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Robert W. Hamilton House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“Hamilton House is a historic house located at 203 S. 13th St. in Murphysboro, Illinois. The house was built in 1867 for Robert Wood Hamilton, a Civil War veteran who served as circuit clerk of Jackson County and postmaster of Carbondale.”

Wikipedia article Robert W. Hamilton House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 19 National Register listings published here for Jackson 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. Hamilton, Robert W., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 203 S. 13th St., Murphysboro, 62966
  • When was it listed? March 1982
  • Category. building
  • Township. Murphysboro township
  • National Register reference number. 82002540 - 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.

Fires near this property

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Robert W. Hamilton House between 1999 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 July 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestFIVE POINTS
16 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestHWY 149
23 March 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreShawnee National ForestSHOAL CREEK
10 December 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestWYLIE
19 November 1999Debris and open burning41 acresShawnee National ForestSHOAL CREEK
12 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesLITTLE LAKE WF

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this property

60 of 119 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Murphysboro, the town this property stands in, in 119 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 42 thunderstorm wind, 32 flood, 27 hail, 8 flash flood. 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
April 1996Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$1,000,000no account filed
May 1996Flash FloodMurphysboro$200,000no account filed
May 2012HailMurphysboro$100,000Golf-ball size hail damaged cars, roofs, and siding.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$100,000Utility poles and numerous trees were down in and around the city. At least one tree fell on a vehicle with persons inside. At least one other vehicle was damaged by a falling tree.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$100,000Widespread damage was reported throughout the county. Rooftop heating units were damaged. A trailer was blown off of its foundation, and numerous trees were down countywide. The wind gusted to 73 mph at the middle school in Murphysboro. The automated observing system at the Carbondale airport measured a peak wind of 73 mph. Trees were down throughout Murphysboro. Minor damage was reported to several homes and businesses in town, mainly to roofs.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$100,000In Murphysboro, windows were blown out of two structures. In Carbondale, a tree was down on two cars. One of the cars received major damage, and the other received only minor damage. In addition, a power pole was broken, a window was broken, and a couple of trees fell on power lines. In Desoto, a tree fell through the front of a vacant house. The house was destroyed by the 10-foot diameter tree. Power lines and at least one other large tree were down in Desoto. Tree debris was on roadways at nearly 20 locations, mostly in Carbondale. Numerous roads south of Carbondale were temporarily closed due to fallen trees.
April 1996Flash FloodMurphysboro$100,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$50,000Multiple trees and large tree limbs were knocked down across town, some of them onto cars and several structures. A road sign was also blown across the road.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$50,000Trees and power lines were downed in the Carbondale and Murphysboro areas. The county sheriff department responded to 26 storm-related calls, mostly involving trees on roads or power lines. A tree landed on a car in Murphysboro. A barn was blown down in the county. On Kinkaid Lake northwest of Murphysboro, one of the main boat docks was blown apart, causing several of the attached boats to jam together. More than 20 boats in all had to be moved.
March 1997HailMurphysboro$50,000no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$40,000Two barns were damaged. Airborne wood beams punctured the wall and roof of a large metal barn in numerous places. A house roof lost a small section of shingles. Tree and metal roof debris was scattered around. Based on photos, it appeared a microburst produced the small area of damage, which occurred on a bluff along the Big Muddy River.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$40,000A trailer was thrown into another trailer. One of the trailers was destroyed. A double wide mobile home sustained major damage.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$40,000Numerous trees and limbs were blown down, especially in the southwest portion of Murphysboro. Power lines were knocked down by the falling trees. Several houses, one trailer, and at least one vehicle were struck by downed trees and limbs. Some of the trees were large trees more than 100 years old.
February 2018FloodMurphysboro$30,000A washed out culvert prompted the closure of a street near Murphysboro High School.
March 2015Heavy RainMurphysboro$30,000Water was over a residential street in Murphysboro. The street was still passable. Near Desoto, a secondary road was washed out because a culvert underneath the road was insufficient to handle the runoff.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$30,000Tree damage was reported in the cities of Carbondale and Murphysboro. A wind gust to 60 mph was measured at the automated observation site at the Carbondale airport. In Murphysboro, a downed tree took down a power line that landed on a house.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$30,000A wind gust to 66 mph was measured by wind equipment at the Carbondale/Southern Illinois airport. In Murphysboro, a few trees were uprooted. One of the trees landed on a storage shed. Another large tree fell across a street, blocking it. Some tree limbs and power lines were down.
April 1996Flash FloodMurphysboro$30,000no account filed
June 2015Tornado (EF1)Murphysboro$25,000This brief tornado occurred on the eastern outskirts of Murphysboro along and east of the Big Muddy River, just north of Illinois Route 13. A large section of roof, including the rafters, of a commercial wooden building was blown up to 300 yards. A pontoon boat was flipped over, and a second pontoon boat was lofted about 200 yards. Two wooden power poles were snapped. Several tree limbs and one tree was blown down. An eyewitness had video of the tornado. The peak winds were estimated near 95 mph.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$25,000On the west side of the city, a large section of metal roof was peeled back and blown off a commercial masonry building. The section of roof was about 100 by 50 feet. Elsewhere in the city, a large tree fell on a church and a vehicle.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$25,000Several trees were blown down in Carbondale. One of the largest trees landed on a house and two cars, damaging the house's roof and front porch. In rural areas outside Carbondale, a pole barn was destroyed. Some uprooted trees were also reported in Murphysboro.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$20,000Several trees were down on power lines in the city.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$15,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$15,000Thunderstorm winds overturned a camping trailer onto a truck. A storage shed and TV tower were damaged at the same residence.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$10,000Power lines were down in multiple locations.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$10,000Several trees and power lines were blown down across the city.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$10,000Wind equipment at the automated observing site at the Carbondale airport measured a gust to 60 mph. In Murphysboro, a power pole was snapped, with lines laying across a home.
