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Photograph of Flat Iron Building
Photograph by Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Flat Iron Building

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

From the record

“The Flat Iron Building in Chicago Heights, Illinois, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.”

Wikipedia article Flat Iron Building (Chicago Heights, Illinois), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 621 National Register listings published here for Cook County · listed in 2003 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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.
  • Address. 1441-1449 Emerald Ave., Chicago Heights, 60411
  • When was it listed? September 2003
  • Category. building
  • Township. Bloom township
  • National Register reference number. 03000917 - 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.

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Flat Iron Building: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Thorton Plant LimeLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Brownell Improvement Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Chicago Hghts City EngStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Thornton Underground Mine No. 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Thorton Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Cook County

Storms near this property

5 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chicago Heights, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2019 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
March 2026Flash FloodSouth Chicago Heights-Vehicles were stuck in flood waters just west of the intersection of 34th Avenue and Kings Road due to flooding. Video showed a vehicle stranded in flood waters beneath an underpass near Emerald Avenue and East Lincoln Highway. Minor flooding was reported on roadways in Chicago Heights. Thorn Creek in Glenwood reached minor flood stage. Rainfall of 3.06 inches was reported in Park Forest.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSouth Chicago Heights-A roof was blown off of a building near Sauk Trail and Holeman Ave in Steger.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindSouth Chicago Heights-Sporadic straight line wind damage occurred across South Chicago Heights and continued east to State Street.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindChicago Heights-A 45 foot tall Pine tree was blown down in Chicago Heights.
June 2019Flash FloodChicago Heights-Photos showed Thorn Creek flowing over 26th Street.

Every storm recorded in Cook 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

5 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
Bloom Township High School0.9 miles1982
Olympia Fields Country Club2.7 miles2001
The Rockwell House3.6 miles2024
Ravisloe Country Club4.5 miles2021
Ford Airport Hanger5.6 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 03000917 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cook CountyAll 621 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.
  • 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.