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Photograph of Marshall Business Historic District
Photograph by Nyttend, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Marshall Business Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

From the record

“The Marshall Business Historic District is a historic district located in downtown Marshall, Illinois. The district encompasses the city's historic commercial center and includes 56 buildings and structures, 46 of which are contributing buildings.”

Wikipedia article Marshall Business Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Clark County · listed in 2013 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Marshall Business Historic District: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beacon Shale ExposureClayProspect
Clark County Pit 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clark County Pit 3Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Geisert Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this property

44 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marshall, the town this property stands in, in 44 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 27 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2017Thunderstorm WindMarshall$75,000Numerous tree limbs and power lines were blown down across Marshall. An awning was damaged.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMarshall$30,000A roof was partially ripped off a house and numerous tree branches were blown down. A fence was toppled on 8th street and the metal canopy at Lion's Den Pizza was partially destroyed.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindMarshall$30,000Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2017LightningMarshall$20,000Lightning struck and damaged an Assisted Living Center in Marshall.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMarshall$20,000Several power lines were blown down in Marshall.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindMarshall$15,000Numerous 6-inch diameter tree limbs were blown down in Marshall.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMarshall$10,000Several tree branches were blown down in Marshall.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMarshall$8,000Several tree limbs were blown down.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindMarshall$6,000A tree was blown down onto a house in Marshall.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMarshall$6,000A utility pole was blown down in Marshall.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindMarshall$2,000A traffic light was blown down in Marshall.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMarshall$2,000A tree was blown down and blocked the westbound lane of Clarksville Road.
March 2024HailMarshall-Cars were dented by the hail.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Several 3-inch diameter tree branches were snapped.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMarshall-A large tree branch was broken.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Marshall. In addition, several homes sustained roof damage.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindMarshall-A tree was blown down on Grand Turn Road 5 miles south of Marshall.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindMarshall-A few trees blown down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Numerous large tree limbs blown down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Several large tree limbs blown down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Ten trees were blown down in Marshall.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Numerous trees were blown down.
May 2003Flash FloodMarshall-Very heavy rain fell on already saturated ground...especially south of Marshall. Illinois Route 1 was briefly flooded south of Marshall as well as some secondary roads in the area.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Several power lines were blown down in town.
May 2002Flash FloodMarshall-Over 2 inches of rain fell on already saturated ground in a short amount of time. Numerous roads in and around Marshall were flooded, including Illinois Route 1. Part of 11th Street at Vine in Marshall was washed away.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Two trees blown down. One west of Marshall and another northeast of Marshall.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Several trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindMarshall-A couple of trees were blown down.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Thunderstorm winds blew some roofing off of a building in Marshall and several power lines were blown down. Also, several trees were uprooted. No damage estimate was available.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto a home in Marshall. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down throughout the eastern half of Clark County.
May 2022HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2019HailMarshall-no account filed
November 2011HailMarshall-no account filed
November 2011HailMarshall-no account filed
April 2011HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2010HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2010HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2010HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2010HailMarshall-no account filed
August 2004HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2002HailMarshall-no account filed
August 2002HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2001HailMarshall-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark County

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 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
First Congregational Church0.1 miles2003
Archer House Hotel0.1 miles1976
Harlan Hall0.2 miles2001
Robert L. Dulaney House0.3 miles1997
Manly-McCann House0.4 miles1982
John W. Lewis House0.4 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 13000183 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Clark CountyAll 9 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.
  • 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.