Eldorado City Hall

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

From the record

“The Eldorado City Hall, located at 1604 Locust St., is the former city hall of Eldorado, Illinois. Built in 1924, the building was Eldorado's first city hall; prior to its construction, the city government had been operated from the mayors' businesses.”
Wikipedia article Eldorado City Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Saline 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.
Address. 1604 Locust St., Eldorado, 62930
When was it listed? November 1995
Category. building
Township. East Eldorado township
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 95001237 - 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

23 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eldorado, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 funnel cloud. 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
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Eldorado	$200,000	Damage was reported between Raleigh and Eldorado. Two mobile homes were destroyed. The steeple of a church was blown off in Eldorado. A large tree fell onto a car. An outbuilding was destroyed, and a large tree fell on the corner of a house. Several houses lost pieces of roofing. A carport was lifted and blown onto a van. An oil-filled tank overturned and spilled oil. About 30 homes and businesses reported roof damage across the county, and another 30 were suspected of not reporting or not detecting damage. Downed trees and power lines were reported along Hilltop Road and U.S. 45. Widespread tree damage occurred throughout the county.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Eldorado	$100,000	A 100-year-old oak tree was uprooted, taking power and phone lines down. The tree roots damaged a water main, causing water levels in the town's water tower to drop sharply. Numerous streets were blocked by downed trees and limbs around town. Four power poles were broken by downed trees. In downtown Eldorado, hundreds of roofing shingles littered the streets.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Eldorado	$50,000	At least five large trees were blown down. One house was damaged by a large tree that fell on it. Tree limbs fell on streets and other city property.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Eldorado	$25,000	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Minor roof damage occurred to some homes. The roof was blown off a metal structure.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Eldorado	$5,000	One tree fell on a power line and knocked out power near the city limits of Eldorado.
August 2005	Flash Flood	Eldorado	$5,000	Flooding was reported on almost every street in town. In downtown Eldorado, floodwaters were two to three feet deep in places. Floodwaters entered at least one business, but no major damage was reported. Rainfall was estimated around one inch within 30 minutes.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Eldorado	$5,000	Tree limbs fell on power lines.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Eldorado	$3,000	Power lines were blown down.
February 2025	Hail	Eldorado	-	A report of hail up to 0.75 in diameter was reported via MPING.
March 2023	Flash Flood	Eldorado	-	Water was over roads in town.
August 2019	Hail	Eldorado	-	Intermittent quarter-size hail fell near Eldorado Reservoir.
April 2018	Hail	Eldorado	-	Heavy pea to penny-size hail was reported.
April 2010	Heavy Rain	Eldorado	-	Standing water was over State Route 142 at a couple of locations just south of Eldorado. There was a major vehicle accident at one of the locations. Several roadways in eastern Saline County were under water.
July 2009	Heavy Rain	Eldorado	-	Water was over two main roads, including Highway 142.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Eldorado	-	Trees and large limbs were down in several residents' yards.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Eldorado	-	A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 MPH at the intersection of U.S. Highway 45 and Route 142. Several tree limbs were blown down, including at least one very large one.
April 2014	Hail	Eldorado	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Eldorado	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Eldorado	-	no account filed
April 2005	Funnel Cloud	Eldorado	-	no account filed
May 2004	Flash Flood	Eldorado	-	no account filed
June 2004	Funnel Cloud	Eldorado	-	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Eldorado	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Saline 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

1 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Harrisburg City Hall	7.3 miles	1998

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 95001237 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Saline County	All 4 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.