Hansen Branch-Hammond Public Library

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

From the record

One of 88 National Register listings published here for Lake County · listed in 2019 · category: Building.

Sources: 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. 2823 Martha St., 6736 Alabama Ave., Hammond, 46323
When was it listed? November 2019
Category. building
Township. North township
National Register reference number. 100004719 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Hansen Branch-Hammond Public Library between 1995 and 2020, burning about 197 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
26 April 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13 acres	Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore	NORTH CLARK ROAD
25 April 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore	CHEMCOATERS
22 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore	HOOSIER
8 November 2020	Railroad operations and maintenance	4.0 acres	Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore	HOOPS
7 November 2020	Railroad operations and maintenance	3.0 acres	Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore	RIDGE FIRE
18 November 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	160 acres	Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore	CLINE AVE
12 October 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14 acres	Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore	CLARK

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Hansen Branch-Hammond Public Library: 6 plants, 5 producers, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sulfur, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
(Facility) Us Steel Lead Smeltr & Refinery	Antimony, Lead	Plant
Buffington Cement Plant	Stone	Producer
City of Calumet - Own Crews	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
East Chicago Plant-U.S. Gypsum Co.	Gypsum-Anhydrite, Perlite	Plant
Harbison-Walker/ Hammond, Ind.	Chromium	Producer
J & L Steel/ Indiana Harbor Works	Iron	Unknown
Natl. Briquette Corp. Plant	Fluorine-Fluorite	Producer
Samoki Brothers Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Buffington Lime Plant	Limestone, General	Producer
Dean H. Mitchell Generating Station	Sulfur	Plant

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this property

33 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hammond, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 4 flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hammond	1 hurt	A 64 year old woman was taken to a hospital after a tree fell on her car in Hammond.
August 2007	Flood	Hammond	$1,000,000	Significant flooding occurred across parts of northwest Indiana due to heavy rains that fell during the evening of August 23rd, on top of already saturated soil. Interstate 80/94 at Kennedy Avenue was flooded with all eastbound lanes closed and two westbound lanes closed. In Merrillville, the Broadfield subdivision was flooded, several feet deep after retention ponds overflowed. Across northern Lake County, hundreds of basements were flooded and numerous roads were closed due to flooding. Many locations received 3 to 5 inches of rain.
July 2007	Flash Flood	Hammond	$500,000	no account filed
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Hammond	$25,000	no account filed
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Hammond	$10,000	A large A-frame sign was blown down at Route 41 and Interstate 80/94.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Hammond	-	Several tree limbs were reported down in Hammond, some over two inches in diameter.
August 2025	Flood	Hammond	-	The Little Calumet River at Munster rose to minor flood stage for about six hours on the night of the 18th, cresting at 12.35 feet.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Hammond	-	Widespread tree damage was reported in Hammond including uprooted trees. Utility poles and power lines were also blown down.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Hammond	-	A tree was blown down near the intersection of 169th Street and Jackson Avenue.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Hammond	-	Tree damage was reported in and around Hammond.
October 2021	Flood	Hammond	-	Photos shared on social media showed the inner lanes of Interstate 80/94 closed due to flooding. Measured rainfall of 3.81 inches was reported in 24 hours near Highland.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hammond	-	Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph with several tree limbs blown down.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hammond	-	Numerous tree limbs were blown down in the Hessville neighborhood of Hammond.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hammond	-	Damage to power lines was reported near Purdue University Calumet.
March 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Hammond	-	Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Hammond	-	An eight inch diameter maple tree was blown down.
May 2014	Hail	Hammond	-	Quarter size hail was reported near I-80 and Route 41.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Hammond	-	Two trees were uprooted and limbs were blown down.
September 2009	Hail	Hammond	-	Penny size hail was reported near Interstate 80/94 and Kennedy Avenue.
March 2009	Flood	Hammond	-	High standing water was reported on both sides of Interstate 80/94 near Kennedy Avenue.
September 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Hammond	-	Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Hammond	-	Medium size tree branches were blown down near 173rd and Indianapolis Blvd.
May 2003	Tornado (F0)	Hammond	-	A weak tornado touched down near Highway 41 and 150th street. No damage was reported.
July 1997	Hail	Hammond	-	Thunderstorms, which developed along a lake breeze, produced one-inch diameter hail, strong winds and heavy rain.
June 1995	Hail	Hammond	-	Golf ball- to ping-pong ball-size hail fell at Hammond. Half an inch to three-quarters inch hail and 54 mph winds occurred at Gary Airport. Tree limbs and power lines were downed throughout the northern part of the county.
June 1995	Hail	Hammond	-	Golf ball- to ping-pong ball-size hail fell at Hammond. Half an inch to three-quarters inch hail and 54 mph winds occurred at Gary Airport. Tree limbs and power lines were downed throughout the northern part of the county.
March 2019	Hail	Hammond	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Hammond	-	no account filed
May 2003	Lightning	Hammond	-	no account filed
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Hammond	-	no account filed
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Hammond	-	no account filed
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Hammond	-	no account filed
April 1994	Hail	Hammond	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lake 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

6 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Morse Dell Plain House and Garden	1.0 miles	1998
Pullman-Standard Historic District	2.2 miles	2012
Ibach House	2.5 miles	2010
State Bank of Hammond Building	3.0 miles	1984
Stallbohm Barn-Kaske House	3.0 miles	1998
Indi-Illi Park Historic District	3.2 miles	2012

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100004719 in Record Group 79.
Lake County	All 88 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.