Melvin W. and Mary Perry House

Built in 1909 (Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

From the record

“The Melvin W. and Mary Perry House is a historic house located at 519 Third Street in Algoma, Wisconsin. It is historically significant for its association with the life of Melvin W.”
Wikipedia article Melvin W. and Mary Perry House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Kewaunee County · listed in 2008 · category: Building · built in 1909, Colonial Revival architecture.

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. Perry, Melvin W. and Mary, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 519 3rd St., Algoma, 54201
When was it listed? January 2008
Category. building
City. Algoma city
When was it built? 1909
Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 07001461 - 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

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Melvin W. and Mary Perry House in 2019, burning under an acre 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
Debris and open burning	1
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
2 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	9900039
17 May 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	78

Every fire recorded in Kewaunee County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Melvin W. and Mary Perry House: 22 past producers, 7 occurrences. None of them still produces. 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
Algoma Gravel Deposit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Algoma Gravel Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Algoma Gravel Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Algoma Gravel Pit #3	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Algoma Gravel Pit #4	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
B Wilke Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Blahnik Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
C Alexander Gravel Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
C Lohney Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Dettman Gravel Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Kewaunee County

Storms near this property

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Algoma, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Algoma	$500,000	Lightning started a fire which extensively damaged a restaurant in Nekoosa (Wood County). A severe thunderstorm with winds to 60 mph caused $150,000 damage around Algoma (Kewaunee County). Damage occurred to roofs, porches and windows as well as trees and power lines.
March 2019	Flood	Algoma	$121,000	Runoff from rainfall and melting snow, along with clogged storm drains and ice jams, caused numerous roads, ditches, rivers and streams to flood throughout Kewaunee County. Some of the roads were damaged by the flooding and remained closed even after the water receded. One home sustained minor flood damage. The Kewaunee River reached moderate flood stage just west of Kewaunee. A county-wide state of emergency was declared on March 15th.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Algoma	$15,000	no account filed
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Algoma	$5,000	no account filed
September 2005	Hail	Algoma	$1,000	no account filed
August 2019	Flood	Algoma	$500	Heavy rainfall caused flooding of several roads in and around Algoma.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Algoma	-	Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in the Algoma area. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Algoma	-	Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Algoma.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Algoma	-	Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Algoma. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
May 2011	Funnel Cloud	Algoma	-	A storm spotter reported a funnel cloud over the west side of Algoma.
July 2006	Hail	Algoma	-	no account filed
July 2006	Hail	Algoma	-	no account filed
July 2004	Hail	Algoma	-	no account filed
April 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Algoma	-	no account filed
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Algoma	-	no account filed
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Algoma	-	no account filed
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Algoma	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Algoma	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kewaunee 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

2 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Ahnapee Brewery	0.2 miles	1994
	Art Dettman Fishing Shanty	0.2 miles	1993

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 07001461 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Kewaunee County	All 13 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.