BlockFrom the record
One of 8 National Register listings published here for Woodford County · listed in 2010 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Eureka College Campus Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
The listing
- Address. 300 College Ave, Eureka, 61530
- When was it listed? June 2010
- Category. district
- Township. Olio township
- National Register reference number. 10000365 - 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
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Eureka College Campus Historic District between 2010 and 2016, burning about 36 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WOODFORD CO |
| 27 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WOODFORD |
| 19 February 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | FULLER |
| 7 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 71064 |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Eureka College Campus Historic District: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ira Rokey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lakeview Realty Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Quast Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Schroeder Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
32 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eureka, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 19 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 tornado. The reports record 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Tornado (F2) | Eureka | 4 hurt | As the tornado crossed from Tazewell County into Woodford County it increased in intensity. It destroyed several homes, outbuildings and businesses along US 24 before clipping the northwestern side of Eureka damaging several homes there. As it traveled to the northeast, additional homes sustained damage as well as trees, power lines, power poles, sheds and outbuildings. It moved through the extreme northern portions of Roanoke before lifting and dissipating one mile north of Roanoke. Several homes in this area sustained damage. Overall, 4 people sustained minor injuries. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Eureka | $300,000 | Over 100 cars sustained hail damage in the Eureka and Roanoke areas. Damage is estimated around $300,000. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | $50,000 | Power lines were blown down in Eureka. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | $40,000 | Power poles were snapped on the southwest side of Eureka. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | $20,000 | Several trees were damaged in Eureka. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | $20,000 | Power lines were blown down onto Rt. 24. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | $20,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down in Eureka. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | $15,000 | Around a dozen oak trees were sheared off by high winds at Lake Eureka. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | $10,000 | Power poles were blown down on the west side of Eureka. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | $10,000 | Two and a half to three-foot diameter tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | $3,000 | A large tree was uprooted. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | $1,000 | A stop sign was bent over and construction barricades were scattered across the road at Highway 24 and Deemack Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | Several tree limbs were blown down, one of which hit a power line and led to a power outage. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | A few 2 to 4-inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Eureka | - | Spotters reported penny sized hail near Eureka. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | 114 power poles (7 miles worth) were blown down near a substation near Roanoke. Other power poles were blown down near Eureka and minor structural damage occurred. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Eureka | - | The tornado touched down 1.5 miles southeast of Eureka and traveled to the east northeast. Three miles southwest of Secor it destroyed 2 farm buildings, a grain bin and a corn crib. From there it blew down numerous trees, destroyed two old farm buildings, moved hay bales and threw a medium sized gas tank half a mile into a field. The tornado then lifted 2 miles northeast of Secor. No injuries were reported. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several power poles. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines in Eureka, Roanoke, Minonk, and El Paso. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Eureka | - | A tornado touched down east of Eureka, paralleling the track of the earlier tornado in Woodford County. It blew down numerous trees and power lines. Also, it destroyed several barns and out buildings and caused minor damage to a couple of homes. No injuries were reported. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Hail | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | no account filed |
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
3 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Eureka College Administration and Chapel | 0.1 miles | 1980 |
 | Stevenson, Adlai E., I, House | 7.1 miles | 1980 |
 | Metamora Courthouse | 7.2 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 10000365 in Record Group 79. |
| Woodford County | All 8 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.