Built in 1902 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
From the record
“The Streator Public Library is a historic Carnegie library located at 130 S. Opened in 1903, the library was the first permanent home for Streator's library association.”
Wikipedia article Streator Public Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 29 National Register listings published here for LaSalle County · listed in 1996 · category: Building · built in 1902, Neoclassical architecture, by Patton & Miller.
National Register reference number.96000512- 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.
William Bronson came from New Preston, Ct, in 1837 ; he settled on Section 25, where he still lives. He married Eliza Falwilder, has been Justice of the Peace, and has had five children: William, married Miss Walworth, and lives in Streator; Mary, died ; George, is teaching in Streator; Frank and Ida, are at home.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
3 workings within 5 miles of Streator Public Library: 2 producers, 1 past producer.
2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Streator, the town this property stands in, in 47 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 29 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 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.
Six to seven inches of flowing water following the peak of rainfall between 4 and 6 pm. Currently many roads in town with 2-3 inches of standing water at 6:30 pm.
Creek and stream flooding was reported. Ditches and creeks were up to the road. Ditches and fields were flooded from Wenona to Streator. The creek under State Road 17 was up to the road.
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
2 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.
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.
Block
