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One of 11 National Register listings published here for Warren County · listed in 2023 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Brewer, May (Carns) and John E., House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 320 South First Street, Monmouth, 61462
- When was it listed? December 2023
- Category. building
- Township. Monmouth township
- National Register reference number. 100009641 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Brewer, May (Carns) and John E., House in 2014, burning about 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-341 |
| 9 April 2014 | Smoking | 9.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-235 |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-239 |
| 8 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-231 |
| 20 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-264 |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Brewer, May (Carns) and John E., House: 2 occurrences, 1 plant. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Monmouth Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
Storms near this property
60 of 71 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monmouth, the town this property stands in, in 71 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 40 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 9 tornado, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Hail | Monmouth | $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Monmouth | $1,000,000 | 6 inches water covering intersection of US 67 and 210th Ave |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | $25,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down several power poles and ripped the roof off of a building on the north side of Monmouth, IL at 508 pm April 30. |
| August 2003 | Lightning | Monmouth | $25,000 | Tree struck and fell onto 2 garages |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | $10,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph snapped a 6 to 7 inch diameter tree off at the base in Monmouth, IL at 533 pm CDT May 25. The tree fell onto a house causing some roof damage. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | $10,000 | Winds estimated to be 60 mph blew some trees down in Monmouth, IL around 604 pm June 1. One tree fell onto a car. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | $10,000 | Winds estimated to be 80 mph blew down several trees and power lines in Monmouth, IL. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | $10,000 | Trees down |
| April 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Monmouth | $8,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 75 mph blew down some trees and power lines in Monmouth, IL at 635pm CDT June 16. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down some power poles in Monmouth, IL around 1056 pm July 24. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Monmouth | $5,000 | Mainly nuisance flooding occurred due to the heavy rainfall with water only collecting around 5 inches deep on streets. However, in areas of poor drainage, water collected 1 to 2 feet deep on roads causing cars to stall out. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a chimney at a residence and several trees. The roof of a machine shed, grain bins, and a barn were also damaged. |
| April 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Monmouth | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | $2,500 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down some power lines on the south end of Monmouth, IL around 1058 pm July 24. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | $2,000 | Winds estimated at greater than 50 mph from Lake Warren to Alexis. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | $1,500 | Tree uprooted |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | $1,000 | 9-10 inch diameter limbs down |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree, which blocked U.S. Highway 67. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | $500 | Window was blown out at County Jail. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Monmouth | - | An EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 100 mph touched down on the south side of Monmouth, and move northeast through town, damaging trees, sheds, and a garage. A roof was torn off a mobile home, and roof damaged on a house. It continued northeast where it tore the roof off a shop building and damaged trees southeast of Gerlaw. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | Estimated 50 to 60 mph wind gusts with torrential rain. Relayed from HAM radio. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | A trained spotter reported 1 to 2 inch tree limbs down. |
| August 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Monmouth | - | Brief funnel cloud with video evidence from social media. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | A few 3 inch diameter tree branches down. The time was estimated from radar data. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Monmouth | - | Dime to quarter size hail and torrential rain in Monmouth. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Monmouth | - | A brief landspout tornado was reported by law enforcement. No damage was observed to assign an EF-scale rating. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Monmouth | - | A brief landspout tornado was reported by emergency management. No damage was observed to assign an EF-scale rating. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | Two large tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | Several trees and a few power lines were blown down in Monmouth. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | Law enforcement reported both trees and power lines down in Monmouth and just north of the city. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | A National Weather Service storm survey team determined the damage to the large section of the Monmouth Fire Station was caused by straight line thunderstorm winds. The wind caused two garage doors to fail first, which then allowed air to push into the building, lifting a 20 foot wide, 80 foot long section of the roof off the building. Additional shingle damage and minor tree damage in the area indicated straight line winds. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | Local law enforcement reported two trees were down. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | An Illinois DOT station measured a 77 mph gust along and multiple reports of flattened corn were also received from near that area. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | A member of the public reported two locations of trees down, one on homes in Monmouth College, and another on a mobile home in Monmouth. The time of this report has been estimated from radar. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Monmouth | - | Numerous photos of water flowing down streets, images were received via social media. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Monmouth | - | Golf ball sized hail fell in Monmouth, IL at 428 pm CDT May 11. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Monmouth | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Monmouth, IL at 429 pm CDT May 11. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | A trained spotter measured winds of 62 mph. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | A trained spotter reported several trees down. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Monmouth | - | Golf ball sized hail fell in Monmouth, IL at 335 pm CDT September 3. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Monmouth | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Monmouth, IL at 345 pm CDT September 3. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Monmouth | - | Half dollar sized hail fell in Monmouth, IL at 335 pm CDT September 3. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph were observed about 1 mile north of Monmouth, IL at 505 pm April 30. Heavy rain and pea sized hail was also noted. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph were observed about 1 mile north of Monmouth, IL at 502 pm April 30. |
| November 2010 | Hail | Monmouth | - | A trained spotter meaured hail to penny size near Monmouth. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph were observed 1 mile west of Monmouth, IL at 534 pm June 23. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph were observed 1 mile west of Monmouth, IL at 535 pm CDT June 23. Trees were downed in Monmouth. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | Wind gusts measured to be 60 mph were observed 4 miles west southwest of Coldbrook, IL at 547 pm June 23. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Monmouth | - | Quarter sized hail fell about 2 miles west of Monmouth, IL around 1029 pm June 1. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Monmouth | - | Quarter-sized hail fell in Monmouth, IL at 1:53 pm June 15. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew down some tree branches in Monmouth, IL at 357 am August 5. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | from co-op observer at the ag station northwest of town; areas of waist high corn blown down around the local area. |
| July 2004 | Heavy Rain | Monmouth | - | Street flooding |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Monmouth | - | Highway 164 covered with water 6 to 12 inches deep. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Monmouth | - | Highway 67 closed due to high water. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | Law enforcement estimated winds reached 60 mph for nearly 5 minutes. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Monmouth | - | Penny-sized hail reported by law enforcement official. |
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | Large tree limbs downed. |
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monmouth | - | Several trees downed on city streets. |
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sarah Martin House | under 500 feet | 1980 |
 | Colwell, E. B., and Company Department Store | 0.1 miles | 1993 |
 | Pike-Sheldon House | 0.1 miles | 1999 |
 | Monmouth Courthouse Commercial Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2006 |
 | William S. Weir Jr. House | 0.3 miles | 1992 |
 | Patton Block Building | 0.3 miles | 1990 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009641 in Record Group 79. |
| Warren County | All 11 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.