A. Herr and E. E. Smith Public Library

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

From the record

“Smith Public Library is a historic public library located at 105 Adams Street in Loda, Illinois. The library's origins date back to 1858, when the Loda Literary Society was formed.”
Wikipedia article A. Herr and E. E. Smith Public Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 7 National Register listings published here for Iroquois 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Smith, A. Herr and E. E., Public Library - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 105 Adams St., Loda, 60948
When was it listed? August 1995
Category. building
Township. Loda township
Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 95000992 - 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

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loda, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Loda	$10,000	A home was damaged in Loda.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Loda	$2,000	Multiple powerlines were reported down.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Loda	-	A measured wind gust to 60 mph was reported.
April 2025	Tornado (EF1)	Loda	-	A tornado with estimated peak winds of 100 mph touched down in far southwest Iroquois County near the Ford County line. The tornado formed just east of County Road 300 E along County Road 600 N, causing damage to multiple utility poles. The tornado moved rapidly to the northeast causing damage to farm buildings along County Road 400 E. One large wood frame farm building with aluminum covering partially collapsed, killing at least 50 hogs. Another storage building had its east facing garage door blown out. The tornado continued northeast heavily damaging multiple farm buildings along E 100 North Road, just west of N 500 East Road. A small pickup truck was picked up and tipped over after being moved about 50 feet. The main house suffered broken windows and minor roof and siding damage. The tornado crossed N 500 East Road where several utility poles were snapped or broken. Two farm outbuildings collapsed but the main house suffered only very minor fascia and shingle damage. The tornado ended in a field just northeast of this area.
May 2011	Hail	Loda	-	Hail ranged between the size of quarters to golf balls in the Loda area.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Loda	-	Large limbs torn off of trees.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Loda	-	no account filed
April 2000	Hail	Loda	-	no account filed
April 1994	Hail	Loda	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Iroquois 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 record	The nomination case file for reference 95000992 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Iroquois County	All 7 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.