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Judge Isaac Wilson House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“The Judge Isaac Wilson House is a historic residence in Batavia, Illinois. It was the home of Isaac Wilson, a former Congressman who moved to the Batavia region and later named the settlement.”

Wikipedia article Judge Isaac Wilson House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 86 National Register listings published here for Kane County · listed in 1985 · 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. Wilson, Judge Isaac, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 406 E. Wilson St., Batavia, 60510
  • When was it listed? May 1985
  • Category. building
  • Township. Batavia township
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 85000978 - 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.

The ground it stands on

248 words

The chapter on Batavia Township in History of Kane County, Ill., published 1908 names Batavia. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

To the township of Batavia belongs the distinction of the first settlement in Kane county, Christopher Payne having arrived there and built his cabin in 1833. on the east side of the river within the present hmits of the city. Colonel James Lyon came early in 1834; Captain C. B. Dodson settled just south of the present city in June. 1834, at what was then called Clyburnville. smce disappeared.

Passage source: History of Kane County, Ill., published 1908.

Trade with the Indians brought profit, and the first store was built near the mouth of Mill creek; a sawmill was also erected; both by Captain Dodson. In 1835 Dodson and Clyburn contracted to remove the Indians to the West. Tames Vanatta is said to have located' east of Batavia in January, 1834. and a man named Corey took a claim near him. In December, 1833, James Nelson built a cabin and moved in at what was afterward known as Nelson's Grove, west of the city. John Gregg was the first blacksmith in the township. Settlers came from as far as Rockford, a week's trip down and back, to have their plows repaired.

Passage source: History of Kane County, Ill., published 1908.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Batavia Township - 248 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Fires near this property

3 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Judge Isaac Wilson House between 2013 and 2014, burning about 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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
5 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-562
7 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources14-177
6 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2013-294

Every fire recorded in Kane County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Judge Isaac Wilson House: 3 past producers, 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Aurora QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hendrickson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Riverbank Stone and Lime Quarry No1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Riverbank Stone and Lime Quarry No2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kane County

Storms near this property

60 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Batavia, the town this property stands in, in 63 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 31 hail, 27 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2003LightningBatavia$10,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBatavia$5,000A large tree limb fell onto the roof of a house causing minor damage.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBatavia-Multiple trees were reported down in Batavia.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBatavia-Large trees were snapped at Harrison St and Carlisle Rd in Batavia.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBatavia-A power pole was snapped along Wilson St near River St in Batavia.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBatavia-An emergency manager reported around a half dozen 911 calls for trees down in Batavia.
July 2025Funnel CloudBatavia-A photo showed a funnel cloud between Geneva and Batavia.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBatavia-Numerous trees and large branches were downed near Batavia, including one large oak tree that had been uprooted. One tree had fallen onto power lines.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBatavia-A lot of tree branches in addition to one full grown tree were down on the northeast side of Batavia.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBatavia-Large tree branches were reported down on Fabyan Pkwy in Batavia.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindBatavia-Wind gusts were estimated between 50 and 60 mph.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindBatavia-Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBatavia-A fallen one foot diameter tree limb took out three power poles on N Van Buren and Spring Streets in Batavia.
March 2023Tornado (EF0)Batavia-This tornado began in an open field south of Engstrom Family Park and tracked east northeast towards downtown Batavia before lifting shortly after it crossed the Fox River near Wilson St. Damage along the tornado's path consisted of several uprooted and damaged trees, downed fences, downed power lines, roof shingles peeled off of houses, and a toppled chimney.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBatavia-Numerous 6 inch diameter branches and limbs were down all over the area, particularly between McKee and Fabyan Parkways east towards Route 31.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindBatavia-A six inch diameter tree limb was blown down near the intersection of Millview Drive and Town Avenue.
June 2021HailBatavia-A photo of half dollar size hail was shared on social media.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBatavia-Tree limbs 8 inches in diameter and power lines were blown down.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBatavia-A large tree limb was blown down.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindBatavia-Multiple trees and power lines were blown down throughout Batavia.
August 2018Heavy RainBatavia-Rainfall of 0.64 inches was measured in ten minutes.
May 2014HailBatavia-Several reports of hail up to the size of half dollars came in from around Batavia.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBatavia-Winds were estimated to 60 mph in Batavia.
August 2013HailBatavia-Penny to nickel size hail was reported near Pine Street and Raddant Road.
November 2012HailBatavia-Pea to dime size hail fell.
May 2011HailBatavia-Quarter size hail was reported near Route 31 and Wilson Road.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBatavia-Large trees were uprooted in Batavia. One of the trees fell onto a house.
August 2009Heavy RainBatavia-One inch of rain fell in 30 minutes in Batavia.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindBatavia-Tree limbs blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBatavia-Significant tree damage across Batavia and Fabyan Park Preserve.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBatavia-Measured gust to 62 mph.
May 2006HailBatavia-Golfball size hail was reported near Main Street and Randall Road.
May 2006HailBatavia-Nickel size hail was reported at Fabyan and Kirk Roads.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindBatavia-Six inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBatavia-Trees were blown down.
July 2003HailBatavia-Quarter size hail was reported at Route 38 and Randall Road. Tennis Ball size hail was also reported in Batavia. The hail dented a few steel roofs and also cracked some car windshields.
July 2003HailBatavia-Reported near intersection of Butterfield and Randant Roads.
June 2025HailBatavia-no account filed
June 2025HailBatavia-no account filed
June 2025HailBatavia-no account filed
June 2025HailBatavia-no account filed
June 2025HailBatavia-no account filed
June 2025HailBatavia-no account filed
June 2025HailBatavia-no account filed
June 2025HailBatavia-no account filed
June 2025HailBatavia-no account filed
June 2025HailBatavia-no account filed
June 2025HailBatavia-no account filed
June 2025HailBatavia-no account filed
April 2023HailBatavia-no account filed
April 2023HailBatavia-no account filed
November 2020Thunderstorm WindBatavia-no account filed
May 2019HailBatavia-no account filed
May 2014HailBatavia-no account filed
November 2012HailBatavia-no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBatavia-no account filed
April 2011HailBatavia-no account filed
April 2010HailBatavia-no account filed
April 2010HailBatavia-no account filed
May 2003HailBatavia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kane 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
Holy Cross Churchunder 500 feet1999
Louise White School0.2 miles1980
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Depot0.5 miles1979
United Methodist Church of Batavia0.5 miles1983
First Methodist Church of Batavia0.7 miles1982
Batavia Institute0.9 miles1976

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85000978 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Kane CountyAll 86 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.
  • 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.