A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
One of 98 National Register listings published here for Lake County · listed in 2003 · category: Building · a National Historic Landmark.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
This property stands in Vernon Township. The Past and Present of Lake County, Illinois, published 1877 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers the township.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Vernon Township - 1,027 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Adlai Stevenson House between 2012 and 2020, burning about 24 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 | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2012 | Fireworks | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-2395-27 |
| 26 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-0482 |
| 9 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-971 |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-1413 |
| 4 December 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 17-3964 |
| 4 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2020-2239 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Adlai Stevenson House: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mundelein Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Aptakisic Sand Corp. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cow Hey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mettawa, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mettawa | - | A photo shared via social media showed a large tree snapped along Townline Rd in Mettawa. Time was estimated using radar. |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lloyd Lewis House | 2.2 miles | 1982 |
 | J. Ogden Armour House | 2.4 miles | 1982 |
| Mildred and Abel Fagen House | 2.6 miles | 2021 | |
 | Clifford Milton Leonard Farm | 3.2 miles | 2000 |
 | Deerpath Hill Estates Historic District | 3.3 miles | 2006 |
 | House at 965 Castlegate Court-Deerpath Hill Estates | 3.5 miles | 2006 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 03000918 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lake County | All 98 listed properties in this county. |
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