Bliss Park

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

From the record

One of 37 National Register listings published here for Saginaw County · listed in 1995 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. SW of jct. of Houghton St. and N. Michigan Ave., Saginaw, 48602
When was it listed? December 1995
Category. district
City. Saginaw city
National Register reference number. 95001424 - 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

100 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Bliss Park between 2004 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 1 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 use	43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	32
Natural	19
Recreation and ceremony	3
Debris and open burning	2
Arson/incendiarism	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
5 September 2019	Natural	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	BRIDGEPORT FD 875 - 2019
29 September 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge	STROEBEL ROAD 3
28 September 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	SAGINAW TOWNSHIP FD 480 - 2018
27 September 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge	STROEBEL ROAD 2
19 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	SPAULDING TOWNSHIP FD 0000064 - 2019
15 September 2018	Natural	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	BUENA VISTA FD 1582 - 2018
1 September 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	SAGINAW FD 2855 - 2019
27 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	SAGINAW FD 2804 - 2019

Every fire recorded in Saginaw 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 Bliss Park: 3 producers, 2 prospects, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Limestone, General, Clay, Calcium. 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
Carrollton Lime Kiln Mill	Calcium	Producer
Stand.Mining Co.Clay Shale Pit	Clay	Prospect
Wickes Eng'Ng Matls--Saginaw, Mich.	Graphite	Producer
Day's Clay Pit	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
E.Saginaw Clay Sample	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Prospect
Saginaw Mill	Limestone, General	Producer
Saginaw Rock Prdts--Carrollton Mill	Limestone, General	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Saginaw County

Storms near this property

60 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saginaw, the town this property stands in, in 78 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 56 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 4 lightning, 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
November 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	1 hurt	In the City of Saginaw on Emerson near Jefferson, a large tree, reportedly 6 feet in diameter, fell onto a man, trapping him under the branches. The man was not seriously injured.
July 2006	Lightning	Saginaw	$106,000	Delayed entry. Two and half months after the incident, a newspaper article reported that lightning had caused severe damage to a Church bell tower. Lightning hit the brick spire of a Church's 76 year old bell tower, sending 300 to 400 pounds of broken rocks flying throughout the surrounding neighborhood. It will cost the Church $106K to repair the tower.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	$100,000	Trees reported down, along with siding off a house.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	$60,000	no account filed
May 2005	Lightning	Saginaw	$50,000	Lightning caused a fire at a townhouse unit located on West Cabaret Trail.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	$40,000	Large trees reported down.
June 2007	Flash Flood	Saginaw	$10,000	A trained spotter reported water 12 inches deep flowing across Interstate 75. Several cars stalled out. Total damages were estimated at roughly $10K.
March 2006	Flood	Saginaw	$10,000	no account filed
July 2006	Lightning	Saginaw	$8,500	A local newspaper reported that a house on Grant caught on fire after being struck by lightning. The second floor bedroom was completely engulfed in flames. The family of 7 escaped without injury. The blaze was blamed for $8.5K in property damage.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	$5,000	Numerous trees and wire were blown down. A large outdoor movie screen was destroyed. Downed power lines disrupted power to 4300 Consumers Energy customers.
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	$5,000	Trees were downed.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	$3,000	Powerlines reported blown down.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	$3,000	A trained spotter reported numerous trees and power lines down in downtown Saginaw.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	$3,000	no account filed
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	$2,000	Numerous six to eight inch diameter trees reported down.
September 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	$2,000	Large tree limbs and power line were reported down.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	$2,000	Local television meteorologist reported large tree limbs down and trees uprooted along and near Gratiot Road.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	$2,000	Law enforcement reported wires down at the intersection of M84 and Tittabawassee Road.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	$1,500	A trained spotter reported two trees down and shingles blown off a house.
April 1998	Lightning	Saginaw	$1,000	no account filed
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	$500	Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree onto Bay Road near W. Genesee Road in Saginaw.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	$500	Law enforcement reported power lines blown down.
June 2008	Hail	Saginaw	$300	Local Media reported hail large enough to break the windshield of an SUV.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Several large tree limbs and power lines down in the city of Saginaw.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Multiple trees reported down.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Numerous trees and power lines reported down.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	A tree was reported down.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Numerous trees reported down, along with a roof blown off.
October 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Power lines reported down.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Trees and power lines reported down over west side of Saginaw.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	A large tree was reported blown down.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	A few trees were reported down.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Numerous tree limbs up to 6 inches diameter blown down.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	A 15 inch diameter tree limbs was reported down.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Trees reported blown down.
November 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	A power pole was reported down.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Numerous tree branches, up to 4 inches in diameter, reported down.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	A 12 inch diameter tree limb was reported down.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Three to four inch diameter tree limbs were reported down.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Two large trees reported down.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	A large tree was reported blown down.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Trees were reported blown down.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	A 12 inch diameter tree limb fell onto a house.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Large tree limbs reported down.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	A trained spotter reported a tree branch 5 inches in diameter down.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	A trained spotter reported a few large tree branches down.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	A trained spotter reported tree branches 4 inches in diameter down at the intersection of Carolina and Congress streets.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Central dispatchers received reports of numerous trees and power lines down throughout the county.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	A trained spotter reported several 6 inch diameter limbs down.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	A trained spotter reported a three foot diameter tree down.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Four power poles were snapped.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	A Gazebo was blown down.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Trees were reported down.
November 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	A tree brought down power lines as it fell onto a car at Ash and Hermansau in the City of Saginaw. Although the young woman driving the vehicle was frightened, she remained in her vehicle until Utility crews cleared the live power lines. She did not sustain any injuries.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	An estimated 50-foot tall maple tree broke a few feet above the ground and smashed into the windshield area of a vehicle, pinning the driver for more than an hour. Fallen trees or tree branches closed 27 streets in Saginaw, while another five were closed due to downed power lines.
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Law enforcement reported that several trees were blown down and a few road signs were bent over in the city.
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	A 61 MPH wind gust was measured at Saginaw's Harry Browne Airport.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Law enforcement reported several large trees and tree limbs blown down in thunderstorm winds.
September 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	The newspaper reported that thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree and several large branches in residential areas near the downtown.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Saginaw	-	Power Lines were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Saginaw 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
House at 1514 N. Michigan Street	0.2 miles	1982
North Michigan Avenue Historic District	0.4 miles	1982
Central Warehouse	0.4 miles	1982
Davis Carriage House	0.6 miles	1982
Saginaw Armory	0.7 miles	2002
Michigan Bell Building	0.7 miles	1982

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 95001424 in Record Group 79.
Saginaw County	All 37 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.