Griswold Civic Center Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

From the record

“The Griswold Civic Center Historic District is a small historic district containing eight civic and religious buildings, roughly bounded by Hubbard, Walnut, and Trowbridge Streets, in Allegan, Michigan. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.”
Wikipedia article Griswold Civic Center Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 33 National Register listings published here for Allegan County · listed in 1987 · category: District.

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 8 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. Roughly bounded by Hubbard, Walnut, and Trowbridge Sts., Allegan, 49010
When was it listed? March 1987
Category. district
Also known as. Allegan MRA
Township. Allegan township
Architect. Gordon W. Lloyd
National Register reference number. 87000253 - 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Griswold Civic Center Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 were 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	20
Arson/incendiarism	5
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
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
28 September 2014	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ALLEGAN 0002
24 September 1992	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
8 July 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 July 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ALLEGAN FD 174 - 2020
6 July 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CLYDE TOWNSHIP FD 0000063 - 2019
22 July 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	GOBLES-PINE GROVE FD 0000117 - 2019
26 June 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ALLEGAN 02
24 May 2007	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named

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 Griswold Civic Center Historic District: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Allegan Brick Co Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Grigsby Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Hughes Otsego Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Allegan County

Storms near this property

39 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allegan, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 26 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	1 hurt, $50,000	Numerous trees were blown down across Allegan county and a tree fell on a tent camper pinning a woman underneath. She sustained minor injuries.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$500,000	Allegan county emergency management reported that trees and wires were blown down across the county.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$250,000	There were several reports of downed trees, limbs and power lines and downed limbs caused damage to a few homes in the area.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$250,000	Numerous trees were blown down across much of Allegan county. At least one tree fell on a house.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$100,000	Multiple trees were blown down onto houses in Allegan. Several trees fell on cars in Fennville.
June 2003	Hail	Allegan	$50,000	Reports of one to as large as one and three quarters inch diameter hail were received from Allegan.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$50,000	A 60 mile per hour wind gust was recorded in Allegan. Numerous trees were downed including at least one that fell on a home in Allegan, causing roof damage.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$50,000	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Allegan	$50,000	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Allegan	$40,000	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Allegan	$40,000	no account filed
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$30,000	Numerous large tree limbs were blown down across Allegan county.
May 2000	Hail	Allegan	$30,000	no account filed
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$25,000	A line of severe thunderstorms downed trees and power lines on the west side of the city of Allegan.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$25,000	no account filed
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$20,000	Twenty trees were blown down from southwest of the city of Allegan to Wayland.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$15,000	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts blew down several trees in Allegan. A 58 m.p.h. wind gust was measured in Otsego.
August 2003	Hail	Allegan	$15,000	Seven eighths inch diameter hail was observed in the city of Allegan.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$15,000	no account filed
October 2001	Flash Flood	Allegan	$15,000	no account filed
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$15,000	no account filed
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$10,000	A few trees were brought down by thunderstorm winds in Allegan county.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$10,000	Numerous trees were blown down in Allegan.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$10,000	Several trees and power lines were blown down in Lee township.
August 2003	Hail	Allegan	$10,000	Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported in Allegan.
August 2003	Hail	Allegan	$10,000	Three quarters inch hail was reported between 36th and 106th streets, in Allegan.
August 2003	Hail	Allegan	$10,000	Three quarters inch hail was reported two miles southwest of the city of Allegan.
September 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$10,000	Local media reported trees and power lines downed in the city of Allegan.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$5,000	Isolated tree damage occurred in portions of Allegan county.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	$5,000	Three trees were blown down six miles southeast of Allegan.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	-	Several power lines were blown down in Allegan township.
March 2012	Hail	Allegan	-	A trained spotter reported three quarters inch diameter hail near Allegan.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	-	Trees and power lines down. No damage estimates available. Numerous reports across the southern half of Allegan County.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	-	Amateur radio operators estimated winds gusted to 60-mph just south of the town of Allegan. Many trees and power lines were reportedly downed in the area. Approximately 6,400 people lost power in the immediate area. No damage estimate was available.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	-	Many trees and power lines were blown down.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	-	Tree limbs up to 8-inches in diameter were blown down.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Allegan	-	no account filed
February 1997	Flash Flood	Allegan	-	no account filed
September 1994	Hail	Allegan	-	no account filed

Every storm 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.

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Downtown Allegan Historic District	0.2 miles	1987
Pritchard's Outlook Historic District	0.2 miles	1987
Second Street Bridge	0.4 miles	1980
Henry Franks House	0.4 miles	1987
Oakwood Cemetery Chapel	0.5 miles	1987
William C. Messenger House	0.5 miles	1987

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 87000253 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.
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.