Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
“Patten House is a Chateauesque and Queen Anne style home located at 117 N. Patten, a prominent local businessman who was also mayor of Palatine from 1894 to 1895.”
Wikipedia article Charles H. Patten House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 621 National Register listings published here for Cook County · listed in 2006 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Palatine Township in History of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884 names Palatine. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
The town affairs were managed under this incorporation until 1869. On the 25th of March, of this vear, an act to incorporate the town of Palatine was approved by the Governor. Section 3 of this act is as follows: "That all those tracts of land embraced withiu the following boundaries to wit: Commencing at the center of Section 23, Township 42, Ranjre 10 east, thence north to the center of Section U, thence west to the center of Section 15, thence south to tho center of Section 22, thence east to the center of Section 23 to the place of beginning, be, aud the same are hercbv declared to be within the limits or boundaries of said town of Palatine." Section 4 appointed Israel Smith, Joel Wood, Labau Putnam. Henry C. Batteruiau and Timothy Dean the first Board of Trustees under the act, and provided that an election be held ou the third Monday of March, and on that day of each vear thereafter, for five Trustees.
Passage source: History of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884.
At the present time Palatine contains rive dry-goods stores, two hardware stores, two drug stores, three wagon and blacksmith shops, two (louring mills, one asl.eam.thcothera wind mill, the former having a planing mill and a sash, door and blind factory, and a population of about one thousand inhabitants, while the population of the whole township is about two thousand.
Passage source: History of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884.
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 Palatine Township - 10,882 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Charles H. Patten House in 2012, burning about 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2012 | Fireworks | 19 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-0848 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Charles H. Patten House: 2 past producers. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palatine City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rolling Meadows Dept of Public Work | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palatine, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 19 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Lightning | Palatine | $150,000 | A townhome was struck by lightning and was declared uninhabitable due to extensive smoke and water damage. Minor damage was reported to the two adjacent units. |
| May 2011 | Lightning | Palatine | $35,000 | Lightning struck a house in the 800 block of Fremont Avenue, which started a fire in the attic. |
| June 2014 | Lightning | Palatine | $25,000 | A home on the 1600 block of Balmoral Lane was struck by lightning but did not catch fire. |
| July 2011 | Lightning | Palatine | $5,000 | Lightning struck the roof of an apartment near Dundee Road and Route 53. There was smoke in the attic but no fire. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palatine | $1,000 | Tree limbs and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palatine | - | Numerous tree branches, most multiple inches in diameter, were broken southeast of Palatine. Additionally, at least one tree was split at its trunk and another was uprooted. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palatine | - | A private weather station, KILPALAT112, reported a 82 mph gust northwest of Palatine. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Palatine | - | Multiple reports of quarter to golf ball size hail were received from Palatine. Ping pong ball size hail was reported near Rohlwing and Palatine Roads. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palatine | - | A large tree limb was blown down on Kerwood Street. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Palatine | - | Quarter size hail was reported at Route 53 and Lake Cook Road. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palatine | - | Several trees and tree limbs were blown down in Palatine. At least one road was blocked by a fallen tree. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palatine | - | A large tree limb was blown down. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palatine | - | Large trees were blown down. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Palatine | - | Numerous reports of hail to the size of golf balls came in from the Palatine area. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Palatine | - | Quarter size hail was reported near Algonquin and Roselle Roads. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palatine | - | Tree branches up to 8 inches in diameter were blown down. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palatine | - | A 12 inch diameter tree was blown down along with numerous tree limbs. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palatine | - | Tree limbs and power lines were blown down. A power line sparked a fire at a resale shop. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palatine | - | Two foot diameter trees were blown down. Numerous large tree limbs, 12 inches in diameter, were blown down. Some limbs fell onto houses. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Palatine | - | Quarter size hail was reported near Route 53 and Baldwin Roads. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Palatine | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Palatine | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Palatine | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Palatine | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Palatine | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palatine | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Palatine | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Palatine | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Palatine | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Palatine | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Palatine | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Palatine | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Palatine | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Palatine | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Palatine | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | George Clayson House | 0.2 miles | 1979 |
 | Nathaniel Moore Banta House | 3.4 miles | 1998 |
 | Muller House | 3.4 miles | 1979 |
 | Wheeler-Magnus Round Barn | 4.8 miles | 1992 |
 | Barrington Historic District | 5.6 miles | 1986 |
 | John Robertson Jr. House | 5.7 miles | 2014 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 06001018 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Cook County | All 621 listed properties in this county. |
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