Built in 1910 (Prairie School architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
“Akin House is a historic house at 901 South 8th Avenue in Maywood, Illinois. The house was built circa 1910 for Elizabeth R.”
Wikipedia article Mrs. Henry F. Akin House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 621 National Register listings published here for Cook County · listed in 1992 · category: Building · built in 1910, Prairie School architecture.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Mrs. Henry F. Akin House: 7 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A C O'Laughlin Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bellwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Melrose Park City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Northlake City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| River Forest City Eng - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Riverside Lime and Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| West Chester City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maywood, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 6 flash flood, 2 lightning, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death. 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 2001 | Lightning | Maywood | 1 killed | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Maywood | $150,000 | Interstate 290 was closed between Harlem Avenue and Mannheim Road with portions of the interstate covered with up to four feet of water. Multiple cars were stranded in the water before it closed. A portion of the far right eastbound lane buckled from the high water. |
| August 2015 | Lightning | Maywood | $2,000 | Multiple utility poles were down due to lightning. |
| September 2022 | Flash Flood | Maywood | - | Interstate 290 was closed due to flooding near Des Plaines Avenue. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Maywood | - | Interstate 290 was flooded near Des Plaines Avenue. The CTA suspended Blue Line service between the Forest Park and Harlem stations due to flooding. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maywood | - | A tree was blown down on 1st Avenue near Pine Street. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Maywood | - | Both directions of I-290 were flooded and closed between Harlem Avenue and Desplaines Avenue. |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Maywood | - | All lanes and shoulders on east bound I-290 at Des Plaines Avenue were flooded and closed. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Maywood | - | Several lanes on westbound I-290 at Des Plaines Avenue were flooded and impassable. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maywood | - | Eight to ten inch diameter trees were blown down on 21st Street, two blocks north of Roosevelt. |
| October 2006 | Hail | Maywood | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Maywood | - | 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Baptist Retirement Home | 0.4 miles | 2017 |
 | Masonic Temple Building | 0.5 miles | 1992 |
 | Harry H. Nichols House | 0.5 miles | 1992 |
 | Mads C. Larson House | 0.5 miles | 1992 |
 | Joseph P. O. Sullivan House | 0.5 miles | 1992 |
 | Maywood Fire Department Building | 0.6 miles | 1992 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92000487 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Cook County | All 621 listed properties in this county. |
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