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Temple, Samuel W., House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

“Temple House is a residential structure located at 115 West Shawnee Street, at the junction with North Pearl Street, in the city of Tecumseh in Lenawee County, Michigan in the United States. It was designated as a Michigan Historic Site and added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 13, 1986.”

Wikipedia article Samuel W. Temple House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 45 National Register listings published here for Lenawee 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. 115 W. Shawnee St., Tecumseh, 49286
  • When was it listed? August 1986
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Tecumseh MRA
  • City. Tecumseh city
  • Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 86001561 - 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 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Temple, Samuel W., House 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/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLINTON FD 231 - 2020
4 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTECUMSEH FD 527 - 2020
23 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTECUMSEH FD 579 - 2020
23 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRAISIN TOWNSHIP FD 0000326 - 2018
14 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRAISIN TOWNSHIP FD 0000313 - 2019
12 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRAISIN TOWNSHIP FD 0000306 - 2018
2 May 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLINTON FD 117 - 2020
27 March 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRIDGEWAY TOWNSHIP FD 0000065 - 2019

Every fire recorded in Lenawee County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Temple, Samuel W., House: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Comfort Brick and Tile PitClayPast Producer
Adrian Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brady Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Burkett Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Irish Hills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tecumseh Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lenawee County

Storms near this property

38 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2002LightningTecumseh$150,000Lightning struck a home and set it on fire. The home sustained serious damage from the fire.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$125,000no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$20,000Multiple trees and powerlines down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$20,000Trees and powerlines reported down.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$4,000Multiple trees and power lines reported down.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$4,000Multiple trees and power lines reported down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$4,000Several trees were blown down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$3,000Multiple trees and powerlines down.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$2,500Law enforcement reported power lines and trees down.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$2,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$1,000Trees were reported down.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$1,000A trained spotter reported power lines down.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$1,000Central Dispatcher reported a tree blown down and covering both lanes of highway.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Multiple large tree limbs reported blown down.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Large tree limb observed down.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Tree bent in half.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Tree reported down.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-A 4 inch diameter tree was reported down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Two trees reported blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Central dispatch reported several trees blown down.
November 2005LightningTecumseh-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 2004Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-A ham radio operator reported that thunderstorm winds blew an 18 inch diameter tree down.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Law enforcement reported that thunderstorm winds blew several 6 inch diameter tree limbs and several power lines down.
May 2011HailTecumseh-no account filed
July 2010HailTecumseh-no account filed
June 2006HailTecumseh-no account filed
June 2006HailTecumseh-no account filed
June 2006HailTecumseh-no account filed
May 2004HailTecumseh-no account filed
May 2004HailTecumseh-no account filed
May 2004HailTecumseh-no account filed
March 2003HailTecumseh-no account filed
July 2001HailTecumseh-no account filed
July 2001HailTecumseh-no account filed
May 2000HailTecumseh-no account filed
October 1999HailTecumseh-no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lenawee 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Tecumseh Downtown Historic District0.2 miles1986
Dr. Samuel Catlin House0.3 miles1986
Tecumseh Historic District0.3 miles1984
Saint Elizabeth's Church0.3 miles1986
Musgrove Evans House0.4 miles1972
Brookside Cemetery0.4 miles1986

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 86001561 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lenawee CountyAll 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.