Matthew T. Scott House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“Scott House is a historic house located in Chenoa, Illinois. Scott and his wife Julia Green once lived in the house.”
Wikipedia article Matthew T. Scott House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 35 National Register listings published here for McLean County · listed in 1983 · 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. Scott, Matthew T., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 227 1st Ave., Chenoa, 61726
When was it listed? February 1983
Category. building
Township. Chenoa township
Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 83000331 - 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Matthew T. Scott House: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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
	Mcdowell Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Wagner Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in McLean County

Storms near this property

21 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chenoa, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 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
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenoa	$55,000	Numerous trees and tree branches were blown down in Chenoa. A light pole and power lines were blown down, and a grain elevator leg came down.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenoa	$30,000	Several trees were blown down in Chenoa.
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenoa	$8,000	A swimming pool was damaged by thunderstorm winds.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenoa	$4,000	A tree was snapped in half and numerous large branches were blown down.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenoa	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts resulted in power outages. Small hail also occurred at this location.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenoa	-	A semi trailer was blown over on I-55 about 2 miles southwest of Chenoa.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenoa	-	Large tree limb blown down. Report relayed by broadcast media.
June 1999	Tornado (F0)	Chenoa	-	A tornado briefly touched down one mile southwest of Chenoa, lifted and touched down once more 3 miles south of Chenoa. No injuries or damage were reported.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenoa	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down a motel sign in Chenoa. No injuries were reported.
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenoa	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs and power lines in the Chenoa area. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenoa	-	no account filed
May 2025	Hail	Chenoa	-	no account filed
May 2025	Hail	Chenoa	-	no account filed
May 2025	Hail	Chenoa	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Chenoa	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Chenoa	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Chenoa	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Chenoa	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Chenoa	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Chenoa	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Chenoa	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in McLean 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

2 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	John Patton Log Cabin	6.8 miles	1986
	David Hyatt Van Dolah House	7.5 miles	2015

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 83000331 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
McLean County	All 35 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.