Detroit-Bay City Railroad Company Columbiaville Depot

Built in 1893 (Victorian architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

“Columbiaville Station, currently known as the Columbiaville Rotary Club and Public Library, is a former train station located at 4643 First Street in the village of Columbiaville in Marathon Township in northwestern Lapeer County, Michigan. It was designated as a Michigan State Historic Site on October 23, 1979, and later listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 5, 1984, as the Detroit-Bay City Railroad Company Columbiaville Depot.”
Wikipedia article Columbiaville station, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 23 National Register listings published here for Lapeer County · listed in 1984 · category: Building · built in 1893, Victorian 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.
Address. 4643 1st St.., Columbiaville, 48421
When was it listed? April 1984
Category. building
Township. Marathon township
When was it built? 1893
Architectural style. Victorian architecture
National Register reference number. 84001785 - 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

21 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Detroit-Bay City Railroad Company Columbiaville Depot between 2006 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Recreation and ceremony	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
22 July 2019	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	COLUMBIAVILLE FD 1909067 - 2019
16 July 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	COLUMBIAVILLE FD 0918060 - 2018
26 June 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	COLUMBIAVILLE FD 0918053 - 2018
23 June 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	OTTER LAKE FIRE & RESCUE 0000017 - 2019
9 April 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	LAPEER CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0119110 - 2019
8 April 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	LAPEER CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0119108 - 2019
29 April 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	22 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	LAPEER 01
26 April 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	FOREST TOWNSHIP FD 81 - 2018

Every fire recorded in Lapeer County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Detroit-Bay City Railroad Company Columbiaville Depot: 1 producer. 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.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Elba Gravel Company	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Lapeer County

Storms near this property

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Columbiaville, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado, 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
March 2012	Tornado (EF2)	Columbiaville	$500,000	A National Weather Service Storm Damage Survey confirmed the occurrence of a tornado in western Lapeer County, approximately 3 miles south of Columbiaville or 5 miles northwest of Lapeer. The tornado produced damage consistent with a rating of EF2, with maximum wind speeds of around 125 mph. The tornado damage path was roughly 4.6 miles long with a maximum width of 400 yards. The damage extended from near the intersection of Mt. Morris Road and German Road with a touchdown of approximately 649 PM EDT to near the intersection of Flint River Road and Millville Road by approximately 704 PM EDT. Damage along much of the path was primarily uprooted trees and minor structural damage. The most intense damage occurred along Carpentar Road, roughly one quarter mile south of Stanley Road, at 700 PM EDT. A house was shifted off the foundation and an attached garage was destroyed at this location.
August 2006	Flash Flood	Columbiaville	$300,000	Thunderstorms with very heavy rain repeatedly occurred across the same areas and dumped rain at a rate of nearly 2 inches per hour. Doppler radar estimated that 6 inches of rain, with locally higher amounts, fell in a west to east swath across north central Lapeer County. The most intense rain fell from about 2000 EST on the 2nd to about 0100 EST on the 3rd. Flash flooding began around 2245 EST. The rain caused mass flooding to area roads. Nearly a dozen roads, between M-90 and Clear Lake Rd, were washed out and had to be closed. Crops were also severely punished. Farmers in the North Branch area reported losing over a million dollars in vegetable and sod crops. One farmer lost 120 acres of sod, estimated at $540K. Another farmer lost 35 acres of onions, estimated at around $200K. Total losses in crops due to the floods were estimated at $1M. Several homes were heavily damaged by flooding on the east side of burnside township. Total property damages, including rebuilding roads, were estimated at $300K. No injuries were reported.
July 1997	Tornado (F1)	Columbiaville	$200,000	no account filed
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbiaville	-	Trees reported down.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbiaville	-	Tree and power lines reported down.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbiaville	-	Multiple trees and power lines reported down.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbiaville	-	A garage door was partially blown in and small trees were reported down.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbiaville	-	Trees and power lines reported down.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbiaville	-	Numerous tree limbs blown down.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbiaville	-	Trees reported blown down.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbiaville	-	Law enforcement reported a large tree down.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbiaville	-	Trees were reported blown down, along with wind damage to a silo and a barn roof.
May 2024	Hail	Columbiaville	-	no account filed
May 2024	Hail	Columbiaville	-	no account filed
April 2008	Hail	Columbiaville	-	no account filed
October 2006	Hail	Columbiaville	-	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbiaville	-	no account filed
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbiaville	-	no account filed
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbiaville	-	no account filed
April 1996	Hail	Columbiaville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lapeer 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 84001785 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lapeer County	All 23 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.