H.W. Harte Block-Chrystal Falls Village Hall

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

One of 80 National Register listings published here for Iron County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.

Sources: 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. Harte, H.W., Block-Chrystal Falls Village Hall - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 414-418 Superior Ave., Crystal Falls, 49920
When was it listed? December 1983
Category. building
Also known as. Iron County MRA
City. Crystal Falls city
National Register reference number. 83003698 - 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of H.W. Harte Block-Chrystal Falls Village Hall between 1992 and 2019, burning about 67 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 were 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 use	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Debris and open burning	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Arson/incendiarism	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Smoking	2
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
25 August 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	LIND ROAD
9 June 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
9 June 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	1.1 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
9 June 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
21 June 2003	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
14 June 2014	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	IRON 0006
11 June 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 June 1992	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 182 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 182 workings within 5 miles of H.W. Harte Block-Chrystal Falls Village Hall: 69 past producers, 62 occurrences, 49 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, 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	Recorded
Paint Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Williams Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Alpha Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1882, 1903
Alpha Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1903
Armania Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1889, 1914
Armenia Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1889
Balkan-Judson Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1882, 1935
Balkan-Judson Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1913
Bird Exploration	Iron	Prospect	Secondary Enrichment
Book Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1942, 1958

Every working recorded in Iron County

Storms near this property

34 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crystal Falls, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 16 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 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
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Crystal Falls	$3,000	Falling tree crushed pick-up truck.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Crystal Falls	$2,000	Several one-foot diameter pine trees downed along Camp Five Road one mile south of Highway M-69. The damage path was approximately 0.6 mile in width.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Crystal Falls	$1,000	Large birch tree down across Way Dam Road. Also, a lot of small hail covering the ground.
September 2019	Lightning	Crystal Falls	$500	There was a public report of a tree struck by lightning just northwest of Crystal Falls. The tree was estimated to be three and a half feet in diameter and split in pieces. Time of the report was estimated via ENTLN lightning data.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Crystal Falls	$500	The Gogebic/Iron County Central Police Dispatch reported a tree down in Crystal Falls.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Crystal Falls	$500	A tree was reported down at 4th Street and Wisconsin Avenue.
April 2022	Flood	Crystal Falls	-	Snowmelt combined with a period of heavy rain resulted in brief period of minor flooding along the Paint River near Crystal Falls on the 26th.
April 2019	Flood	Crystal Falls	-	Gages Creek overflowed its banks onto private property east of Peavy Pond on April 19th. Minor flooding was also reported on the Paint and Michigamme Rivers from the 23rd into the 26th.
August 2015	Hail	Crystal Falls	-	One inch diameter hail reported via social media picture at Crystal Falls.
August 2014	Heavy Rain	Crystal Falls	-	The automated observing station near Crystal Falls measured 2.72 inches of rainfall in less than 24 hours.
October 2012	Heavy Rain	Crystal Falls	-	The USGS rain gauge at Crystal Falls measured 2.37 inches of rainfall during the event.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Crystal Falls	-	Report of several trees down.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Crystal Falls	-	Report of several trees down.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Crystal Falls	-	One to two-inch diameter branches down.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Crystal Falls	-	Several 1-2 inch diameter tree limbs down.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Crystal Falls	-	Two large trees down on Pentoga Trail in Crystal Falls Township.
October 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Crystal Falls	-	Six to eight-inch tree branches broke and fell on power lines.
October 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Crystal Falls	-	A six-inch poplar tree and an eight-inch diameter evergreen tree were downed along Highway US-2.
April 2004	Hail	Crystal Falls	-	Penny sized hail was reported.
April 2004	Hail	Crystal Falls	-	Nickle sized hail was reported.
July 2004	Hail	Crystal Falls	-	Three-quarter inch diameter hail was reported.
August 2004	Hail	Crystal Falls	-	Quarter sized hail was reported.
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Crystal Falls	-	Large branches were broken off.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Crystal Falls	-	Numerous trees were knocked down.
May 2002	Hail	Crystal Falls	-	One and three quarter inch diameter hail was reported.
May 2002	Hail	Crystal Falls	-	One and three quarter inch diameter hail was reported.
July 2002	Hail	Crystal Falls	-	Penny sized hail was reported.
July 2002	Hail	Crystal Falls	-	One and a quarter inch diameter hail was reported.
September 2002	Hail	Crystal Falls	-	Three quarter inch diameter hail was reported.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Crystal Falls	-	Three to four inch diameter tree branches were broken off.
December 2001	Hail	Crystal Falls	-	Penny sized hail was reported.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Crystal Falls	-	wind gusts to 70 mph...large trees down
August 1998	Hail	Crystal Falls	-	Small branches down.
June 1998	Hail	Crystal Falls	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Iron 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Crystal Inn	under 500 feet	1983
Finnish and Swedish Mercantile Association Building	under 500 feet	1983
Timothy Murphy House	under 500 feet	1983
John Hasselstrom House	under 500 feet	1983
Iron County Courthouse	under 500 feet	1975
John H. Parks Company-Wills Hardware Building	0.1 miles	1983

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 83003698 in Record Group 79.
Iron County	All 80 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.