BlockFrom the record
One of 43 National Register listings published here for Winnebago County · listed in 2022 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Christenson-Anderson Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.
The listing
- Address. 15813 Anderson Rd., Durand, 61019
- When was it listed? April 2022
- Category. district
- Township. Laona township
- National Register reference number. 100007586 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
The ground it stands on
639 wordsThe chapter on Laona Township in The History of Winnebago County, Illinois : Its Past and Present, Containing ... a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Etc, published 1877 names Durand. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
JOHNSOX PETER, Farmer; P.O. Durand; owns 240 acres of land worth $10,000, lying in Section 3; he was born in Norway, June 18, 1818; came to the U. S. in 1843, and to this county in 1844; he was married in 1848 to Aslong Peterson; she was born in Norway, Sept. 12, 1826; they have had seven children, four of whom are now alive : John F., aiied 25, Fremont P., aged 20, Henry A., aged 18, Adelaide S., aged 15. Mr. Johnson has been Commissioner of Highways twelve years. Supervisor three years, and has been President of the Durand Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co. since its organization; Lutheran; Independent.
Passage source: The History of Winnebago County, Illinois : Its Past and Present, Containing ... a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Etc, published 1877.
PATTEKSOX 5rir.ES, Farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Durand; was born in this town, Dec. 23, 1853; owns 270 acres, valued at $10,800 ; is mdependent in politics ; a member and a trustee of the Lutheran church ; is not married ; his father, Niles Patterson, a native of Norway, came to this country in 1848 ; died May 25, 1873, in his 54th year; his mother, Mrs. Helga Patterson, now 68 years old, lives with him.
Passage source: The History of Winnebago County, Illinois : Its Past and Present, Containing ... a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Etc, published 1877.
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 Laona Township - 639 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Fires near this property
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Christenson-Anderson Farm between 2006 and 2019, burning about 504 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | AVON BOTTOMS |
| 11 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15-0000144 |
| 30 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | ROCK CO. FIRE |
| 26 March 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 41 |
| 22 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Christenson-Anderson Farm: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rees Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Richardson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Salem Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
23 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Durand, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 13 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durand | - | A photo was shared of a tree uprooted in Durand. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Durand | - | A few hail reports came from south of Durand ranging in size from 1.25 to 2.25 inches in diameter. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durand | - | Softwood trees were snapped near the intersection of Task Bridge Rd and Best Rd north of Pecatonica. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durand | - | Several photos were received of broken windows and damaged siding from in and around Durand due to a combination of severe winds and hail. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durand | - | Multiple reports of tree damage were received southeast of Durand. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durand | - | Power lines were downed in Durand. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Durand | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported near Center and Main Streets. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durand | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down and a large tree was snapped along Laube Road, between Center and Rowley Roads. Some of the large tree limbs fell onto a house, damaging a deck railing. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durand | - | A three foot diameter tree was uprooted on Route 75, one mile east of Wheeler Road. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durand | - | Five trees and numerous tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durand | - | Two trees down across road with one utility pole pulled down by trees. Time estimated. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Durand | - | Nickel size hail was reported near Lake Summerset. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durand | - | Two trees blown down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durand | - | A tree and limbs were blown down near Lake Summerset and the Winnebago Stephenson County line. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Durand | - | Nickel size hail was reported near Lake Summerset. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Durand | - | A small tornado touched down briefly near Durand. There was no damage. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Durand | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Durand | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Durand | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Durand | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Durand | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durand | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durand | - | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007586 in Record Group 79. |
| Winnebago County | All 43 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.