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Photograph of Alexander Herschel and Pauline G. McMicken House
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Alexander Herschel and Pauline G. McMicken House

Built in 1909 (Dutch Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

From the record

“McMicken House is a Dutch Colonial Revival/Craftsman-styled house built in 1909 in West Allis, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.”

Wikipedia article Alexander Herschel and Pauline G. McMicken House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 300 National Register listings published here for Milwaukee County · listed in 2010 · category: Building · built in 1909, Dutch 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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. McMicken, Alexander Herschel and Pauline G., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 1508 S 80th St, West Allis, 53214
  • When was it listed? October 2010
  • Category. building
  • City. West Allis city
  • When was it built? 1909
  • Architectural style. Dutch Colonial Revival architecture, American Craftsman
  • National Register reference number. 10000816 - 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

42 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Alexander Herschel and Pauline G. McMicken House between 2018 and 2020, burning about 18 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning8
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
26 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2002767
30 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources203500
25 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2005040
12 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1806123
11 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1806080
11 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1806070
1 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1803975
30 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2005439

Every fire recorded in Milwaukee County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Alexander Herschel and Pauline G. McMicken House: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Own CrewsStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Milwaukee County

Storms near this property

46 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Allis, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 22 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 flood. The reports record 3 deaths and 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 2022FloodWest Allis3 killedA 10 year old boy fell into rapidly rising waters of a concrete drainage ditch after a thunderstorm with heavy rainfall. His father and neighbor jumped in to help, but all three were swept away and drowned. The boy was found downstream the next day in the Kinnickinnic River. The other two men were found June 16th in the same river.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindWest Allis2 hurt, $5,000no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindWest Allis1 hurt, $75,000no account filed
June 2009Flash FloodWest Allis$13,130,000Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding ini parts of Milwaukee County, especially in the West Allis to Wauwatosa area east to the Downtown Milwaukee area. Many roads were covered with water to a depth of 1 to 3 feet. Basement flooding was reported. Milwaukee Mitchell Field measured 3.65 inches of rain in the 24-hour period ending 2000 CST. WSR-88D Doppler radar rainfall estimates were in the 3 to 5 inch range over parts of Milwaukee County. The City of Milwaukee sewer system was overwhelmed. High water levels on the Menomonee River jsut east of Miller Park resulted in part of an earthen berm being washed away. The subsequent flood water moved west to Miller Park and extensively flooded the lower service area, clubhouses, and part of the dugouts and warehouse. The playing field wasn't affected. Milwaukee Brewer executives said damage was in the millions, but they would not specify an amount. Therfore, for the purpose of this StormData documentation, a value of $5 Million was assiged.||A Uniform Disaster Situation Report generated by the Milwaukee County Emergency Management indicated that at least 1227 homes sustained minor flood damage, and at least 2 homes had major damage, for a monetary loss of about $7,079,000. Also, at least 12 businesses sustained minor flood damage and 1 had major damage for a business loss estimate of $215,000. The total estimated private sector damage in this report was $7,294,000. Additionally, damage in the public sector amounted to about $40,000 to road systems, about $25,000 to water control facilities, about $269,000 to public buildings & related equipment, and about $5,000 to public utility systems. The total public sector damage estimate is about $339,000. Other costs in the report included about $24,000 in debris clearance, about $21,385 for protective measures, and about $107,718 in miscellaneous expenses. However, the last three values are not considered direct property damage. Flood damage to Miller Park is not included in the Uniform report.
April 2006HailWest Allis$1,990,000no account filed
July 1999LightningWest Allis$75,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindWest Allis$50,000no account filed
July 2006Flash FloodWest Allis$30,000Cleveland Ave. was closed due to flash flood waters up to 2 to 3 feet deep. Several cars stalled and were damaged. Roughly half of the streets in West Allis had flood waters of varying depth. Some basement flooding was reported, with some contents damaged.
May 2000HailWest Allis$20,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindWest Allis$10,000Multiple social media reports of trees and tree limbs down in southwest Milwaukee.
September 2016Flash FloodWest Allis$10,000Around 3 inches of rain in a little over an hour led to flash flooding of the KK River Parkway and the Root River Parkway. Some lane closures occurred due to the flooding. Water levels up to the bumpers on cars. The KinderCare Learning Center in West Allis was evacuated by the fire department due to the deep water over the road that leads to the center.
August 2008LightningWest Allis$10,000Lightning struck a home, causing a small fire in an upstairs bedroom.
July 2006Flash FloodWest Allis$10,000Southbound Highway 45 was closed at Watertown Plank Road due to flooding. Between 1630CST and 1930CST, 3.81 inches of rain was reported. A couple cars stalled in water that was 3 to 4 feet deep, and they were damaged.
October 2022Thunderstorm WindWest Allis$8,000A swath of scattered tree limbs down.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindWest Allis$5,000A few trees and several large tree limbs down.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWest Allis$5,000Two foot diameter tree uprooted and fallen on a vehicle.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWest Allis$4,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWest Allis$2,000A wet microburst uprooted one large Oak tree and snapped another large tree in half.
July 2023FloodWest Allis$1,000Many streets flooded mostly in the east central portions of the county, including on Humboldt Blvd. from North Ave. to Capitol Dr., and on Prospect Ave. Street flooding was also reported at Cleveland and 45th streets.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindWest Allis$1,000A video shows several large tree branches and a tree falling in strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindWest Allis-Thunderstorm wind gusts caused sporadic tree damage in parts of western Milwaukee. There was a report of a large tree with at least a 12 inch diameter base down 2 miles SSW of West Milwaukee. A large tree snapped at the base and there were several large branches down 2 miles ENE of Wauwatosa.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWest Allis-A severe thunderstorm produced damaging wind gusts estimated up to 70 mph (61 knots). Trees were knocked down and tree branches were broken by the strong winds.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWest Allis-Strong winds knocked large branches out of trees and toppled several large trees. Some power-lines were snapped by tree debris. A trained spotter in Cudahy had a measured wind gust of 66 mph.
September 2010HailWest Allis-The public reported 1 inch-diameter hail south of the city of West Allis.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWest Allis-Powerful thunderstorm winds gusts knocked down several large tree branches up to 10 inches in diameter.
March 2024HailWest Allis-no account filed
March 2024HailWest Allis-no account filed
April 2023HailWest Allis-no account filed
April 2023HailWest Allis-no account filed
June 2011HailWest Allis-no account filed
September 2007HailWest Allis-no account filed
April 2006HailWest Allis-no account filed
July 2006HailWest Allis-no account filed
July 2006HailWest Allis-no account filed
July 2006HailWest Allis-no account filed
July 2006HailWest Allis-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindWest Allis-no account filed
July 2006HailWest Allis-no account filed
October 2006HailWest Allis-no account filed
October 2006HailWest Allis-no account filed
March 2005HailWest Allis-no account filed
June 2005HailWest Allis-no account filed
May 2001HailWest Allis-no account filed
June 2001HailWest Allis-no account filed
September 2000FloodWest Allis-no account filed
October 1996HailWest Allis-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Milwaukee 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
West Allis Post Office0.1 miles2001
Koelsch Funeral Home0.2 miles2010
Kopperud Park Residential Historic District0.3 miles2017
Wadhams Gas Station0.3 miles2004
Greenfield School0.6 miles2006
Mount Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church1.0 miles2025

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 10000816 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Milwaukee CountyAll 300 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.