BlockBefore
Photograph of George Baker House
Photograph by Teemu08 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

George Baker House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

From the record

“The George Baker House is a historic residence in unincorporated Milton Township near Glen Ellyn, Illinois. The Greek Revival house features a limestone exterior on a stone foundation, and an asphalt roof.”

Wikipedia article George Baker House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 50 National Register listings published here for DuPage County · listed in 2010 · 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. Baker, George, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 1 S. 500 Taylor Rd., Glen Ellyn, 60137
  • When was it listed? March 2010
  • Category. building
  • Township. Milton township
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 10000038 - 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

1 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of George Baker House in 2005, burning under an acre in total. 1 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
Natural1

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
25 June 2005Naturalunder an acreIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Every fire recorded in DuPage County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of George Baker House: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Kugler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Downers Grove City PitStonePast Producer
Dupage City Hwy. Dept. PitStonePast Producer
Glen Ellyn City PitStonePast Producer
Village of Lombard PitStonePast Producer
Wheaton City PitStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in DuPage County

Storms near this property

28 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glen Ellyn, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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
October 2006Flash FloodGlen Ellyn$300,000Widespread flooing across all of Dupage County. Underpasses were flooded and buildings took on water at many locations. Water one foot deep was reported on Army Trail Road in Addison. Water one foot deep was reported at York and Diversy Roads in Elmhurst. Knee deep water was reported at Fairview and Victor in Downers Grove. Water as high as bumpers was reported at Park Street and 53rd in Westmont. Nine inches of standing water at Benton and Charles in Naperville. Midwest Road in Oak Brook was closed with bumper high water. In Glen Ellyn, three cars were stalled in high water on Lambert Road, 5.00 inches of rain was measured one quarter mile east of the College of Dupage. In Woodridge, 3.95 inches of rain was measured. Four miles south of Glen Ellyn, 3.69 inches of rain was measured. Two miles west of Oak Brook, 3.38 inches of rain was measured and 3.31 inches of rain was measured in Darien.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindGlen Ellyn$10,000Extensive tree damage resulted in damage to houses in the 500 block of Forest Avenue.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindGlen Ellyn$3,000Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindGlen Ellyn$1,000Six to eight inch diameter tree limbs were blown down and shingles were torn off of a roof.
May 2025HailGlen Ellyn-A photo shared on social media showed quarter size hail next to a ruler.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindGlen Ellyn-Tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter were blown down.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindGlen Ellyn-A large tree at least one foot in diameter was uprooted and blocking a road in Glen Ellyn.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGlen Ellyn-A 10 inch diameter tree limb was blown down.
July 2023HailGlen Ellyn-One inch hail was reported southwest of Glen Ellyn via mPING.
May 2022Funnel CloudGlen Ellyn-A rotating wall cloud with a brief funnel cloud was observed from east Wheaton.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindGlen Ellyn-A corridor of enhanced straight line winds developed near President Street in northeast Wheaton and continued across northern Glenn Ellyn, ending northeast of Lake Ellyn. Trees and utility poles were damaged along this corridor with the peak of the damage occurring east of Main Street and towards Lake Ellyn Park. Damage was consistent with wind speeds up to 90 mph.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindGlen Ellyn-A tree was blown down on Western Avenue and limbs were blown down on Fairview Avenue.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindGlen Ellyn-Six to ten inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindGlen Ellyn-Many trees were blown down in Glen Ellyn including a tree that damaged a house and resulted in the closure of Park Boulevard. Numerous large tree limbs and at least one uprooted tree were reported in a narrow swath of damage south of the railroad tracks and north of Roosevelt Road.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGlen Ellyn-Several tree limbs 3 to 4 inches in diameter were blown down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindGlen Ellyn-A tree was blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindGlen Ellyn-A large tree was blown down near Shorewood subdivision.
May 2006HailGlen Ellyn-Nickel size hail was reported at Butterfield and Finley.
April 2023HailGlen Ellyn-no account filed
May 2019HailGlen Ellyn-no account filed
August 2018HailGlen Ellyn-no account filed
July 2012HailGlen Ellyn-no account filed
March 2010HailGlen Ellyn-no account filed
July 2009HailGlen Ellyn-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindGlen Ellyn-no account filed
October 2005HailGlen Ellyn-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindGlen Ellyn-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindGlen Ellyn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in DuPage 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

6 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
Glen Ellyn Downtown South Historic District1.8 miles2013
Glen Ellyn Downtown North Historic District1.9 miles2013
Glen Ellyn Main Street Historic District2.0 miles1984
Lake Ellyn Park2.2 miles2017
Alfred A. Schiller House2.4 miles2008
Blanchard Hall2.5 miles1979

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 10000038 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
DuPage CountyAll 50 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.