TOWNSHIP FD 2019216 - 2019
19 July 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGAINES TOWNSHIP FD 0000169 - 2018
2 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFLINT TOWNSHIP FD 1900269 - 2019
9 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGAINES TOWNSHIP FD 0000084 - 2019
9 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSWARTZ CREEK AREA FD 0000036 - 2019
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUNDY TOWNSHIP FD 2019098 - 2019
12 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSWARTZ CREEK AREA FD 0000035 - 2019
27 March 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGAINES TOWNSHIP FD 0000056 - 2020

Every fire recorded in Genesee 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 Bloss, Frank D., and Sons Farm House: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 & Gravel Co., Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Frank Sharp Clay PitClayPast Producer
Fred Mccann Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Genesee County

Storms near this property

23 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swartz Creek, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. 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 2011Thunderstorm WindSwartz Creek$20,000Many large trees blown down across roads and houses.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindSwartz Creek$3,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSwartz Creek-Trees uprooted.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSwartz Creek-Small tree branches and wires reported blown down. A large tree also fell onto two houses.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindSwartz Creek-Wires reported down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindSwartz Creek-Law enforcement reported two trees 4 feet in diameter down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSwartz Creek-Law enforcement reported several large trees down.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindSwartz Creek-A trained spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 to 65 mph.
February 2006Thunderstorm WindSwartz Creek-Downburst winds took down 15 trees and power lines which blocked Ried and Morrish Roads.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSwartz Creek-Trained spotter reported a tree blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSwartz Creek-A trained spotter estimated a 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindSwartz Creek-A trained weather spotter reported trees blown down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindSwartz Creek-A trained weather spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindSwartz Creek-Skywarn spotters reported a 60 mph wind gust in a thunderstorm over Swartz Creek.
July 2012HailSwartz Creek-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSwartz Creek-no account filed
May 2009HailSwartz Creek-no account filed
August 2003HailSwartz Creek-no account filed
August 2003HailSwartz Creek-no account filed
August 2000HailSwartz Creek-no account filed
June 1999HailSwartz Creek-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindSwartz Creek-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindSwartz Creek-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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82000501 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Genesee CountyAll 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.