Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
“Lake Ellyn Park is a 28.7-acre (11.6 ha) public park located at 645 Lenox Road in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. The park is centered around Lake Ellyn, an artificial lake created for the Hotel Glen Ellyn in 1889.”
Wikipedia article Lake Ellyn Park, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 50 National Register listings published here for DuPage County · listed in 2017 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lake Ellyn Park: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Curtis S&G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dupage City Hwy. Dept. Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Glen Ellyn City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Village of Lombard Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Wheaton City Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Glen Ellyn | $300,000 | Widespread 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Ellyn | $10,000 | Extensive tree damage resulted in damage to houses in the 500 block of Forest Avenue. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Ellyn | $3,000 | Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Ellyn | $1,000 | Six to eight inch diameter tree limbs were blown down and shingles were torn off of a roof. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Glen Ellyn | - | A photo shared on social media showed quarter size hail next to a ruler. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Ellyn | - | Tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter were blown down. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Ellyn | - | A large tree at least one foot in diameter was uprooted and blocking a road in Glen Ellyn. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Ellyn | - | A 10 inch diameter tree limb was blown down. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Glen Ellyn | - | One inch hail was reported southwest of Glen Ellyn via mPING. |
| May 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Glen Ellyn | - | A rotating wall cloud with a brief funnel cloud was observed from east Wheaton. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Ellyn | - | A tree was blown down on Western Avenue and limbs were blown down on Fairview Avenue. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Ellyn | - | Six to ten inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Ellyn | - | Several tree limbs 3 to 4 inches in diameter were blown down. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Ellyn | - | A tree was blown down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Ellyn | - | A large tree was blown down near Shorewood subdivision. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Glen Ellyn | - | Nickel size hail was reported at Butterfield and Finley. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Glen Ellyn | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Glen Ellyn | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Glen Ellyn | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Glen Ellyn | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Glen Ellyn | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Glen Ellyn | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Ellyn | - | no account filed |
| October 2005 | Hail | Glen Ellyn | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Ellyn | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Ellyn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Alfred A. Schiller House | 0.2 miles | 2008 |
 | Stacy's Tavern | 0.5 miles | 1974 |
 | Glen Ellyn Main Street Historic District | 0.5 miles | 1984 |
 | Glen Ellyn Downtown North Historic District | 0.5 miles | 2013 |
 | Glen Ellyn Downtown South Historic District | 0.6 miles | 2013 |
| Lilacia Park Historic District | 1.9 miles | 2019 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100000628 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| DuPage County | All 50 listed properties in this county. |
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