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George Peters House

Built in 1909 (Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

From the record

“The George Peters House is a historic house in Black Creek, Wisconsin, United States. The house was built in 1909 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1987.”

Wikipedia article George Peters House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 51 National Register listings published here for Outagamie County · listed in 1987 · 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. Peters, George, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 305 N. Maple St., Black Creek, 54106
  • When was it listed? June 1987
  • Category. building
  • Town. Black Creek town
  • When was it built? 1909
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture, American Craftsman
  • National Register reference number. 87000989 - 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

23 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of George Peters House between 1999 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning4
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources118
8 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources49
8 May 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesDITCH FIRE
7 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources47
7 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources48
7 May 2018Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHERMAN FIRE
7 May 2018Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPIG FIRE
10 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources51

Every fire recorded in Outagamie County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of George Peters House: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Murphy Const. Co. Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
W Pingel Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Black Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jenkins QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Nichols QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quarry No 2 Van SchyndelStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Outagamie County

Storms near this property

15 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Black Creek, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2010Flash FloodBlack Creek$150,000Two inches of rain fell in an hour flooding 4 blocks of downtown Black Creek and 30 basements. State Highway 54 had to be closed due to 4 feet of standing water on the road.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindBlack Creek$3,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Black Creek.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Black Creek$1,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBlack Creek-Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 66 mph near Seymour on a home weather station.
July 2024HailBlack Creek-Nickel size hail near Black Creek.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBlack Creek-Thunderstorm winds snapped seven power poles north of Black Creek. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBlack Creek-Thunderstorm winds uprooted trees in Black Creek.
June 2016HailBlack Creek-Nickel size hail fell southeast of Black Creek as thunderstorms passed.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBlack Creek-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in the Black Creek area.
August 2015Heavy RainBlack Creek-Heavy rainfall caused street flooding on Highway 47 in Black Creek. Water was about six inches deep.
May 2011HailBlack Creek-Quarter size hail fell at Black Creek.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBlack Creek-Strong thunderstorm winds downed several trees and branches.
August 2002HailBlack Creek-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindBlack Creek-no account filed
September 1998HailBlack Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Outagamie 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Center Valley Grade School5.2 miles2011
Barteau Bridge5.8 miles2002

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 87000989 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Outagamie CountyAll 51 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.