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Photograph of John Van Buskirk Farm House
Photograph by Matthew Lampe, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

John Van Buskirk Farm House

Built in 1850 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“The John Van Buskirk Farm House is a single-family home located at 7348 Coldwater Road in Davison, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.”

Wikipedia article John Van Buskirk Farm House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 73 National Register listings published here for Genesee County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1850, Greek Revival architecture.

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. Van Buskirk, John, Farm House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 7348 Coldwater Rd., Davison, 48423
  • When was it listed? June 1983
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Genesee County MRA
  • Township. Richfield township
  • When was it built? 1850
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 83000847 - 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 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of John Van Buskirk Farm House between 2018 and 2020, burning about 28 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 use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony5
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
21 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGENESEE TWP FIRE STATION #1 0000200 - 2019
4 August 2018Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGENESEE TWP FIRE STATION #1 0000163 - 2018
15 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDAVISON-RICHFIELD AREA FD 425 - 2020
7 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDAVISON-RICHFIELD AREA FD 18269 - 2018
4 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFOREST TOWNSHIP FD 72 - 2020
26 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFOREST TOWNSHIP FD 87 - 2020
14 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFOREST TOWNSHIP FD 78 - 2020
12 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGENESEE TWP FIRE STATION #1 0000133 - 2018

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of John Van Buskirk Farm House: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Ferguson Excavating Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kurtz Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kurtz Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mathews Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Genesee County

Storms near this property

29 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davison, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 lightning, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023HailDavison$20,000,000Reports of widespread hail damage across Davison, which included car and house damage.
June 2006LightningDavison$55,000A very intense lightning bolt struck a home, causing severe damage. The strike left a hole in the side of one wall and had electrical outlets smoking. Damages were estimated at $15K to the property and $40K to contents. Residents were home but no one was injured.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindDavison$15,000Numerous large trees limbs were reported down along with power lines.
September 2005LightningDavison$15,000Lightning struck a home in the Continental North mobile home park, causing a fire in the roof.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindDavison$5,000A steel flag pole was bent, along with damage to a roof.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindDavison$3,000Two to three foot diameter tree reported down on a house, along with downed power lines.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindDavison-Tree reported down.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindDavison-Several trees downed along with power lines and tree branches. Flint area also had one tree reported down.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDavison-Numerous wires down on roads.
July 2023HailDavison-Reports of baseball size hail in Davison.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindDavison-Trees reported down.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindDavison-Multiple trees and power lines reported down.
July 2017Flash FloodDavison-Richfield Road was washed out.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindDavison-A 1 foot diameter tree reported blown down.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindDavison-A tree was reported down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindDavison-A tree was snapped in half.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindDavison-A trained spotter measured a 74 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindDavison-Numerous tree limbs were reported down.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindDavison-A local newspaper reported a tree blown down on a power line along Irish Rd, just south of Potter Rd.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindDavison-A spotter reported a wind gust of 60 mph in the community of Davison.
July 2023HailDavison-no account filed
July 2023HailDavison-no account filed
June 2013HailDavison-no account filed
June 2009HailDavison-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindDavison-no account filed
May 2003HailDavison-no account filed
July 2003HailDavison-no account filed
August 2001HailDavison-no account filed
December 1998Thunderstorm WindDavison-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 83000847 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.