Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
“The Glen Carbon Grade School is a historic school building located at 124 School Street in Glen Carbon, Illinois. The two-story brick school has a Romanesque-influenced design planned by John William Kennedy.”
Wikipedia article Glen Carbon Grade School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 40 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 2014 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Glen Carbon Grade School: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Plant & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Madison County Fireclay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Madison County Fireclay | Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium | Prospect | ||
| Madison County Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glen Carbon, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 15 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Carbon | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs around town. |
| February 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Glen Carbon | - | The tornado touched down between Edwardsville and Glen Carbon near the intersection of Ginger Creek Drive and Illinois Route 157. There were several cedar trees uprooted at this location. The tornado continued east-northeast through the Ginger Creek Subdivision to the intersection of Center Grove Road and Illinois Route 159. This is where a metal industrial building sustained roof and siding damage. The tornado also crossed the intersection of Center Grove Road and Troy Road where a few signs of local businesses were damaged and a Home Depot sustained some damage to small preconstructed sheds sitting outside. The tornado continued east-northeast to near the intersection of Gerber Road and Governors Parkway where several houses sustained minor roof and siding damage. The tornado dissipated just beyond this location. The path length of this tornado was 2.4 miles long. Most of the damage along the path was rated EF0 with the maximum intensity rated EF1 for some tree damage and the industrial building damage. The maximum path width was 150 yards. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Carbon | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a twelve inch diameter tree on Clay Street in Troy. Also, numerous large tree limbs were blown down in Glen Carbon and Edwardsville. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Glen Carbon | - | Storm spotters reported hail up to one inch on Collinsville Road. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Glen Carbon | - | Storm spotters reported one inch hail. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Carbon | - | Several two foot diameter trees were blown down near the intersection of Interstate 270 and Illinois Route 157. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Glen Carbon | - | Storm spotters reported golf ball size hail. |
| July 2000 | Lightning | Glen Carbon | - | A lightning strike at a substation knocked out power to about 2,300 customers in the Glen Carbon area. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Glen Carbon | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Glen Carbon | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Glen Carbon | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Glen Carbon | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Glen Carbon | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Glen Carbon | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Glen Carbon | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Glen Carbon | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Glen Carbon | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Glen Carbon | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Glen Carbon | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Carbon | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Glen Carbon | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Carbon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Carbon Village Hall and Firehouse | under 500 feet | 2018 | |
 | LeClaire Historic District | 4.0 miles | 1979 |
 | Benjamin Stephenson House | 4.3 miles | 1980 |
 | St. Louis Street Historic District | 4.3 miles | 1983 |
 | Berlemann House | 4.4 miles | 1980 |
| Collinsville Township High School | 4.6 miles | 2023 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14000507 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Madison County | All 40 listed properties in this county. |
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