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Art Dettman Fishing Shanty

Built in 1935 (vernacular architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

From the record

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Kewaunee County · listed in 1993 · category: Building · built in 1935, vernacular architecture.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Dettman, Art, Fishing Shanty - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Church St. at the Ahnapee R., Algoma, 54201
  • When was it listed? December 1993
  • Category. building
  • City. Algoma city
  • When was it built? 1935
  • Architectural style. vernacular architecture
  • National Register reference number. 93001428 - 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 Art Dettman Fishing Shanty 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 burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
2 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources9900039
17 May 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources78

Every fire recorded in Kewaunee County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Art Dettman Fishing Shanty: 21 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Algoma Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Algoma Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Algoma Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Algoma Gravel Pit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Algoma Gravel Pit #4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
B Wilke Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blahnik Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
C Alexander Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
C Lohney Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dettman Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1994Thunderstorm WindAlgoma$500,000Lightning 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 2019FloodAlgoma$121,000Runoff 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 1999Thunderstorm WindAlgoma$15,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindAlgoma$5,000no account filed
September 2005HailAlgoma$1,000no account filed
August 2019FloodAlgoma$500Heavy rainfall caused flooding of several roads in and around Algoma.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindAlgoma-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in the Algoma area. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindAlgoma-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Algoma.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindAlgoma-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Algoma. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
May 2011Funnel CloudAlgoma-A storm spotter reported a funnel cloud over the west side of Algoma.
July 2006HailAlgoma-no account filed
July 2006HailAlgoma-no account filed
July 2004HailAlgoma-no account filed
April 2003Thunderstorm WindAlgoma-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindAlgoma-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindAlgoma-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindAlgoma-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindAlgoma-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 PropertyDistance Listed
Ahnapee Breweryunder 500 feet1994
Melvin W. and Mary Perry House0.2 miles2008

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 93001428 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Kewaunee CountyAll 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.