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Photograph of Wheeler-Magnus Round Barn
Photograph by G LeTourneau, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Wheeler-Magnus Round Barn

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

From the record

One of 621 National Register listings published here for Cook County · listed in 1992 · category: Building.

Sources: 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.
  • Listed as. Wheeler--Magnus Round Barn - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 811 E. Central Rd., Arlington Heights, 60005
  • When was it listed? August 1992
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Round Barns in Illinois TR
  • Township. Elk Grove township
  • National Register reference number. 92001017 - 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wheeler-Magnus Round Barn: 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mount Prospect City EngStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Palatine City Eng. - Own CrewsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rolling Meadows Dept of Public WorkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cook County

Storms near this property

8 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arlington Heights, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
August 2025Thunderstorm WindArlington Heights-A tree fell onto power lines along S Vail Ave in Arlington Heights.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindArlington Heights-Tree limbs 6 to 8 inches in diameter were blown down.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindArlington Heights-A photo was shared of a six inch diameter tree limb that was snapped.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindArlington Heights-Mature trees were blown down in Arlington Heights. Numerous tree limbs were also blown down, some blocking roads.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindArlington Heights-A large tree limb and a power line were blown down along Arlington Heights Road, north of Rand Road.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindArlington Heights-Several tree limbs were blown down. One large tree limb fell on a home and some cars.
August 2025HailArlington Heights-no account filed
April 2023HailArlington Heights-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cook 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
Muller House1.7 miles1979
Nathaniel Moore Banta House1.7 miles1998
First Congregational Church, Des Plaines4.5 miles2019
George Clayson House4.7 miles1979
Des Plaines Methodist Camp Ground4.8 miles2005
Charles H. Patten House4.8 miles2006

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 92001017 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cook CountyAll 621 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.