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Photograph of Charles G. Curtiss Sr. House
Photograph by Dave Parker, CC BY 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Charles G. Curtiss Sr. House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

From the record

“Union St. in Plymouth, Michigan in the United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1994.”

Wikipedia article Charles G. Curtiss Sr. House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 396 National Register listings published here for Wayne County · listed in 1993 · 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.
  • Listed as. Curtiss, Charles G., Sr., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 168 S. Union St., Plymouth, 48170
  • When was it listed? December 1993
  • Category. building
  • City. Plymouth city
  • Architectural style. Stick style
  • National Register reference number. 93001350 - 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

40 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Charles G. Curtiss Sr. House between 2010 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1

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
30 August 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPLYMOUTH COMMUNITY FD 0002021 - 2019
2 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANTON FD 0005396 - 2019
16 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLIVONIA FIRE/RESCUE 0007106 - 2019
10 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLIVONIA FIRE/RESCUE 0006927 - 2019
5 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANTON FD 0004628 - 2018
19 July 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLIVONIA FIRE/RESCUE 0006169 - 2019
19 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTHVILLE FD 0021362 - 2018
15 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPLYMOUTH COMMUNITY FD 0001614 - 2019

Every fire recorded in Wayne 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 Charles G. Curtiss Sr. House: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Hayes Washed S & G, Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mijal PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thomson Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this property

24 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plymouth, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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 2024Tornado (EF1)Plymouth1 killed, 2 hurtThe tornado touched down just east of the intersection of Schoolcraft Rd and Eckles Rd and traveled northeast into Mason Rd, just north of I-96. The tornado continued into the intersection of Nola Rd and Lyndon Rd, uprooting large trees, snapping off large tree limbs, and producing some damage to residential housing. The tornado then traveled across Newburgh Rd into Levan Rd near the 5-mile intersection, close to the intersection of Ellen Dr. and 5-mile, where mainly tree damage was found. The tornado continued to travel northeast into Farmington and 6-mile, uprooting trees around this location. The tornado continued through Rotary Park where large trees and tree limbs were sheared off, and then moved into Beverly Park, where the damage was mainly sporadic downed tree limbs. The tornado lifted just southwest of 7 mile and Middlebelt Rd. Maximum wind speeds with this tornado were estimated to be up to 95 mph.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindPlymouth$3,250,000no account filed
September 2008Tornado (EF2)Plymouth$250,000At 918 PM Saturday September 13th a tornado occurred in parts of Plymouth and Livonia in Wayne County. The Tornado path length was 2.6 miles and began just west of Starkweather Street near the railroad tracks in Plymouth and tracked eastward across the intersection of Interstates 96 and 275 and ended in Livonia at the intersection of Newburgh and Richfield Roads near Ladywood High School. The maximum path width of the tornado was roughly 200 yards in Plymouth and was 100 yards or less in most other locations along its path. Most of the damage along the path was to trees and was rated mostly at the EF0 level (less than 86 MPH). However, a short stretch of significant roof damage occurred in Plymouth to two apartment buildings in Lake Pointe Village and Brougham Manor. This damage was rated at the EF2 level, or roughly winds to 120 mph.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPlymouth$135,000no account filed
December 1998Thunderstorm WindPlymouth$50,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindPlymouth$35,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Large tree uprooted, but likely with shallow roots.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Wet mirco-burst winds downed trees in Plymouth.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Measured wind gust via MDOT mesonet.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Multiple trees uprooted with shingles blown off roofs.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Multiple trees were reported down, along with large tree limbs.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-A large tree was reported blown down.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Several large tree limbs were reported down.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Numerous trees and tree limb reported down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Trees were reported blown down.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-A trained weather spotter reported small trees blown down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Spotters reported that several large tree branches were blown down in thunderstorm winds.
June 2023HailPlymouth-no account filed
June 2008HailPlymouth-no account filed
June 2006HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 2000HailPlymouth-no account filed
July 1997HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 1996HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 1994HailPlymouth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
Henry W. Baker Houseunder 500 feet1982
United States Post Office Plymouth Station0.2 miles2024
Starkweather School0.6 miles2016
Carlton D. Wall House2.3 miles1994
Benjamin and Mary Ann Bradford House3.6 miles2000
Tivadar and Dorothy Balogh House3.6 miles2013

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 93001350 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wayne CountyAll 396 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.