Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
“The Philip Nice House is a single-family home at 321 Center Street in Mason, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.”
Wikipedia article Philip Nice House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 55 National Register listings published here for Ingham County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Philip Nice House between 2018 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. 2 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 use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MASON FD 159 - 2019 |
| 29 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MASON FD 157 - 2019 |
| 3 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MASON FD 131 - 2020 |
| 17 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELHI TOWNSHIP FD 1866 - 2019 |
| 12 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MASON FD 142 - 2020 |
| 11 July 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MASON FD 141 - 2020 |
| 4 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MASON FD 96 - 2020 |
| 24 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MASON FD 133 - 2018 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Philip Nice House: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Couch Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Snider Farms Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sniders No 1 Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tomlinson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Weaver Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mason, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 12 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | $25,000 | Law enforcement reported that a severe thunderstorm blew down numerous trees and powerlines mainly just east of US-127. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | $25,000 | Several trees were blown down in Mason. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Mason | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Mason | $15,000 | Three quarters to one inch diameter hail was reported near Mason. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Mason | $10,000 | Law enforcement eight miles east of Mason reported one inch diameter hail. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | $10,000 | A 58 m.p.h. wind gust was measured by an AWOS site in Mason. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds tore a roof from an unoccupied office trailer at the county fairgrounds south of the city. A wind gust over 50 mph was measured at Mason-Jewett Airport (1.3 miles southeast of Mason). |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | $2,500 | Ingham County Central Dispatch reported several trees downed around Mason. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | $2,000 | Several tree limbs were blown down near Mason. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Mason | - | Hail up to two inches in diameter was reported. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Mason | - | Three quarters inch hail was reported by an amateur radio operator near Mason. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | - | Scattered downed trees and power outages were reported across much of Ingham county. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Mason | - | A trained spotter measured hail up to an inch and a quarter in diameter in Mason. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | - | A 60 mph wind gust was recorded at the Lansing Capital City Airport. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | - | Wind damage and power outages reported by spotter. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | - | 60 mph wind gust reported by Skywarn spotter. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Mason | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Mason | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Mason | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Mason | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mason | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Michigan Central Railroad Mason Depot | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | Maple Grove Cemetery | 0.1 miles | 1985 |
 | Westside Neighborhood Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1985 |
 | Ash Street-Sycamore Creek Bridge | 0.3 miles | 2000 |
 | Merrylees-Post House | 0.3 miles | 1985 |
 | Ingham County Courthouse | 0.4 miles | 1971 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85001240 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Ingham County | All 55 listed properties in this county. |
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