John W. Lewis House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“Lewis House is a historic house located at 503 Chestnut St. in Marshall, Illinois. The house was built between 1906 and 1908 for John W.”
Wikipedia article John W. Lewis House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Clark County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Lewis, John W., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 503 Chestnut St., Marshall, 62441
When was it listed? February 1982
Category. building
Township. Marshall township
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 82002519 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

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 John W. Lewis House: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Beacon Shale Exposure	Clay	Prospect
Clark County Pit 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Clark County Pit 3	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Geisert Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$75,000	Numerous tree limbs and power lines were blown down across Marshall. An awning was damaged.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$30,000	A 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 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$30,000	Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2017	Lightning	Marshall	$20,000	Lightning struck and damaged an Assisted Living Center in Marshall.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$20,000	Several power lines were blown down in Marshall.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$15,000	Numerous 6-inch diameter tree limbs were blown down in Marshall.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$10,000	Several tree branches were blown down in Marshall.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$8,000	Several tree limbs were blown down.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$6,000	A tree was blown down onto a house in Marshall.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$6,000	A utility pole was blown down in Marshall.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$2,000	A traffic light was blown down in Marshall.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$2,000	A tree was blown down and blocked the westbound lane of Clarksville Road.
March 2024	Hail	Marshall	-	Cars were dented by the hail.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Several 3-inch diameter tree branches were snapped.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	A large tree branch was broken.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Marshall. In addition, several homes sustained roof damage.
February 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	A tree was blown down on Grand Turn Road 5 miles south of Marshall.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	A few trees blown down.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Numerous large tree limbs blown down.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Several large tree limbs blown down.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Ten trees were blown down in Marshall.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Numerous trees were blown down.
May 2003	Flash Flood	Marshall	-	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 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Several power lines were blown down in town.
May 2002	Flash Flood	Marshall	-	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 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Two trees blown down. One west of Marshall and another northeast of Marshall.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Several trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	A couple of trees were blown down.
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	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 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto a home in Marshall. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Numerous large tree limbs were blown down throughout the eastern half of Clark County.
May 2022	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
May 2019	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
November 2011	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
November 2011	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
August 2004	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Marshall	-	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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Manly-McCann House	under 500 feet	1982
Harlan Hall	0.2 miles	2001
Archer House Hotel	0.3 miles	1976
Marshall Business Historic District	0.4 miles	2013
First Congregational Church	0.5 miles	2003
Robert L. Dulaney House	0.6 miles	1997

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 82002519 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Clark County	All 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.