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Loeb Farms Barn Complex

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

From the record

“Castle Farms is a special events facility located in Charlevoix, Michigan. It was constructed in 1918 by Albert Loeb, who was the Vice President of Sears, Roebuck and Company, and it was designed by Arthur Heun.”

Wikipedia article Castle Farms, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 17 National Register listings published here for Charlevoix County · listed in 1995 · category: Building.

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

The listing

Fires near this property

8 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Loeb Farms Barn Complex between 1992 and 2019, burning about 104 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHARLEVOIX TOWNSHIP FD 0000158 - 2019
5 May 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHARLEVOIX 03
11 May 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHARLEVOIX 01
14 April 2009Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHARLEVOIX 01
14 April 2003Debris and open burning83 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 March 2006Debris and open burning11 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 November 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHARLEVOIX 04

Every fire recorded in Charlevoix County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Loeb Farms Barn Complex: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Medusa CementLimestone, GeneralProducer1968
Charlevoix PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
City Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
D'Oge Shale PitClayPast Producer
Medusa Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Newaygo Prtlnd Cmnt Co Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Charlevoix County

Storms near this property

10 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charlevoix, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2012: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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
June 2012Flash FloodCharlevoix$2,000High water closed US-31 between Garfield and St Marys in the city of Charlevoix.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindCharlevoix$1,000Power lines downed.
October 2007HailCharlevoix-A spotter reported penny sized hail and 35 mph winds.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCharlevoix-Numerous 12-15 inch trees down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCharlevoix-Trees and power lines down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCharlevoix-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCharlevoix-no account filed
June 1998HailCharlevoix-no account filed
June 1998HailCharlevoix-no account filed
July 1997HailCharlevoix-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Charlevoix 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 95001392 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Charlevoix CountyAll 17 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.