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Photograph of Daniel O'Sullivan House
Photograph by Matthew Lampe, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Daniel O'Sullivan House/Halfway House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Daniel O'Sullivan House is a single-family home located at 5035 Flushing Road in Flushing, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.”

Wikipedia article Daniel O'Sullivan House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 73 National Register listings published here for Genesee County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.

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.
  • Listed as. O'Sullivan, Daniel, House/Halfway House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 5035 Flushing Rd., Flushing, 48433
  • When was it listed? November 1982
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Genesee County MRA
  • Charter township. Flint charter township
  • National Register reference number. 82000527 - 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

31 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Daniel O'Sullivan House/Halfway House between 2018 and 2019, burning about 45 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
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1

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
31 August 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCITY OF FLINT FD 0015716 - 2019
16 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCITY OF FLINT FD 0003256 - 2018
14 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFLINT TOWNSHIP FD 1800497 - 2018
10 August 2019Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFLINT TOWNSHIP FD 1900566 - 2019
6 July 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCITY OF FLINT FD 0002625 - 2018
20 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCITY OF FLINT FD 0002876 - 2018
19 July 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFLINT TOWNSHIP FD 1800436 - 2018
11 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCITY OF FLINT FD 0002748 - 2018

Every fire recorded in Genesee 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 Daniel O'Sullivan House/Halfway House: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Neuman Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Genesee County

Storms near this property

32 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flushing, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 21 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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
July 2021Tornado (EF1)Flushing$1,000,000The tornado path extended from just northeast of Calkins and North McKinley Rd, just west of Elms Rd between Corunna and Calkins Rd. The most significant damage, consistent with EF1 damage, was along Calkins Rd, west of Morrish Road; and along Morrish Road, south of Calkins Rd. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph. Notable damage included three garages that were either partially or completely destroyed. Additional damage included minor structural damage to adjacent homes, including the loss of roofing materials and siding. There was sporadic tree and crop damage along the path.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindFlushing$100,000A National Weather Service storm survey determined that a downburst (strait line thunderstorm winds) hit portions of northeastern Flushing Township and northwestern Mt Morris Township. Damage included numerous downed trees and limbs, some of which fell onto homes and cars. The downburst was aproximately 4 miles long and 2 to 3 miles wide.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindFlushing$25,000A National Weather Service storm survey revealed a classic downburst/straight-line wind event in Flushing. Total damage included over a dozen trees uprooted, a dozen more snapped off at the trunk, widespread large tree branches down, and one garage door blown inward. Wind speeds were estimated at 80 MPH.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindFlushing$15,000Trees down throughout the city, along with numerous power lines down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindFlushing$15,000Numerous trees and large tree limbs down.
September 2006LightningFlushing$10,000A local newspaper reported that lightning had struck a tornado siren in Flint Township. A new siren will cost the Township $10K.
May 1998Tornado (F0)Flushing$10,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindFlushing$5,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindFlushing$5,000no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindFlushing$3,000A trained spotter reported a tree 3 inches in diameter and power lines down.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindFlushing-Multiple trees uprooted with large tree limbs down.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFlushing-A tree was reported to be blown onto a house.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindFlushing-A few trees and power lines were reported down, with one tree falling onto a house.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindFlushing-A tree was reported blown down onto a house.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindFlushing-A large tree was reported down.
June 2009Flash FloodFlushing-Water was covering Elms Road.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindFlushing-A trained spotter reported large limbs down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindFlushing-Law enforcement reported several tree branches 6 inches in diameter down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindFlushing-A trained spotter reported two trees down.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindFlushing-Large tree branches down at Mount Morris and Seymour roads from an NWS storm survey.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindFlushing-Trained spotter reported 30 trees blown down.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindFlushing-A trained spotter measured a peak wind gust at 64 MPH.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindFlushing-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 65 mph.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindFlushing-Law Enforcement reported large tree limbs blown down.
August 2020HailFlushing-no account filed
August 2020HailFlushing-no account filed
August 2020HailFlushing-no account filed
June 2006HailFlushing-no account filed
June 2004HailFlushing-no account filed
May 2004HailFlushing-no account filed
July 1999HailFlushing-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindFlushing-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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
William Carmer House0.9 miles1982
House at 5556 Flushing Road0.9 miles1982
Robert Aitkan Farm House1.4 miles1982
Civic Park Historic District2.8 miles1979
Calvin Coolidge Elementary School2.9 miles2018
H. Elmer Thayer House3.2 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82000527 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.