Built in 1904 (vernacular architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
“The Gunning-Purves Building is located in Friendship, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.”
Wikipedia article Gunning-Purves Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 2 National Register listings published here for Adams County · listed in 2015 · category: Building · built in 1904, vernacular architecture.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Gunning-Purves Building between 1992 and 2020, burning about 193 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 were 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/undetermined | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Natural | 6.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DUSTY |
| 30 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gunning-Purves Building: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Co. Hwy. Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Friendship, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Hail | Friendship | $70,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | $55,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Friendship | $30,000 | Law enforcement reported golf ball sized hail 1 mile southeast of Friendship. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | $12,000 | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | $8,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down four miles north of Friendship. One of these trees fell on a vehicle on State Highway 21 at the entrance of Roche-A-Cri State Park. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | $5,000 | Numerous trees were blown down northeast of Friendship in the vicinity of Roche-a-Cri State Park. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | $5,000 | Several trees and large branches were blown down in Friendship. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Friendship | $3,000 | Several car windshields were cracked by the hail. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | $3,000 | Downed trees were blocking a road just south of Friendship. Pea size hail was also reported. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | $2,000 | Trees were blown down north of Friendship. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | $2,000 | Trees were reported down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | $1,500 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | $750 | A tree was blown down near the intersection of Czech Avenue and 10th Avenue. |
| June 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Friendship | - | A funnel cloud was sighted near Adams. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Friendship | - | Nickel size hail was reported just west of Adams/Friendship. |
| September 1998 | Hail | Friendship | - | no account filed |
| September 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | - | no account filed |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Adams County Courthouse | under 500 feet | 1982 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000056 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Adams County | All 2 listed properties in this county. |
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