Old Wing Mission

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

“Old Wing Mission is a historic building at 5298 147th Ave. in Holland, Michigan. It is the oldest surviving house in the township.”
Wikipedia article Old Wing Mission, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 33 National Register listings published here for Allegan County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.

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. 5298 E. One hundred Forty-seventh Ave., Fillmore, 49423
When was it listed? August 1986
Category. building
City. Holland city
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 86001551 - 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 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Old Wing Mission between 2018 and 2019, burning about 21 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	1
Debris and open burning	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
9 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	HOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19636 - 2019
8 September 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	GRAAFSCHAP FD 2018470 - 2018
7 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP FD 19381 - 2019
2 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	HOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19543 - 2019
9 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	HOLLAND FD 0002036 - 2018
6 July 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	HOLLAND FD 0002003 - 2018
4 July 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	HOLLAND FD 0001973 - 2018
14 June 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	HOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000359 - 2018

Every fire recorded in Allegan 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 Old Wing Mission: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Zeeland Brick Co.Clay Pit	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Hamilton Washing Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Ottawa County Road Commission Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Allegan 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 86001551 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Allegan County	All 33 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.