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Photograph of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Depot
Photograph by Andy McMurray ( A mcmurray ), CC BY 2.5. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Depot

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

From the record

“Oregon station is a historic train station in the Ogle County, Illinois county seat of Oregon. The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in July 1997 as the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Depot.”

Wikipedia article Oregon station (Illinois), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 29 National Register listings published here for Ogle County · listed in 1997 · 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. 400 Collins St., Oregon, 60305
  • When was it listed? July 1997
  • Category. building
  • National Register reference number. 97000817 - 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

47 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oregon, the town this property stands in, in 47 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 35 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 flood, 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
August 2008Thunderstorm WindOregon$25,000A barn was completely blown off its foundation north of Oregon. A cattle trailer was lifted airborne before landing upside down. At least 50 trees suffered significant wind damage.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindOregon$5,000Trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. One tree fell onto a house.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindOregon$5,000An eight inch diameter tree limb was blown down onto a house on 4th Street causing minor damage. Live power lines were blown down on 2nd Street.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindOregon$4,000A large tree blew over onto a minivan.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindOregon$2,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindOregon$1,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindOregon$1,000A tree was blown down onto power lines which knocked out power to some businesses.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindOregon-A trained spotter reported 2 inch tree limbs downed by thunderstorm winds in Oregon.
April 2025HailOregon-A photo was shared with quarter size hail next to a quarter coin.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindOregon-A large tree was down and blocking Daysville Rd south of US-64 near Oregon.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindOregon-Trees were blown down onto power lines along Pines Road west of Oregon.
April 2023FloodOregon-Standing flood water two to three feet deep was reported on 2nd Street.
April 2023HailOregon-Ping pong ball size hail was reported at Route 64 and Blackhawk Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOregon-Powerlines were downed and one power pole was snapped in Oregon.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindOregon-A photo shared on social media showed a utility pole and large tree limbs were blown down.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindOregon-Multiple 12 to 18 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down in and west of Oregon along Route 64.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindOregon-A three foot diameter tree was blown down at the Ogle County Courthouse.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindOregon-Trees and tree limbs were blown down in the Oregon area.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindOregon-Minor tree damage was reported.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindOregon-Widespread tree damage was reported in Oregon.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindOregon-Numerous trees and powerlines down throughout the county, but Oregon was hit hard. Call center was too busy to give more exact locations.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindOregon-Numerous large trees were blown down in Oregon.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindOregon-A shed was blown down.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindOregon-Wind damage was reported from Loudon State Park to Stillman Valley.
April 2011HailOregon-Hail to the size of pennies was reported from Oregon.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindOregon-An eight inch diameter tree limb was blown down.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindOregon-A large tree limb was blown down blocking both lanes of the 500th block of North 4th Avenue.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindOregon-Arm size tree limbs were blown down.
May 2008HailOregon-Quarter size hail was reported one mile south of Oregon.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindOregon-One tree was blown down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindOregon-A tree was blown down just south of Oregon on Route 2.
August 2007Flash FloodOregon-Several roads closed due to flooding across Ogle County.
August 2007FloodOregon-Water above a house foundation.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindOregon-Trees were blown down.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindOregon-A tree was blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindOregon-A large tree was knocked down onto house at the corner of Second and Madison Streets, causing significant structural damage. Large trees were also reported down at the corner of North Fourth and Phelps Streets, and on North Third Street. A power pole was blown down on Pines Road.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindOregon-Trees were blown down on vehicles and across roads.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindOregon-Trees were blown down.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindOregon-no account filed
April 2023HailOregon-no account filed
April 2010HailOregon-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindOregon-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindOregon-no account filed
May 2000HailOregon-no account filed
May 2000HailOregon-no account filed
May 1998HailOregon-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindOregon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ogle 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 97000817 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Ogle CountyAll 29 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.