Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
“Allen House is a historic residence in Petoskey, Michigan, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”
Wikipedia article J. B. Allen House (Petoskey, Michigan), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 49 National Register listings published here for Emmet 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 Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of J. B. Allen House between 1996 and 2020, burning about 24 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 | BEAR CREEK RESORT FD 0000253 - 2019 |
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEAR CREEK RESORT FD 0000217 - 2019 |
| 24 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEAR CREEK RESORT FD 0000239 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PETOSKEY DPS-FIRE DIVISION 0000369 - 2020 |
| 21 June 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PETOSKEY DPS-FIRE DIVISION 0000345 - 2019 |
| 1 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of J. B. Allen House: 6 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Dixie Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Petoskey Shale Mine & Mill | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Bell Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Frenches Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kegomic Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Koboski Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kuchnicki Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Noggel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Petoskey Crushed Stone Co.Ls.Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| W.E.Smith Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Petoskey, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2011: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 waterspout, 1 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 1998 | Hail | Petoskey | $100,000 | Large hail up to 2.50" in diameter caused $100,000 worth of damage to cars on two lots west of Petoskey. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petoskey | $51,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were downed. Several homes and cottages were damaged by falling trees near Crooked and Pickerel Lakes, and a small aluminum boat was tossed into a tree. At a dealership in Petoskey, trailers were rolled off of a parking lot and into a ditch. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petoskey | $25,000 | Numerous trees were downed from downtown Petoskey to the M-119/US-31 intersection. A restaurant at that intersection was damaged by a falling tree. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petoskey | $22,000 | Many trees and power lines were downed, from the east end of Little Traverse Bay, extending inland a few miles. One car was crushed by a falling tree. A woman at Petoskey State Park was briefly trapped inside a motorhome. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petoskey | $15,000 | A few trees and numerous tree limbs were downed. A car at the Petoskey post office was damaged by a falling tree. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petoskey | $15,000 | Numerous large tree limbs blown down. One large limb fell on house causing roof and chimney damage. |
| May 2011 | Lightning | Petoskey | $4,000 | Lightning struck a home, igniting a small roof fire that was brought under control within an hour. |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petoskey | - | Two trees down. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petoskey | - | Trees down. |
| August 1999 | Waterspout | Petoskey | - | Unseasonably cold air over the warmer waters of Lake Michigan triggered numerous cold air funnel clouds over Little Traverse Bay; three of which developed into waterspouts. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Petoskey | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Petoskey | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petoskey | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Petoskey | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Petoskey | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | G. W. Olin House | under 500 feet | 1986 |
 | George and Eugene Markle House | under 500 feet | 1986 |
 | Stout House | 0.2 miles | 1986 |
| East Mitchell Street Historic District | 0.3 miles | 1986 | |
 | Gerhard Fochtman House | 0.3 miles | 1986 |
 | Trinity Evangelical Church | 0.4 miles | 1986 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86001973 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Emmet County | All 49 listed properties in this county. |
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