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Photograph of William R. Kirby Sr. House
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William R. Kirby Sr. House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“House is a private house located at 377 State Road in Hillsdale, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1979 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.”

Wikipedia article William R. Kirby Sr. House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Hillsdale 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.
  • Listed as. Kirby, William R., Sr., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 377 State Rd., Hillsdale, 49242
  • When was it listed? July 1982
  • Category. building
  • Township. Adams township
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 82002836 - 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 William R. Kirby Sr. House between 2018 and 2020, burning about 31 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3

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
7 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWOODBRIDGE TWP FIRE/RESCUE F202027 - 2020
5 August 2018Natural5.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHILLSDALE CITY FD 0000796 - 2018
8 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHILLSDALE CITY FD 0000696 - 2018
19 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use15 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPITTSFORD-JEFFERSON FIRE/RESCUE 19056 - 2019
30 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPITTSFORD-JEFFERSON FIRE/RESCUE 20028 - 2020
6 April 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHILLSDALE CITY FD 0000410 - 2019
24 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPITTSFORD-JEFFERSON FIRE/RESCUE 19023 - 2019
14 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHILLSDALE RURAL FD 0020036 - 2020

Every fire recorded in Hillsdale County

Storms near this property

60 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillsdale, the town this property stands in, in 72 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 62 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
July 2001LightningHillsdale1 killedMan went outside to check possible lightning damage to barn. While standing outside of barn was hitby lightning and died shortly after at Hillsdale Community Health Center.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindHillsdale1 hurt, $50,000Hillsdale County officials reported trees and power lines were downed by straight-line thunderstorm winds across Allen, Adams, and Wheatland townships. Four barns were destroyed at 3120 East Bacon Road in Hillsdale and damage was done to the home at the same address. One woman sustained minor injuries when the trailer she was in parked on Meadow Lane tipped over.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$100,000SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE COUNTY INCLUDING ONE WHOLE LINE OF POWER POLES WHICH WERE FLATTENED TO THE GROUND.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$50,000WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$20,000Trees and power lines down throughout the county.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$20,000A pole barn was destroyed west of Hillsdale.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$15,000A pole barn was destroyed in the area.
May 2024HailHillsdale$12,000no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$10,000Dispatch reports a few trees and powerlines down across the county.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$10,000Several reports of trees and wires down within the county.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$10,000Scattered reports of trees down in and around the Hillsdale area as well as western parts of the county.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$10,000A tree was blown down on car. Damage is estimated at $10,000.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$10,000Power lines reported down in the area.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$10,000Barn blown down. Numerous trees down.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$10,000Trees and power lines down in northeast part of Hillsdale County.
October 1996Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$8,000no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$5,000Windows were blown out of homes and businesses.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$2,500Hillsdale County Emergency Operations reported a couple of trees downed 2 miles west of Hillsdale.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$2,500Minor tree damage reported, with limbs strewn along portions of U.S. Highway 12.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$2,000Power lines and a tree reported down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$1,000A tree, as well as power lines, were reported down in the city of Hillsdale.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Large limbs down.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Trees down, some onto buildings. Power lines and poles down.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Emergency management officials reported numerous trees and power lines down across the county.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Three inch tree limbs broken. Power poles broken. Report from MPing.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Multiple trees down in Hillsdale.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Several reports of trees and powerlines down across northern Hillsdale County from 2230 to 2300 EDT.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Power poles broken, along with three inch tree limbs.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-EM reports numerous trees and power lines down across Hillsdale County.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Numerous reports of trees and large tree limbs being blown down in Hillsdale.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Emergency management officials reported several trees were blown down around the county, some onto power lines.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Emergency management officials reported numerous trees down across mainly the northern half of the county.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Emergency management officials reported multiple trees down in the Hillsdale and surrounding areas.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Emergency management officials reported a tree was blown down on the south side of Hillsdale.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Emergency management officials reported trees and power lines down in and around Hillsdale.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Emergency management officials reported trees down across the county.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Trees and power lines down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Numerous trees down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Emergency management officials reported trees down across the northern part of the county.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Emergency management officials reported tree limbs and a few trees down in and around Hillsdale.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Trees were reported down across mainly the northern part of the county.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Numerous trees reported down across the county.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Several additional large trees reported down across the northwestern part of the county.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-The emergency manager reported a 2.5 foot diameter tree down just southwest of Hillsdale. Reports of small trees down were also received in the city of Hillsdale.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Three larger trees were blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-A few trees were reported down west of Hillsdale.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Tree reported blown down at the intersection of Holcomb and East Bacon roads.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Power lines blown down in the city of Hillsdale.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Trees and power lines down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Emergency management reported trees down in the city of Hillsdale.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-A tree was reported down blocking a road.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Tree was blown down onto a house in the city. No damage estimates were available and no injuries were reported.
August 2003Tornado (F0)Hillsdale-A brief touchdown was observed by fire personnel near Sterling and Walworth roads. No damage or injuries were reported with the touchdown.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Trees and power lines down.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Trees reported down in the area.
September 2003Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Emergency management reported trees down northeast of Hillsdale.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Law Enforcement reported large tree limbs down west of Hillsdale.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in Hillsdale.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Two trees blown down and transformer knocked out.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Trees down.

Every storm recorded in Hillsdale 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

5 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
Hillsdale County Courthouse2.8 miles1982
Hillsdale Downtown Historic District2.8 miles1995
E. O. Grosvenor House5.7 miles1977
Grace Episcopal Church5.8 miles1971
Deal, J.J., and Son Carriage Factory5.8 miles2012

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82002836 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Hillsdale CountyAll 9 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.