Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
“The House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, is a temple. It is the second House of Worship constructed and the oldest one still standing.”
Wikipedia article House of Worship (Wilmette, Illinois), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 621 National Register listings published here for Cook County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Baha'i Temple: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evanston City Eng | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Morton Grove City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wilmette City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Winnetka City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilmette, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmette | $100,000 | Numerous large trees were blown down with some trees uprooted. Some of the fallen trees crushed parked cars. Roof damage was reported to a hospital in Evanston. A wind gust to 57 mph was measured. |
| June 2010 | Lightning | Wilmette | $100,000 | Lightning struck a house which started a fire. The house was engulfed in flames. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmette | $30,000 | Nineteen large trees and numerous tree limbs were blown down. One tree went down at 13th and Lake Streets, crushing a fence and breaking a window. A house and two cars were damaged when a tree fell on Amherst Lane. |
| July 2015 | Lightning | Wilmette | $15,000 | A garage was struck by lightning on Sheridan Road resulting in damage to the bricks and chimney. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmette | $2,000 | Winds estimated to 40 mph caused a large branch to fall onto a car trapping a motorist near Gross Point Road and Park Place. No injuries were reported. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmette | - | A photo shared on social media showed a tree limb hanging from power lines in the 3100 block of Hartzell Street. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmette | - | Photos shared on social media showed tree limbs blown down near Harrison Street and Prospect Street. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmette | - | Several large trees were blown down around Harrison Street near Ackerman Park, south of Central Street. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmette | - | Wind gusts were measured to 58 mph. Small tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmette | - | A 74-inch diameter tree known as the Bicentennial Ash was blown down in Gillson Park. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmette | - | Over 1,000 trees were either uprooted, blown over, or suffered some kind of damage. At least 76 trees, including some 25 to 30 inches in diameter, were blown down at a golf course. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Wilmette | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmette | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Flood | Wilmette | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig and Estella Hazelwood House | 0.2 miles | 2024 | |
| Gillson Park and Wilmette Harbor Historic District | 0.3 miles | 2024 | |
 | Linden Avenue Terminal | 0.4 miles | 1984 |
 | Edward Kirk Warren House and Garage | 0.4 miles | 1986 |
 | Colonnade Court | 0.5 miles | 1984 |
 | Frank J. Baker House | 0.6 miles | 1974 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78001140 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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