Henderson Park-West Main Hill Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

From the record

“The Henderson Park-West Main Hill Historic District is a primarily residential historic district roughly bounded by West Main, Thompson, Academy, Monroe, West Lovell and Valley Streets and Prairie Avenue in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.”
Wikipedia article Henderson Park-West Main Hill Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 60 National Register listings published here for Kalamazoo County · listed in 1995 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Listed as. Henderson Park--West Main Hill Historic District - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. Roughly bounded by W. Main, Thompson, Academy, Monroe, W. Lovell and Valley Sts. and Prairie Ave., Kalamazoo, 49006
When was it listed? July 1995
Category. district
City. Kalamazoo city
National Register reference number. 95000871 - 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

51 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Henderson Park-West Main Hill Historic District between 2014 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 3 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	35
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Natural	3
Debris and open burning	1
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
2 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	COMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0001533 - 2019
19 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	KALAMAZOO DPS 0078926 - 2018
5 August 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP FD 1545 - 2018
31 August 2019	Natural	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	COMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0001522 - 2019
2 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	COMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0001310 - 2019
2 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	KALAMAZOO DPS 0006279 - 2019
2 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	KALAMAZOO DPS 0006282 - 2019
6 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	KALAMAZOO DPS 0054887 - 2018

Every fire recorded in Kalamazoo 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 Henderson Park-West Main Hill Historic District: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Bynre Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Consumers Sand & Gravel Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Kalamazoo County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Peters Construction Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Plant Number 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Ravine Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Kalamazoo County

Storms near this property

51 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kalamazoo, the town this property stands in, in 51 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 36 thunderstorm wind, 13 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
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	1 hurt, $500,000	At 1020 PM EDT Sunday, May 18, a wet microburst hit the Americana Estates mobile home park in western Kalamazoo, Michigan. The mobile home park is located one mile northeast of the U.S. Highway 131/Stadium Street (Business I-94) interchange. One injury (a broken wrist) was caused when a microburst approximately 150 yards long and 50 yards wide struck the park. The first damage was noted on Stadium Street at the Burger King and Lee's Restaurant. Two light poles were downed at a Burger King restaurant. The Lee's Restaurant sign was broken with large fragments of 1 to 2 feet driven into the front siding of the restaurant. Some shingles and siding were also blown off. To the northeast, about a dozen mobile homes were pushed off foundations or received major roof damage. Two homes were completely destroyed, one of which was tied down. In the tied down mobile home, the wind ripped off the upper portions of the home, leaving only debris and the flooring. Five people were in the home at the time of the incident, one of whom was a teenage male injured with a broken wrist. The second destroyed trailer was not tied down and the back half of the trailer was broken and twisted onto its side. Debris was blown over 1/4 mile away, where a 2X4 was embedded at a downward angle into the side of a home.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$500,000	Kalamazoo county emergency management reported scattered trees and power lines were blown down countywide.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$250,000	The public reported that numerous power lines and trees were blown down in Milwood and fairly extensive wind damage was reported across portions of Kalamazoo county. A 59 mph wind gust was measured at Kalamazoo airport.
August 2002	Flash Flood	Kalamazoo	$200,000	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Kalamazoo	$75,000	no account filed
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$50,000	Kalamazoo county emergency management reported that numerous trees were blown down near Eastwood.
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$50,000	no account filed
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$50,000	no account filed
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$40,000	Multiple trees and power lines were reported blown down in Kalamazoo by amateur radio.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$25,000	WWMT in Kalamazoo reported that several power poles were blown down in and near the city.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$25,000	Several trees and tree limbs were blown down.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$25,000	A tree was blown down onto a house in Kalamazoo.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$20,000	A severe thunderstorm blew a large tree down onto a house closing Westnedge Avenue in both directions between Parkwood and Inkster avenues.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$20,000	Several trees were blown down in and around the city of Kalamazoo.
May 2004	Hail	Kalamazoo	$20,000	Trained spotters in Kalamazoo reported one half to three quarters inch diameter hail in Kalamazoo.
May 2004	Hail	Kalamazoo	$20,000	The public reported three quarters inch diameter hail at the corner of US-131 and D Avenue.
October 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$20,000	Kalamazoo area law enforcement reported several trees blown down in East Cooper and Portage.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$20,000	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$20,000	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Kalamazoo	$15,000	A trained spotter five miles west of Kalamazoo reported seven eighths inch diameter hail.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$15,000	National Weather Service spotters reported trees and power lines downed in portions of the city of Kalamazoo. The peak wind gust reported by a trained spotter was 47 mph in Galesburg.
September 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$10,000	Several trees were blown down in the south side of the city of Kalamazoo.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$10,000	Law enforcement in Kalamazoo reported numerous trees and limbs were blown down in Kalamazoo.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$10,000	Several trees were blown down in Cooper township, about five miles north of Kalamazoo.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$10,000	Trees and power lines downed in the city of Kalamazoo.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$10,000	no account filed
October 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$8,000	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Kalamazoo	$5,000	Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported two miles east of the city of Kalamazoo.
September 2001	Hail	Kalamazoo	$5,000	no account filed
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	$2,500	Kalamazoo Central Dispatch reported downed power lines scattered across the city of Kalamazoo.
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	-	Several large branches down.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	-	Several large trees down.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	-	Paneling and insulation off a roof of a 8 story building peeled away in downtown Kalamazoo.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	-	Downed trees across Portage and Kalamazoo.
September 2012	Hail	Kalamazoo	-	Trained spotters reported that an isolated strong thunderstorm produced seven eighths inch diameter hail near Vicksburg and Kalamazoo.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	-	The Kalamazoo county road commission reported widely scattered tree damage across portions of the county.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	-	Trained spotters in Kalamazoo reported that estimated wind gusts up to 65 mph brought down power lines three miles west southwest of Kalamazoo. A measured wind gust of 54 mph was recorded at the Kalamazoo airport.
June 2008	Hail	Kalamazoo	-	The public reported one inch diameter hail near downtown Kalamazoo.
December 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	-	A 58 knot wind gust was measured at the Kalamazoo airport.
June 1999	Hail	Kalamazoo	-	0.75" diameter hail was observed in Kalamazoo.
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	-	Treees Knocked down from 2 miles west of Kalamazoo through downtown..
April 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	-	Many large limbs and branches blown down.
July 1994	Hail	Kalamazoo	-	Several 12 to 18-inch diameter trees were blown down in a heavily wooded area.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	-	Several 12 to 18-inch diameter trees were blown down in a heavily wooded area.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph were reported at TV station WWMT and by a spotter in downtown Kalamazoo.
May 1998	Hail	Kalamazoo	-	no account filed
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	-	no account filed
February 1997	Flash Flood	Kalamazoo	-	no account filed
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Kalamazoo	-	no account filed
April 1994	Hail	Kalamazoo	-	no account filed
April 1994	Hail	Kalamazoo	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kalamazoo 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
Stuart Area Historic District	0.4 miles	1983
Western State Normal School Historic District	0.5 miles	1990
Charles E. Stuart House	0.5 miles	1972
Stuart Area Historic District (Boundary Increase)	0.6 miles	1995
Alonzo T. Prentice House	0.6 miles	1983
South Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)	0.6 miles	1995

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 95000871 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Kalamazoo County	All 60 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.