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Photograph of Col. Matthew Rogers Building
Photograph by Nyttend, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Col. Matthew Rogers Building

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

From the record

“Matthew Rogers Building, also known as the Abraham Lincoln Long Nine Museum, is a historic building located at 200 S. The building was constructed circa 1832 by Colonel Matthew Rogers, who ran a store in the building.”

Wikipedia article Col. Matthew Rogers Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Menard County · listed in 2005 · category: Building.

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. Rogers, Col. Matthew, Building - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 200 S. Main St., Athens, 62613
  • When was it listed? May 2005
  • Category. building
  • Precinct. Athens South No. 1 precinct
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 05000431 - 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

9 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Col. Matthew Rogers Building between 2011 and 2017, burning about 17 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
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
11 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources13-0000307
19 June 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2017-000137
19 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources14-0000129
17 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources14-0000125
27 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources11100
21 March 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-000030
15 March 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources14-0000083
17 February 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources13-0000053

Every fire recorded in Menard County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Col. Matthew Rogers Building: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Athens QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Indian Point QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Menard County

Storms near this property

35 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Athens, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 19 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 2008Flash FloodAthens2 hurt, $40,000Two 8-inch diameter culverts were washed out on Harvest Road southwest of Athens. A car plunged into the void, resulting in two minor injuries.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindAthens1 hurtThunderstorm winds blew a tent over in a park in Athens resulting in a minor injury to one person. Also, numerous power lines and tree limbs were blown down. No other injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available.
July 2008Flash FloodAthens$65,000High flowing water washed out a bridge and road on the south side of Athens. Parts of IL Route 29 were flooded between IL Route 123 and the town of Athens.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindAthens$15,000Large tree limbs were blown down in Athens.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Athens$10,000A tornado touched down in a field 1 mile northeast of Athens at 622 PM CDT. It moved north-northwest...damaging a window, siding, and gutters on a house before dissipating 2 miles north-northeast of Athens at 624 PM CDT.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindAthens$4,000Power lines were blown down onto a house in Athens.
May 2025HailAthens-Ping-pong ball sized hail fell at Athens Community Park.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindAthens-Scattered tree damage occurred throughout Athens.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindAthens-Wind-driven hail damage occurred to a home north of Athens.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindAthens-Several trees were blown down.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindAthens-A few trees were uprooted.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindAthens-A few tree limbs blown down.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindAthens-Large tree blown down, with no structural damage reported.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAthens-Thunderstorm winds broke off ten power poles at the base of each. Also, numerous large tree limbs were blown down and one window was blown out on a house. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available.
March 2025HailAthens-no account filed
May 2025HailAthens-no account filed
May 2025HailAthens-no account filed
March 2023HailAthens-no account filed
March 2023HailAthens-no account filed
August 2018HailAthens-no account filed
May 2016HailAthens-no account filed
August 2016HailAthens-no account filed
March 2012HailAthens-no account filed
March 2012HailAthens-no account filed
May 2012HailAthens-no account filed
May 2011HailAthens-no account filed
May 2011HailAthens-no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindAthens-no account filed
May 2009HailAthens-no account filed
May 2009HailAthens-no account filed
June 2008HailAthens-no account filed
October 1998HailAthens-no account filed
March 1997HailAthens-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindAthens-no account filed
July 1996Tornado (F0)Athens-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Menard 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

4 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
North Sangamon United Presbyterian Church3.0 miles1979
Lincoln's New Salem Village6.4 miles1972
Petersburg Historic District (Boundary Increase)7.5 miles1986
Petersburg Historic District7.6 miles1976

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 05000431 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Menard CountyAll 6 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.