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Hubbard-Kesby House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

From the record

“The Hubbard-Kesby House, also known as the John and Betsy Moore Kesby House, is a single-family home located at 1965 West Dawson Road in Milford, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.”

Wikipedia article Hubbard-Kesby House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 87 National Register listings published here for Oakland County · listed in 1996 · 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. Hubbard--Kesby House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 1965 W. Dawson Rd., Milford, 48380
  • When was it listed? June 1996
  • Category. building
  • Charter township. Milford charter township
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 96000612 - 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Hubbard-Kesby House between 1992 and 2019, burning about 94 acres in total. None 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 use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
13 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHIGHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 18579 - 2018
9 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLYON TOWNSHIP FD 0000510 - 2018
7 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRIGHTON AREA FD 0000712 - 2018
25 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLYON TOWNSHIP FD 0000552 - 2019
2 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLYON TOWNSHIP FD 0000468 - 2018
26 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRIGHTON AREA FD 0000644 - 2018
12 April 1992Arson/incendiarism22 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGREEN OAK TOWNSHIP FD 0000395 - 2019

Every fire recorded in Oakland County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Hubbard-Kesby House: 12 producers, 1 past producer. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Plant No 31 PitSilicaProducer
Brighton Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fyke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holloway Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kensington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kent Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Milford No 315 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Milford PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Muir Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant No 30Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oakland County

Storms near this property

28 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milford, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 19 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 3 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 1995HailMilford3 hurtA severe thunderstorm brought nickle-size hail and frequent cloud to ground lightning to the Milford area in southwest Oakland County. Lightning resulted in three minor injuries.
May 2001Tornado (F0)Milford$75,000A weak tornado touched down near High Ridge Drive along the Kent Lake shoreline, in Kensington Metropark. There was a well-defined path of tree damage extending north-northwest to near the intersection of Pearson and Hickory Ridge Roads. A few structures were damaged, including a home struck by a falling tree, and a century-old barn was destroyed. An apartment complex lost gutters and shingles from its roof, and nearby playground equipment was thrown.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMilford$50,000Thirty trees were reported down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindMilford$15,000Trees and power lines were reported down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindMilford$15,000Pine trees reported down, along with siding off a house.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindMilford$10,000Numerous trees and tree limbs reported down.
September 2000LightningMilford$10,000The 911 phone system at the Milford Police Department was zapped by lightning, causing substantial damage to electronic equipment.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMilford$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed a power pole in Milford.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMilford-A 12-15 inch diameter tree was blown down onto the road.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMilford-A large tree was blown down on Milford road.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindMilford-A power pole was blown over, along with 3 inch diameter trees limbs down.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindMilford-A large pine tree was uprooted.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMilford-Numerous large tree limbs down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMilford-Forty inch diameter tree uprooted.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMilford-Power lines and a few large limbs reported down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMilford-Three trees were reported blown down.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindMilford-An amateur radio operator reported large tree branches down.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindMilford-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts at 60 MPH.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindMilford-Spotters reported several six inch diameter tree limbs blown down in thunderstorm winds.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMilford-Large trees blown down in Kensington Metro Park.
March 2019HailMilford-no account filed
September 2019HailMilford-no account filed
September 2019HailMilford-no account filed
July 2012HailMilford-no account filed
April 2010HailMilford-no account filed
June 2008HailMilford-no account filed
March 1998Thunderstorm WindMilford-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMilford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oakland 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
Dr. Henry K. Foote House2.3 miles1985
North Milford Village Historic District2.7 miles2000
Milford Rural Agricultural School2.8 miles1992
Rowe House4.1 miles1975
Highland United Methodist Church5.2 miles1981
Detroit Finnish Co-operative Summer Camp6.1 miles2007

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 96000612 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Oakland CountyAll 87 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.