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Photograph of Frank J. Hecox House
Photograph by Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Frank J. Hecox House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

From the record

“Hecox House, also known as the House of the Seven Gables, is a single-family home located at 3720 West Grand River Avenue near Howell, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.”

Wikipedia article Frank J. Hecox House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 14 National Register listings published here for Livingston County · listed in 1994 · 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 2 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Hecox, Frank J., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 3720 W. Grand River Ave., Howell Township, Howell, 48855
  • When was it listed? July 1994
  • Category. building
  • Township. Howell township
  • Architectural style. Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada
  • National Register reference number. 94000745 - 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

24 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Frank J. Hecox House between 2008 and 2020, burning about 124 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
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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
23 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOWELL AREA FD 0001001 - 2019
9 July 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOWELL AREA FD 0000735 - 2018
19 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOWELL AREA FD 0000781 - 2018
15 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOWELL AREA FD 0000758 - 2018
26 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOWELL AREA FD 0000692 - 2019
17 June 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOWELL AREA FD 0000656 - 2019
14 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOWELL AREA FD 0000642 - 2019
6 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFOWLERVILLE FD 0000287 - 2019

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Frank J. Hecox House: 4 producers. All of them 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
D and J Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Livingston Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Livingston County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yarnell Livingston County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this property

60 of 68 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Howell, the town this property stands in, in 68 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 57 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 lightning, 1 flash flood. 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
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHowell$40,000Trees and power lines reported down throughout Livingston county.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindHowell$40,000A large tree was blown down onto a house and a barn was blown over.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindHowell$25,000A 16 inch diameter tree fell onto a boat and trailer. Several large trees also fell onto a home.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindHowell$10,000Multiple trees and power lines reported down.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindHowell$10,000A 40 X 60 foot outbuilding was destroyed by a wind gust.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHowell$8,000A local newspaper reported several trees blown down in Howell and included a picture of a work van pinned beneath the trunk of a large tree on Barnard Street. Total damage to the vehicle was roughly estimated at $8K.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHowell$7,000Numerous trees and power lines reported down.
April 2002LightningHowell$5,000Lightning struck the cap off the top of a well and followed the well-line into the basement of a nearby home. The bolt blew out a hole in the basement wall.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHowell$5,000no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindHowell$5,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindHowell$5,000no account filed
May 2012Thunderstorm WindHowell$2,000Wires were reported down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindHowell$1,000Trees and eight to ten inch diameter tree limbs were reported blown down.
June 2005LightningHowell$1,000The Howell Fire Department reported that a car was struck by lightening as it traveled on M-59 around 620 pm EDT. Lightning hit the vehicle's radio antenna, then shorted out the electrical system and flattened a tire.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindHowell-Two large trees and large tree limbs downed.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHowell-Trees were reported down across Central Livingston County, particularly in and around Howell.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHowell-Four downed trees and 10 to 12 large limbs downed between Latson Road and N Eager Road along M-59.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHowell-Large tree limbs down.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHowell-Numerous trees reported blown down across Livingston County.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHowell-Numerous trees and power lines reported down near Howell.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHowell-Large tree limbs reported down.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindHowell-A local business concrete wall was blown down.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHowell-Trees reported down over the powerlines.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHowell-Multiple large limbs and a couple trees reported down.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHowell-A tree was reported down.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindHowell-Multiple large trees down.
November 2016Thunderstorm WindHowell-Several trees and tree limbs reported down.
November 2016Thunderstorm WindHowell-A few downed pine trees.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindHowell-Several 6 inch tree branches reported down.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindHowell-Trees reported down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHowell-Large tree limbs reported down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHowell-Two trees reported down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHowell-Several 6 inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHowell-Two trees were reported blown down.
June 2009Flash FloodHowell-Multiple reports of a half of a foot of standing water on area roads, including: M-59, Byron, Grand River, and Oak Grove Road.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindHowell-Law enforcement reported a tree down at Grand River and Fleming Roads.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHowell-An amateur radio operator measured a 74 MPH wind gust.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHowell-A trained spotter reported trees down.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHowell-A National Weather Service employee reported 10 large tree limbs down across the north side of Howell.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHowell-An amateur radio operator reported trees down.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHowell-A trained spotter estimated a 60 MPH gust.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindHowell-Law enforcement and a local newspaper reported several trees down in Marion Township.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindHowell-A National Weather Service employee reported large tree branches down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHowell-A trained spotter reported a tree and power lines down.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHowell-Thunderstorm winds downed a tree and several large limbs near Howell.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHowell-Road Commission reported a tree blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHowell-Road Commission reported a tree blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHowell-Road Commission reported a tree blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHowell-Trees were reported blown down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHowell-The newspaper reported that thunderstorm winds uprooted an 80 foot willow tree.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHowell-Livingston County Central Dispatch reported several trees blown down onto power lines.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindHowell-Livington County Central Dispatch reported that several large trees were blown down in thunderstorm winds.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindHowell-Sheriff Department reported numerous trees blown down in the city, some onto houses.
September 2021HailHowell-no account filed
April 2017Thunderstorm WindHowell-no account filed
May 2014HailHowell-no account filed
August 2013HailHowell-no account filed
March 2012HailHowell-no account filed
July 2012HailHowell-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHowell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Livingston 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
George Louk Farm0.6 miles1995
William K. and Nellie Sexton House3.2 miles2013
Ann Arbor Railway Station3.2 miles1971
Howell Downtown Historic District3.2 miles1987
Livingston County Courthouse3.3 miles1976
John H. and Martha Durfee Galloway House3.4 miles2006

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 94000745 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Livingston CountyAll 14 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.