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One of 45 National Register listings published here for Lenawee County · listed in 1990 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Tecumseh Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 704--710 W. Chicago Blvd., Tecumseh, 49286
- When was it listed? May 1990
- Category. district
- Also known as. Tecumseh MRA
- City. Tecumseh city
- National Register reference number. 86001560 - 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
12 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Tecumseh Historic District (Boundary Increase) between 2018 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. None 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TECUMSEH FD 676 - 2020 |
| 4 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TECUMSEH FD 527 - 2020 |
| 23 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TECUMSEH FD 579 - 2020 |
| 23 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RAISIN TOWNSHIP FD 0000326 - 2018 |
| 14 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RAISIN TOWNSHIP FD 0000313 - 2019 |
| 12 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RAISIN TOWNSHIP FD 0000306 - 2018 |
| 2 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLINTON FD 117 - 2020 |
| 27 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RIDGEWAY TOWNSHIP FD 0000065 - 2019 |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Tecumseh Historic District (Boundary Increase): 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comfort Brick and Tile Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Adrian Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brady Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Burkett Construction Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Irish Hills Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tecumseh Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
38 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tecumseh, the town this property stands in, in 38 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 23 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 2 lightning. 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 2002 | Lightning | Tecumseh | $150,000 | Lightning struck a home and set it on fire. The home sustained serious damage from the fire. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | $125,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | $20,000 | Multiple trees and powerlines down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | $20,000 | Trees and powerlines reported down. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | $4,000 | Multiple trees and power lines reported down. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | $4,000 | Multiple trees and power lines reported down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | $4,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | $3,000 | Multiple trees and powerlines down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | $2,500 | Law enforcement reported power lines and trees down. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | $1,000 | Trees were reported down. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | $1,000 | A trained spotter reported power lines down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | $1,000 | Central Dispatcher reported a tree blown down and covering both lanes of highway. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | Multiple large tree limbs reported blown down. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | Large tree limb observed down. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | Tree bent in half. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | Tree reported down. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | A 4 inch diameter tree was reported down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | Two trees reported blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | Central dispatch reported several trees blown down. |
| November 2005 | Lightning | Tecumseh | - | Lightning struck the northwest corner of a home located at 509 Maple Drive in Tecumseh. The strike damaged the exterior and drywall of a bedroom. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | A ham radio operator reported that thunderstorm winds blew an 18 inch diameter tree down. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | Law enforcement reported that thunderstorm winds blew several 6 inch diameter tree limbs and several power lines down. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| October 1999 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Tecumseh Historic District | 0.3 miles | 1984 |
 | Temple, Samuel W., House | 0.5 miles | 1986 |
 | Brookside Cemetery | 0.5 miles | 1986 |
 | Tecumseh Downtown Historic District | 0.6 miles | 1986 |
 | Dr. Samuel Catlin House | 0.7 miles | 1986 |
 | George J. Kempf House | 0.7 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86001560 in Record Group 79. |
| Lenawee County | All 45 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.