Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.
“Benda House is a historic house in Riverside, Illinois, in the suburbs of Chicago. It is located in the Riverside Historic District.”
Wikipedia article Benda House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 621 National Register listings published here for Cook County · listed in 2023 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Benda House in 2005, burning under an acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Benda House: 10 past producers, 2 plants. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A C O'Laughlin Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bellwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dolese and Shepard Crushed Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Federal Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Mc Cook Yard No. 387 & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Melrose Park City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| River Forest City Eng - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Riverside Lime and Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Summit Quarry Consumers Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Superior Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverside, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 2006 and 2022: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | $20,000 | A 500 foot to 1,000 foot wide path of tree damage was reported through much of Riverside. Power lines were also blown down. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Riverside | $20,000 | Tree damage was reported throughout North Riverside. A tree was uprooted on Fifth Avenue and half of another tree came down on 12th Avenue. Power lines were also blown down. |
| June 2011 | Lightning | North Riverside | $15,000 | Lightning struck the chimney of a house on Herrick Road. The chimney was destroyed. The lightning apparently started a fire on the opposite side of the house, causing minimal additional damage. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | $10,000 | Several trees and numerous tree limbs were blown down in Riverside. Part of a tree fell onto a house near Herrick Road. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Riverside | $1,000 | Winds measured to 65 mph caused a 6-inch diameter tree limb to fall on a car. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Riverside | - | Large trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down in North Riverside. The worst damage on the east side appeared to be concentrated between 23rd Street and Traube Street, particularly in the 2300 and 2400 blocks of Burr Oak Avenue and 2500 block of Hainsworth Avenue, where fallen trees blocked roadways. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Riverside | - | A large tree from a residential backyard fell onto the wall of the Ames School gymnasium but did little to no damage. The tree fell onto part of the wall with no windows. The tree also fell onto a chain-link fence, which was damaged and fell onto a power line. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | Hundreds of trees were damaged in Riverside, including trees blown down, snapped and uprooted. Many roads were blocked by fallen trees. Eight houses were damaged by falling trees, including homes in the 200 and 300 blocks of East Quincy Street. A large tree was uprooted and fell onto a house on Lawton Road, severely damaging the home. Utility poles and powerlines were also blown down. Numerous roads were blocked by fallen trees and tree limbs. Numerous trees were blown down onto the railroad tracks near the Riverside station. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Riverside | - | Extensive tree damage occurred on the west side of North Riverside, from west of 8th Avenue, southeast through the forest preserves near the Caledonia Senior Living Center. No damaged occurred to the center, but trees were damaged on its grounds and along its edges including damaged fences and access to the facility was blocked. Numerous trees were fully or partially blown down in the area near Komarek School. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Riverside | - | A photo showed a large tree that was uprooted. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | Several tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Riverside | - | Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Hail | North Riverside | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Haymarket Martyrs' Monument | 0.4 miles | 1997 |
 | F.F. Tomek House | 0.5 miles | 1999 |
 | Arthur J. Dunham House | 0.7 miles | 1982 |
 | Riverside Water Tower | 0.8 miles | 1969 |
 | Arcade Building | 0.9 miles | 2016 |
 | Berwyn Municipal Building | 1.2 miles | 2001 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009252 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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