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Paine House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“The Paine House is a historic house in Xenia, Illinois, which was the home of author Albert Bigelow Paine. Built in 1858, the house was designed using elements of the Greek Revival and Gothic Revival styles.”

Wikipedia article Paine House (Xenia, Illinois), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Clay 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 Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Rt. 1, Box 19 A, Xenia, 62899
  • When was it listed? November 1985
  • Category. building
  • Township. Xenia township
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture, Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 85002843 - 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.

Storms near this property

57 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Xenia, the town this property stands in, in 57 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 28 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 9 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
June 2008Thunderstorm WindXenia$55,000Numerous trees and tree limbs were blown down. 5 homes sustained minor damage from falling trees and tree limbs. One home had some of its windows blown in from the high winds.
July 2009Flash FloodXenia$50,000Nearly 2.50 inches of rain in one hour created flash flooding in southern Clay County. Popeberry Lane near Fairfield Road, 1.5 miles south of Xenia, was washed out due to the flooding. Several rural roads near Flora and Clay City had water flowing across them.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindXenia$35,000A 61 MPH wind gust was measured at the Flora Airport. Numerous trees, tree limbs, and power lines were blown down between Xenia and Sailor Springs, including the Flora area. In addition, siding was torn off mobile homes in Flora and a semi was blown over near Sailor Springs.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindXenia$30,000Multiple trees were blown down in Xenia.
April 2016LightningXenia$30,000Lightning struck a garage in Xenia. The resulting fire completely destroyed the garage.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindXenia$30,000A 40 by 80-foot barn was damaged on Butternut Road about 4 miles north of Xenia. The barn doors were blown in on the south side, the east wall was bowed out, and the roof was partially torn off.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindXenia$25,000Numerous trees and tree branches were blown down in Xenia.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindXenia$25,000Numerous trees were blown down about 2 miles southeast of Xenia.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindXenia$20,000Several trees were blown down.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindXenia$20,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindXenia$15,000A tree was blown onto a house in Xenia.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindXenia$15,000Numerous 6-inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindXenia$5,000A few tree limbs were blown down in and around Xenia.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindXenia$5,000A microburst produced roof damage to a shed and blew in its doors. Also a tree was blown down and an area of corn was flattened.
July 2025Flash FloodXenia-Water was flowing across both US-50 and old US-50 in numerous spots between Xenia and Flora.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindXenia-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindXenia-Emergency Management estimated a wind gust of 65mph west of Xenia.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindXenia-Several trees and power poles were blown down from Xenia east to Highway 45.
August 2023Flash FloodXenia-Route 50 was covered with 3 feet of water.
August 2023Flash FloodXenia-Roads were closed in Xenia due to flash flooding.
August 2022Flash FloodXenia-Two feet of water was flowing across Old Route 50 southwest of Flora.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindXenia-Several power poles were blown down along Xenia and Iola Road.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindXenia-A power line was blown down.
July 2021Flash FloodXenia-Numerous roads in both Xenia and Flora were flooded.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Xenia-A tornado briefly touched down in an open field about 3.3 miles west-southwest of Xenia at 8:15 AM CDT. No damage was reported.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindXenia-Multiple tree limbs were blown down. One mid-sized tree was snapped about halfway up.
July 2015Flash FloodXenia-Late afternoon thunderstorms in southwest Clay County produced heavy rain which resulted in flash flooding on ground already saturated from heavy rain two days prior. Water was reported over rural roads from Xenia to Flora. U.S. Highway 50 was also impassable in spots from Xenia to Kenner. The flooding rapidly dissipated by early evening.
February 2009FloodXenia-Numerous county roads were flooded across Clay County. In addition, a few city streets in both Flora and Louisville had water flowing over them.
February 2008Flash FloodXenia-Numerous roads were flooded across Clay county. One car stalled in the high water in Flora.
February 2006Thunderstorm WindXenia-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and power lines in and around Xenia. The winds also tore awnings and underpinnings off several mobile homes. Another home received minor damage when a tree fell on it. A truck was damaged by a falling antenna.
June 2005HailXenia-Hail covered the ground.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindXenia-Power lines and numerous tree limbs blown down.
May 2004HailXenia-Thunderstorms dropped penny sized hail over a large portion of Clay County, especially in Xenia, Flora and Hord.
May 2003Flash FloodXenia-Very heavy rain fell on already saturated ground in the Xenia area. U.S. Route 50 was flooded for a time due to the heavy rain.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindXenia-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and powerlines. A shed was destroyed south of Xenia.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindXenia-A large tree was blown down in Xenia.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindXenia-Numerous power lines were blown down in an area extending from one mile east of Xenia to Flora.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindXenia-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in an area extending from Xenia to Flora. No injuries were reported.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindXenia-A severe thunderstorm moved east across southern portions of Clay County. Winds associated with the storm blew down numerous trees from Xenia to Clay City. Some of the trees caused extensive damage to the high school in Flora, as well as, homes and vehicles. The winds also destroyed a building on Route 50 eight miles west of Flora and a garage 4 miles west of Flora. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindXenia-no account filed
March 2026Thunderstorm WindXenia-no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindXenia-no account filed
May 2021HailXenia-no account filed
August 2020HailXenia-no account filed
June 2019HailXenia-no account filed
August 2019HailXenia-no account filed
February 2017HailXenia-no account filed
February 2017HailXenia-no account filed
February 2017HailXenia-no account filed
March 2012HailXenia-no account filed
February 2008HailXenia-no account filed
May 2008HailXenia-no account filed
May 2004HailXenia-no account filed
May 2003HailXenia-no account filed
May 1999HailXenia-no account filed
May 1996HailXenia-no account filed
April 1996Tornado (F0)Xenia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85002843 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Clay CountyAll 6 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.
  • 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.