Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
“The James John Eldred House is a historic house located in Bluffdale Township near Eldred, Illinois. Eldred, who lived in the home with his family until 1901.”
Wikipedia article James John Eldred House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 12 National Register listings published here for Greene County · listed in 1999 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
This property stands in Bluffdale Township. History of Greene County, Illinois : Its Past and Present, Containing a History of the County ; Its Cities, Towns, Etc. ; a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens ; War Record.., published 1879 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers the township.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Bluffdale Township - 1,854 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of James John Eldred House between 2018 and 2019, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-006 |
| 11 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | JEFFERY RUYLE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of James John Eldred House: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eldred Stone Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eldred, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldred | - | A member of the public reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph in Eldred. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldred | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees, tree limbs and power lines. In Eldred, one tree fell onto an unoccupied car, destroying it. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Eldred | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldred | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Hail | Eldred | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Eldred | - | no account filed |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Black Homestead Farm | 5.7 miles | 2005 |
 | Hodges House | 6.5 miles | 1980 |
 | Koster Site | 6.8 miles | 1972 |
 | Carrollton Courthouse Square Historic District | 7.3 miles | 1985 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 99000732 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Greene County | All 12 listed properties in this county. |
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