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One of 38 National Register listings published here for Manitowoc County · listed in 2016 · category: Building · built in 1929.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Mirro Aluminum Company Plant No. 3
Built in 1929. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 2402 Franklin St., Manitowac, 54220
- When was it listed? July 2016
- Category. building
- City. Manitowoc city
- When was it built? 1929
- National Register reference number. 16000475 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
8 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Mirro Aluminum Company Plant No. 3 between 2018 and 2019, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18545 |
| 25 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018033 |
| 2 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18360 |
| 13 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19336 |
| 29 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19239 |
| 2 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18165 |
| 18 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18203 |
| 13 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19200 |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mirro Aluminum Company Plant No. 3: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housbach Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Manitowoc Lime Kiln | Calcium | Plant | ||
| Manitowoc Operation | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Fricke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Scheutte Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Tinsel and Toy Manufacturing Company Building | 0.6 miles | 2023 | |
 | Sexton's House | 0.8 miles | 2001 |
 | Eighth Street Historic District | 1.0 miles | 1988 |
 | Manitowoc County Courthouse | 1.0 miles | 1981 |
 | USS COBIA (submarine) | 1.1 miles | 1986 |
 | Joseph Vilas Jr. House | 1.2 miles | 1977 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000475 in Record Group 79. |
| Manitowoc County | All 38 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.