Luce County Sheriff's House and Jail

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Luce County Sheriff's House and Jail was originally built as a correctional facility and government building at 411 West Harrie Street in Newberry, Michigan, United States. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1975 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.”
Wikipedia article Luce County Sheriff's House and Jail, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 1 National Register listings published here for Luce 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.
Address. 411 W. Harrie St., Newberry, 49868
When was it listed? April 1982
Category. building
Township. McMillan township
Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 82002848 - 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Luce County Sheriff's House and Jail between 1992 and 2019, burning about 18 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Fireworks	1
Natural	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 August 2001	Fireworks	3.2 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
15 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	DUMP PILE
3 July 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
28 July 2012	Recreation and ceremony	1.2 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CORRAL FIRE
21 July 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	LUCE 0002
20 July 2007	Natural	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
17 July 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	MAKI FIRE
7 June 2001	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Luce 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 Luce County Sheriff's House and Jail: 3 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
East Lake Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Luce County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Vertz Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Luce County

Storms near this property

24 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newberry, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	$10,000	12-14 trees up to twelve inches in diameter down across Highway M-123 between Newberry and Tahquamenon Falls. One tree fell on a house.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	$4,000	Numerous trees and power lines down.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	$1,000	There was a Facebook report and picture of a tree down in front of a house near Newberry.
June 2024	Hail	Newberry	-	There was a Facebook report and video showing falling hail two miles south of Newberry. Hailstones ranged from pea-sized to half dollar size.
April 2023	Flood	Newberry	-	A few secondary roads were closed north of Newberry due to snowmelt runoff over the roads.
December 2015	Heavy Rain	Newberry	-	Two-day rainfall totals exceeded two inches across much of Luce County.
May 2007	Hail	Newberry	-	Half an inch to an inch and a quarter diameter sized hail covered the ground.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	A few two-inch trees snapped and one to two inch branches down along County Road 500.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Trees one foot in diameter blown down.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Six to eight-inch diameter tree down on County Road 460.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Tree down on home on County Road 458, one-half mile east of County Road 117.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Two large trees were knocked over along highway M-123.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Several travel trailers were damaged and numerous trees were blown down in Muskallonge State Park.
August 2003	Hail	Newberry	-	Nickel sized hail was reported.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	A 60 mph wind gust broke off a 16 inch diameter tree branch that fell on a motor home.
October 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Tree branches 2 to 3 inches in diameter were broken off.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	A tree was blown down on M-123.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	One to two inch diameter tree branches were broken off.
October 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	A grandstand, a section of fence and the roof of a greenhouse were damaged at the County Fairgrounds.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	6 to 8 inch diameter trees down.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Numerous trees down along CR-413.
March 1998	Hail	Newberry	-	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	Newberry	-	no account filed
October 1995	Hail	Newberry	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Luce 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 82002848 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Luce County	All 1 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.