A series of notable nineteenth- and twentieth-century fires struck downtown Chelsea. Vogel's Blacksmith Shop was a total loss in 1894 and sustained minor damage in 1906. In 1902, Michigan Central Railroad fires destroyed multiple structures including the Water Tower, and a beam from the tower was salvaged and used in a home at 154 E. Middle in 1903. In 1918, the Bolmes Onion Warehouse, filled with onions and apples, burned in a fire believed to have been caused by an overheated stove used to keep the stock from freezing. The Wilkinsonia building, later Heydlauff's Frigid Products and originally the office of Citizens Stove Company, was damaged by fire in 1918 and restored, then burned in 1970 and was demolished and replaced with a one-story structure. In 1947, Central Fiber's 1920 sawtooth building and a newer building on Main Street were destroyed. The 1985 Sylvan Hotel fire began in a tenant room and resulted in two fatalities. At 128 Jackson Street, the 1962 fire at the Green Residence, formerly the Boyd House, was confined to a bedroom, and the house is now the Chelsea Area Historical Museum. In 1912, Foster's Plumbing Shop in the Hatch/Durand block burned when a flat iron burned through the second floor to the main shop below. The 1909 fire at the Holmes and Walker Building caused a total loss and damaged adjoining buildings. In 1894, the Glazier Stove Works Main Street store, the First Congregational Church, and the parsonage at 135 E. Middle Street were total losses, and a hotel was also damaged. The Babcock Residence at 135 E. Middle Street adjacent to the Boyd House was a total loss, and in 1920 the Boyd Hotel sustained fire damage to its first floor.