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Photograph of Moultrie County Courthouse
Photograph by Nyttend, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Moultrie County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

From the record

“The Moultrie County Courthouse is the only site in Moultrie County, Illinois that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Located in the county seat of Sullivan, the courthouse has been listed since 1995.”

Wikipedia article Moultrie County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 1 National Register listings published here for Moultrie County · listed in 1995 · 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 3 objectss, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 10 S. Main St., Sullivan, 61951
  • When was it listed? April 1995
  • Category. building
  • Township. Sullivan township
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 95000489 - 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 Moultrie 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
Moultrie PitStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Moultrie County

Storms near this property

45 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sullivan, the town this property stands in, in 45 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 29 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSullivan$350,000Roofs were ripped off several houses, trees were blown down, and a machine shed was knocked down on the southeast side of Sullivan.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindSullivan$75,000In Sullivan, numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. One tree fell onto a house causing minor damage. Five miles northeast of Lovington, several barns, outbuildings, and a garage were destroyed. Two homes sustained minor damage. Damage in this area was estimated around $75,000. Eight miles northeast of Lovington, several trees were blown down across US Route 36.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSullivan$45,000A roof was torn off a house and siding and shingle damage occurred to another house.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSullivan$40,000Farm equipment and a truck were blown over in Sullivan. Several trees and power lines were knocked down as well.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSullivan$30,000A machine shed was blown down just east of Sullivan.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSullivan$12,000Several ornamental trees were damaged and shingles were torn off a roof.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSullivan$12,000Six power lines were blown down north of Sullivan.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindSullivan$200A flag pole was broken in Sullivan.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindSullivan-A trained spotter estimated winds of 50 to 60 mph and shared a video of the conditions at their location.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Half of a large tree was blown down onto a home in Sullivan.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSullivan-A few 6-inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Numerous tree branches and power lines were blown down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Several trees were blown over. Large tree branches were snapped and power lines were downed as well.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSullivan-A power line was blown down in Sullivan.
February 2008Flash FloodSullivan-Many roads were flooded in Moultrie county.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Trailer destroyed.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSullivan-A few trees were blown down near Lake Shelbyville.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Large tree blown down near the Timberlake Golf Course.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Numerous trees and power lines blown down.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Several large tree limbs were blown down around town.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Large tree fell on railroad tracks across from Route 121 due to high winds.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Sullivan-A tornado briefly touched down in a field. No damage or injuries were reported.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Several trees and power lines were blown down in town.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Several power lines were blown down.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Several trees were blown down.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Thunderstorm winds bent over a ham radio tower one mile south of Sullivan. No injuries were reported.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down in Sullivan, some of which caused minor damage to the roof of a garage. No damage estimate was available.
March 2026HailSullivan-no account filed
March 2026HailSullivan-no account filed
July 2024HailSullivan-no account filed
August 2022HailSullivan-no account filed
May 2018HailSullivan-no account filed
March 2017HailSullivan-no account filed
July 2017HailSullivan-no account filed
April 2016HailSullivan-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindSullivan-no account filed
April 2006HailSullivan-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindSullivan-no account filed
June 2006HailSullivan-no account filed
July 2005HailSullivan-no account filed
May 2004HailSullivan-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindSullivan-no account filed
July 2004HailSullivan-no account filed
August 2000HailSullivan-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSullivan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Moultrie 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 95000489 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Moultrie CountyAll 1 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.