June 2013FloodMurphysboro$10,000Moderate flooding occurred along the Big Muddy River at and near Murphysboro. Riverside parks, access roads, and low-lying fields were flooded. The river crested at 30.75 feet on the Murphysboro river gage on the 6th. Flood stage there is 22 feet.
March 2008FloodMurphysboro$10,000Major flooding of the Big Muddy River occurred. At the Murphysboro gage, the river crested at 37.19 feet on March 23. Flood stage there is 22 feet, and major flooding begins at 36 feet. Residents of a mobile home park were asked to voluntarily evacuate. A few houses near Shoemaker Drive in Murphysboro were flooded. A church on Route 127 was flooded. Sandbagging was done around some affected structures. Extensive flooding of low-lying fields occurred. The intersection of 3rd and Plum Streets in Murphysboro was closed. Floodwater covered the ground below an electrical substation. Slides or slumps developed along a portion of the levee near Grand Tower, prompting concerns about levee failure. Residents were asked to voluntarily evacuate a large area behind the levee. In Murphysboro, three boys were rescued after their canoe capsized near Riverside Park. The boys were found in a tree above the river. A passerby offered firefighters the use of his boat to rescue the boys.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$10,000Numerous trees were blown down, including one that fell on a house and another that blocked a road. A barn was blown down on Route 127 a few miles north of Murphysboro.
August 2000LightningMurphysboro$10,000A garage was heavily damaged when lightning struck a large tree pecan tree, sending it down onto the garage.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$7,000Minor wind damage occurred to a home, including some metal siding blown back and shingles lifted off.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$5,000Thunderstorm outflow winds downed a tree onto a car on 8th Street near St. Andrews Church in Murphysboro.
April 2018FloodMurphysboro$5,000Moderate flooding continued on the Big Muddy River from late March. Water encroached on a few residential streets in the southeast part of Murphysboro. A city park was partially inundated. Low-lying agricultural land outside the city was flooded. At the Murphysboro river gage, the river crested at 30.85 feet just after midnight on the 3rd. Flood stage there is 22 feet.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$5,000Trees were down in the city.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$5,000Several trees were blown down in Murphysboro. Trees were blown down in Carbondale. A few power poles were damaged in Carbondale.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$5,000Power lines were down.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$5,000A carport was hurled into a yard, where it damaged a truck. A piece of aluminum was wrapped around a tree.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$5,000A wind gust to 66 MPH was recorded at the Murphysboro Emergency Operations Center. Tree limbs were blown down, and two police vehicles were damaged by wind-driven debris.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$5,000Tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$4,000A tree was down in Murphysboro. Tree limbs were down in Carbondale, including a large limb that fell on a house.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$4,000Power lines were blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$4,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$3,000Some tree damage occurred in the Murphysboro to Carbondale corridor. A tree was blown down on the west side of the city of Murphysboro. In Carbondale, there were at least a couple of snapped or uprooted trees.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$3,000A few trees were down between Carbondale and Murphysboro.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$3,000Trees were blown down.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$3,000Tree limbs and power lines were down in Murphysboro, De Soto, and near Elkville.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$2,000A pecan tree was split, and a trampoline was lofted and thrown some distance.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$2,000Large tree limbs were down in northern and central Jackson County.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$1,000A large tree was blown down. A former police officer reported very strong winds caused the tree to fall.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindMurphysboro$1,000A tree was down across the road.
August 1993HailMurphysboro$500no account filed
May 2025HailMurphysboro-Hail estimated up to two inch diameter fell on the north side of Murphysboro at Illinois Ave/6th St.
May 2024FloodMurphysboro-Minor flooding occurred on the Big Muddy River near Murphysboro in low-lying areas.
February 2022FloodMurphysboro-Minor flooding occurred on the Big Muddy River. Some low-lying woods and fields near the river were inundated. High levels on the Mississippi River caused backwater that kept the Big Muddy above flood stage into March.
July 2021FloodMurphysboro-Street flooding occurred in Murphysboro, with about three inches of water flowing across streets in places. Rainfall of 2.25 inches was measured during the day.
December 2021Funnel CloudMurphysboro-Emergency management officials reported a funnel cloud seen on their video camera.
September 2020FloodMurphysboro-Minor street flooding was reported in Murphysboro, where 2.4 inches of rain fell in two hours.
June 2019Flash FloodMurphysboro-Flooding was reported on Route 149 between Murphysboro and Desoto. Some roadways were reported flooded near Murphysboro.
June 2019Flash FloodMurphysboro-A couple of secondary roads south of Murphysboro were covered with water.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Murphysboro Masonic Lodge No. 498 A.F & A.Munder 500 feet2024
Cornelius Hennessy Building0.1 miles2000
Murphysboro Downtown Historic District0.1 miles2022
Jackson County Courthouse0.1 miles2015
William H. Hull House0.2 miles2006
Murphysboro Elks Lodge0.2 miles2005

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82002540 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Jackson CountyAll 19 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.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • 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.