Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
“The Laura Gale House, also known as the Mrs. Gale House, is a home in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, United States.”
Wikipedia article Laura Gale House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 621 National Register listings published here for Cook County · listed in 1970 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · 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 Mrs. Thomas H. Gale House: 4 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A C O'Laughlin Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bellwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Melrose Park City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| River Forest City Eng - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Park, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Park | $3,000 | As many as 50 large tree limbs were blown down along with power lines in Oak Park. A couple entire trees were also blown down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Park | $1,000 | Several tree limbs and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Park | - | A picture was received of a roughly 6-inch diameter tree limb that had snapped. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Park | - | Numerous trees were uprooted and windows were blown out near Lake Street and Oak Park Avenue. Shingles were blown off a church roof along Lake Street. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Park | - | Photo shared via social media showed a large tree limb which had been blown down in Oak Park. Time was estimated using radar. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Park | - | Tree damage was reported. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Park | - | Half of a tree was snapped at its fork. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Park | - | Numerous tree limbs were blown down in Oak Park. More than a dozen streets were blocked by the fallen tree limbs. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Park | - | Several large trees blown down in Oak Park. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Frank Thomas House | 0.1 miles | 1972 |
 | Arthur Heurtley House | 0.1 miles | 2000 |
| Frank Lloyd Wright House and Studio | 0.2 miles | 1972 | |
 | Walter Gale House | 0.2 miles | 1973 |
| Scoville Place | 0.2 miles | 2002 | |
 | Unity Temple | 0.3 miles | 1970 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 70000239 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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