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Photograph of Effingham County Courthouse
Photograph by Gerald Roll, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Effingham County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“The Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum is a historic building and museum located in Effingham, the county seat of Effingham County, Illinois. Built in 1871, the building was originally the Effingham County Courthouse.”

Wikipedia article Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 3 National Register listings published here for Effingham 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.
  • Address. 110 E. Jefferson St., Effingham, 62401
  • When was it listed? September 1985
  • Category. building
  • Township. Douglas township
  • National Register reference number. 85002304 - 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Effingham County Courthouse: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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
Effinghham City Hwy Dept. PitStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Effingham County

Storms near this property

60 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Effingham, the town this property stands in, in 78 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 42 thunderstorm wind, 26 hail, 8 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1994Thunderstorm WindEffingham$50,000Two tractor-semitrailers were blown over in Effingham while numerous trees and power lines were reportedly down across the county. The county sheriff also reported partial roof damage to two homes three miles south of Effingham.
June 2008Flash FloodEffingham$45,000Multiple roads flooded out in Effingham. Four people were rescued from stranded vehicles within the city.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindEffingham$30,000A large tree was blown onto a house, causing significant damage to the roof.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEffingham$25,000Several trees and tree limbs were blown down. Some falling trees and tree limbs also downed power lines.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindEffingham$25,000Numerous trees and tree limbs were blown down. One large tree fell onto a house causing minor damage.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEffingham$20,000Numerous tree limbs were blown down in Effingham. Spotty power outages were also reported around town.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEffingham$12,000Several tree limbs were blown down and a tent collapsed at a church picnic.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindEffingham$3,000Two large healthy trees were snapped.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindEffingham$400Numerous trees, tree limbs, and power lines were blown down in Effingham. One small tree landed on a car causing minor damage. No one was injured and damage was estimated around $400.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindEffingham-A power line was downed at Lakewood Manor Mobile Home Park.
April 2025Tornado (EFU)Effingham-Video evidence showed a tornado touched down in an open field just west of Highway 45 and south of County Road 1680 North at 8:14 PM CDT. The tornado tracked northeastward, crossing Highway 45 and I-57 before dissipating just east of I-57 and south of East 1800th Avenue at 8:16 PM CDT. No damage was observed.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindEffingham-A 3 to 6 inch diameter tree limb was blown down onto a vehicle, causing damage to the vehicle.
October 2025Thunderstorm WindEffingham-A tree was blown down onto Merchant Street.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEffingham-A powerline was blown down in the Lake Sara area.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindEffingham-Several roads were blocked by downed powerlines.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindEffingham-Trees bent or snapped near southbound I-57. The size and health of the trees was not reported.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindEffingham-A large tree limb was blown down, causing roof damage.
August 2022Flash FloodEffingham-Several streets were closed in town due to flash flooding.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindEffingham-A weather observer reported an estimated wind gust of 60mph.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindEffingham-Tree limbs and power lines were blown down across town.
July 2022Flash FloodEffingham-Road closed due to flooding at Jefferson Avenue and Walnut St.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindEffingham-A large tree was blown down.
June 2022Flash FloodEffingham-Water was flowing across US-40 and US-45 in Effingham.
June 2022Flash FloodEffingham-The Fayette Avenue underpass in Effingham was closed due to high water.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindEffingham-A large tree branch was blown down, damaging a chain link fence.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindEffingham-A sign was blown over at Orchard Inn Tavern.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindEffingham-Several power poles were snapped or leaning on Rickleman Avenue.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindEffingham-A few tree branches and power lines were blown down in Effingham.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindEffingham-A tree was blown down near the intersection of US 40 and County Road 1000E.
February 2008Flash FloodEffingham-Many streets were flooded on the west side of Effingham. One vehicle become stuck in high water near the Little Wabash River.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindEffingham-A large tree was blown down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindEffingham-A few tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Effingham.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindEffingham-Minor roof and siding damage.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindEffingham-Several tree limbs were blown down.
January 2005Thunderstorm WindEffingham-Measured gust from CO-OP Observer.
January 2005Thunderstorm WindEffingham-Thunderstorm wind gusts tore an awning off a gas station and caused roof damage to a couple other buildings in Effingham.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindEffingham-Several tree limbs and power lines blown down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindEffingham-Large maple tree blown down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindEffingham-Tree blown down across county road.
August 2004Flash FloodEffingham-Very heavy rain caused US Routes 40 and 45 to become flooded in Effingham.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindEffingham-Several trees were blown down, one of which fell onto an unoccupied car damaging it in Mason.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindEffingham-Thunderstorm winds blew over a tree, knocked some shingles and siding off of a house and destroyed a section of fencing. No injuries were reported.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindEffingham-Several power lines were blown down.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindEffingham-Thunderstorm winds destroyed an unoccupied mobile home. The winds blew another unoccupied mobile home over, as well as, two semis on I-70 near Montrose and numerous trees and tree limbs.
February 2001Flash FloodEffingham-Radar estimated 1 to 3 inches of rain falling on frozen ground across the area during the late morning and early afternoon hours. Numerous streets in Effingham were reported flooded and State Route 45 in Effingham was reported to be under water.
April 2001HailEffingham-Hail from dime to golf ball size was reported as the storm approached and entered Efffingham.
May 2001HailEffingham-Hail began at Lake Sara, roughly 5 miles west of Effingham and continued into Effingham.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindEffingham-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs and power lines.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindEffingham-A couple of road signs were blown over as well as several large tree limbs in Effingham.
May 1998Tornado (F0)Effingham-A tornado briefly touched down in a field 5 miles west of Effingham. No injuries were reported and only two trees were blown down. No structural damage was reported.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindEffingham-As a severe thunderstorm moved through Effingham it blew down numerous large tree limbs throughout the town.
August 1993HailEffingham-Heavy rain and dime- to nickel-size hail fell on the southeast edge of town. A shed was blown over.
March 2026HailEffingham-no account filed
May 2025HailEffingham-no account filed
August 2022HailEffingham-no account filed
May 2018HailEffingham-no account filed
May 2018HailEffingham-no account filed
April 2016HailEffingham-no account filed
May 2016HailEffingham-no account filed
October 2016HailEffingham-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Effingham 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

1 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
Heart Theaterunder 500 feet2023

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85002304 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Effingham CountyAll 3 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.