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Photograph of Old Mission Inn
Photograph by Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Hedden Hall

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Old Mission Inn, previously known as Hedden Hall or the Porter Hotel, is an inn located at 18599 Old Mission Road near Traverse City, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1980 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.”

Wikipedia article Old Mission Inn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Grand Traverse 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 listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 18599 Old Mission Rd., Traverse City, 49686
  • When was it listed? April 1982
  • Category. building
  • Township. Peninsula township
  • National Register reference number. 82002834 - 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

3 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Hedden Hall between 2018 and 2019, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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/undetermined3

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
18 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPENINSULA TOWNSHIP FD 0000475 - 2018
9 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPENINSULA TOWNSHIP FD 0000152 - 2018
20 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMILTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000033 - 2019

Every fire recorded in Grand Traverse County

Storms near this property

48 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Traverse City, the town this property stands in, in 48 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 22 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 7 flash flood, 3 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2000LightningTraverse City1 killed, 1 hurtA father and son were struck by lightning. See narrative below.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindTraverse City$7,800,000The most concentrated damage in Grand Traverse County occurred on the Old Mission Peninsula. Many trees were down, and multiple vineyards and orchards suffered substantial damage. Vehicles and buildings were also damaged by felled trees. Across Grand Traverse County, nine buildings were considered destroyed, and nearly 400 were damaged in some way.
May 2020Flash FloodTraverse City$310,000Munson Hospital measured 3.12 inches of rain during the day on the 28th. Most of this was dumped in a short period of time, early in the afternoon. This resulted in a small area of flash flooding, in downtown Traverse City and on the near west side. Water rose up to three feet high on some roads and parking lots, and in a few spots the water was higher. Some people were trapped in vehicles and required rescue. Numerous vehicles were heavily damaged. The basement of Munson Hospital flooded. Kids Creek rose out of banks, flooding roads and some buildings.
June 2020Flash FloodTraverse City$90,000Training thunderstorms brought heavy rain to parts of Traverse City. Munson Hospital measured 2.45 of rain during the afternoon and evening. Quick-hitting flash flooding developed in the area, and in particular on the near west side of the city. Kids Creek overflowed its banks. Cedar Street and other roads near Munson Hospital were flooded. This event was extremely similar, though not quite as hard hitting, as the flash flood event in the same location back on May 28 2020.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindTraverse City$45,000Trees were downed onto Parsons Road. A home in East Bay Township was heavily damaged when a tree fell through its roof.
October 2020FloodTraverse City$35,000Road flooding occurred in a number of places in the Traverse City area. Logans Landing along the Boardman River saw the parking lot flood. Eleventh St and Division St saw flooding, as did West Front St and Madison Dr. Flooding also occurred in the Three Mile Rd area, near Mitchel Creek.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindTraverse City$35,000Several trees downed southeast of Traverse City, and a school fence was knocked over. Large swath of trees, 20 yards wide and over 100 yards long, downed near east shore of Long Lake. Over 200 trees were downed.
September 2000LightningTraverse City$20,000Lightning struck the garage of a residential home and set it on fire.
November 2013Flash FloodTraverse City$14,000Rainfall amounts of just over two inches in an hour produced short-lived urban flooding in Traverse City. Numerous streets were impassible, including Veterans Drive, Garfield Road, and South Airport Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindTraverse City$10,000Various reports of wind damage, including downed trees and power poles, from mping and social media in this area. Time estimated from radar.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindTraverse City$10,000Several trees were downed near Seventh Street. The power was knocked out in much of Traverse City. A 56 mph gust was measured at Cherry Capital Airport.
August 2023HailTraverse City$5,000Report of quarter size hail near Front and Division in Traverse City. Spotter also reported lots of tree damage in the area. Time estimated from radar.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindTraverse City$5,000Picture relayed from broadcast media. Trees down in vicinity of 500 block of 8th Street in Traverse City. Broadcast media also relayed additional pictures of downed trees from the Traverse City area. Time estimated from radar.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindTraverse City$3,000Multiple trees downed.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTraverse City$3,000Trees were downed across a road.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindTraverse City$3,000Five trees downed in Bryant Park.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindTraverse City$2,000Tree down across Hartman Rd near US-31. Report from TV 7/4.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTraverse City$1,000Broadcast media report of power lines down on Hartman road.
March 2026HailTraverse City-Hail from half-inch up to penny size near Traverse City West Senior High in Traverse City, MI.
June 2025HailTraverse City-Multiple reports of large hail in the Traverse City, MI metro area, including quarter-size hail at UpNorthLive studios west of Traverse City at 0630am, and half dollar size hail at 9&10 studios in downtown Traverse City at 0640am. Hail up to 1.5 inches was reported near Turtle Creek Casino at Acme, east of Traverse City, at 0654am, along with ponding on roads from heavy rainfall. Additional reports and photos of similar sized hail in the Traverse City area on social media.
June 2023FloodTraverse City-Several reports of standing water in and around Traverse City.
October 2023FloodTraverse City-Broadcast media video of street flooding at Spruce and Bay Streets in Traverse City.
October 2023Flash FloodTraverse City-Grand Traverse County Emergency Management reports flooding at several spots in and around downtown Traverse City.
June 2022HailTraverse City-Estimated brief quarter size hail. Time estimated from radar.
July 2021Flash FloodTraverse City-Flooding at 14th St and Veterans Dr in Traverse City.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindTraverse City-Numerous tree limbs and a few trees were downed. Fruit was knocked off of trees.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindTraverse City-Several large tree limbs down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindTraverse City-Numerous trees down.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindTraverse City-Trees and power lines down.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindTraverse City-A tree was toppled on powerlines.
July 1999Flash FloodTraverse City-Small creeks were overflowing their banks and several secondary streets were covered with water.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindTraverse City-Trees and power lines down. One building destroyed.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindTraverse City-Trees and power lines down
May 1998Thunderstorm WindTraverse City-Strong thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and powerlines.
May 2019HailTraverse City-no account filed
July 2010HailTraverse City-no account filed
June 2008HailTraverse City-no account filed
June 2006HailTraverse City-no account filed
October 2006HailTraverse City-no account filed
August 2003HailTraverse City-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindTraverse City-no account filed
June 2000HailTraverse City-no account filed
July 2000Flash FloodTraverse City-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindTraverse City-no account filed
September 2000HailTraverse City-no account filed
April 1999HailTraverse City-no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindTraverse City-no account filed
April 1993HailTraverse City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grand Traverse 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

2 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
Dougherty Mission House0.9 miles2011
Stickney Summer House-Bowers Harbor Inn5.8 miles2011

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82002834 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Grand Traverse CountyAll 12 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.
  • 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.