Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
“The Streibich Blacksmith Shop is a historic blacksmith shop at 1 North Howard Street in Newman, Illinois. The shop was built in 1870 for local blacksmith Ignatius Streibich.”
Wikipedia article Streibich Blacksmith Shop, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Douglas County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Newman Township in History of Douglas County, Illinois, published 1876 names Newman. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
Newman Tov\rnship has an area of about 48 square miles and is nearly all prairie, though there is considerable timber in the south part along Brushy Fork. It has 30,756 acres. The north part of this township rises into a considerable elevation known as the Ridge, a view from which is more extensive than can be obtained from any other part of the county.
Passage source: History of Douglas County, Illinois, published 1876.
The city of Newman is situated on section 31, 16, 14, on the line of the I., D. & S. Railway, and the original town was laid off by the same company which instituted Tuscola and at abovit the same time. It was named for 1>. Newman, one of the proprietors, who was a sonin-law of Peter Cartright, the celebrated itinerant preacher. The town was laid out in December, 1S57, in Coles countv, and in the advertisements ot the place the proprietors preaicted that a new county would be formed, and that the railroad would be built. The new county was formed in 1S59 an(^ the ^"Iroad came along in 1S72.
Passage source: History of Douglas County, Illinois, published 1876.
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 Newman Township - 2,558 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newman, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newman | $125,000 | Two houses sustained roof damage in Newman. A large shed and a small block warehouse were severely damaged. In addition, a small shed was tipped over and blown across a lot into an antique trailer. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newman | $80,000 | Numerous power poles and trees were blown down and a pole barn had its roof blown off. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newman | $75,000 | Seven power poles were knocked down. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newman | $65,000 | A tree was blown onto a roof in the 600 block of West Green Street in Newman. Power poles were snapped and powerlines were blown down at Gabe Street and North Howard Street. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newman | $50,000 | Numerous tree branches and power lines were blown down in Newman. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newman | $20,000 | Several 6 to 10-inch diamter trees were blown down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newman | $9,000 | A two-foot diameter tree limb and power lines were blown down on Lytle Street in Newman. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newman | $3,000 | A tree was blown onto a power line. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newman | - | Trees were blown down on Main Street in Newman. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newman | - | A farm outbuilding was blown over. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newman | - | Several tree limbs were blown down resulting in structural damage, including broken windows and a destroyed chain link fence. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newman | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newman | - | A few small tree branches were blown down. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Newman | - | Persistent rain from numerous thunderstorms tracking over the same areas produced 2.50 to 3.00 inches in less than two hours during the early evening hours in a small portion of northeast Douglas County. Numerous rural roads were impassable and closed as a result. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Newman | - | Numerous streets were flooded in and around Newman. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newman | - | Several power lines were blown down in town. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newman | - | Several power lines were blown down. |
| April 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Newman | - | A tornado briefly touched down in a field 2 miles south of Newman. No injuries or damage were reported. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newman | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in Newman. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Newman | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Newman | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Newman | - | no account filed |
| March 2022 | Hail | Newman | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Newman | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Newman | - | no account filed |
| February 2008 | Hail | Newman | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Newman | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Newman | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Newman | - | no account filed |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91000086 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Douglas County | All 3 listed properties in this county. |
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