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One of 23 National Register listings published here for Bartholomew County · listed in 2025 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Irwin Union Bank and Trust, Eastbrook Plaza Branch
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 site, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 2531 Eastbrook Plaza, Columbus, 47201
- When was it listed? March 2025
- Category. building
- Township. Columbus township
- National Register reference number. 100011483 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Irwin Union Bank and Trust, Eastbrook Plaza Branch between 2001 and 2005, burning about 1 acre 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 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 November 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 October 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 October 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Irwin Union Bank and Trust, Eastbrook Plaza Branch: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Gravel Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rees Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Spray Sand and Gravel Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
60 of 81 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Columbus, the town this property stands in, in 81 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 48 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 6 flash flood, 4 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 1996 | Lightning | Columbus | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | East Columbus | $100,000,000 | State Road 46 and State Road 11 are closed due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall. The hospital in Columbus was evacuated and water entered the building due to the flooding of Haw Creek. Houses were flooded with residents stranded. Several bridges collapsed and were washed away. |
| July 2020 | Lightning | East Columbus | $150,000 | Twelve apartments were damaged due to a fire that was caused by a lightning strike. Heavy fire damage caused portions of the roof to collapse onto the ceiling above the second floor apartment units. A number of off-duty firefighters were called in to assist to put out the fire. |
| March 2006 | Flood | Columbus | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Columbus | $75,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed multiple trees and wires across the county with a few roads blocked. Report of one tree on the roof of a house in Columbus. Another report of a tree on top of four to six unoccupied vehicles. No injuries occurred. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | East Columbus | $45,000 | Dispatch reported standing water on many roads across Columbus with storm drains unable to keep up due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. Several cars were standing in several feet of water. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | East Columbus | $40,000 | Significant flooding was reported in and around Columbus with numerous streets closed and cars stranded in flood water due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Columbus | $40,000 | Damage was reported south of the airport near Rocky Ford Road. Powerlines were blown down and parts of roofs were off buildings due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2018 | Flood | East Columbus | $30,000 | Water was reported to be up to the door handles of one or more vehicles in Columbus due to heavy rainfall. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | East Columbus | $20,000 | Flash flooding was reported including in areas that rarely flood due to heavy rainfall. |
| May 2009 | Lightning | Columbus | $10,000 | Lightning is suspected to be the cause of a house fire, which held ten occupants, occurring at approximately 4 AM EST. The fire was quickly extinguished by firefighters. This minimized structural damage but contents were a total loss in one room and the rest of the house sustained extensive heat damage, melting all plastic items. Property damage cost has been greatly estimated. |
| January 2007 | Flood | Columbus | $10,000 | The East Fork White at Columbus flooded. At one point, four teenagers had to be rescued by the Bartholomew County Swift Water Rescue Team after driving into flood waters. The vehicle had stalled in high water and was beginning to be swept away. No one was injured. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | $10,000 | A tree fell on a van busting out its windows and flattening its suspension. Several other trees were also downed in the vicinity. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Columbus | $8,000 | Broadcast media reported that a tree was down on a house and there were power outages in parts of town due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Columbus | $7,000 | An estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph downed numerous trees, ranging from 18 to 30 inches in diameter, due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. The spotter saw the trees fall due to straight line wind gusts. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | $7,000 | Trees were reported down on many county roads across Bartholomew County. The time this event occurred is estimated. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Columbus | $6,000 | Several trees uprooted at this location due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Columbus | $6,000 | Several trees uprooted due to thunderstorm wind gusts near Columbus East High School. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Columbus | $6,000 | Trees and utility lines were found down throughout the city due to thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2026 | Flood | East Columbus | $5,000 | Clifty Creek, rose through minor flood stage late on the 4th in Columbus, which was amplified by additional isolated downpours during the afternoon that totaled mainly 0.10-0.50 inches. Twelve homeless individuals and three dogs had to be water rescued from their encampment under the US Highway 31 bridge over Clifty Creek. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | $5,000 | Several tree branches of unknown size downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts. One fell and damaged a car. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Columbus | $5,000 | Estimated 50 to 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees near this location. Pea sized hail was also observed. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | $5,000 | Trees down on a trailer |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | $5,000 | A utility pole was downed on the north side of Columbus. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Columbus | $4,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts blew down a large tree and fence. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were downed on the west side of Columbus. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Columbus | $2,000 | A tree was reported down on Smith Street in Columbus due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Tree limbs were elsewhere in the county. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Columbus | $1,500 | Tree limbs were reported down on power lines due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Columbus | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts split a twelve-inch diameter pine tree in half. |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Columbus | $1,000 | Water was running across Rockyford Road between Talley Road and Bonnell Road due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Columbus | $1,000 | A two foot diameter tree was blown down into the street near the intersection of 16th and Chestnut Streets due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. This tree missed hitting a vehicle by about one foot. The report was relayed through amateur radio. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | $1,000 | Several tree limbs and power lines were downed in and near this location due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | $1,000 | Power lines were down on US-31 between 800 N and 900 N due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Columbus | $800 | Eight inch tree limbs were reported down, due to damaging thunderstorm wind gust, approximately one half mile south of the 25th Street and Taylor Road intersection. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Columbus | - | A thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 mph was observed in this location. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Columbus | - | An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed on Central Avenue. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Columbus | - | Several large tree limbs were down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Two trees were reported down near county roads 650 E and 250 N due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| January 2006 | Heavy Rain | Columbus | - | 1.3 inches of rain fell in 30 minutes. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Several trees were blown down throughout Columbus. One fell on a parked car, and another fell on a church. No damage estimates were available. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | A 12-inch diameter tree was blown down. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | An estimated wind gust of 60 mph occurred in Columbus. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | A church roof, under repair at the time of the storm, was partially damaged by the wind. No damage estimates were available. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Power lines were downed. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Large trees down |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Trees and Power lines down |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 2025 | Hail | East Columbus | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | East Columbus | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | East Columbus | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | East Columbus | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Hail | Columbus | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Hail | Columbus | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Columbus | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Columbus | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evans Lustron House | 0.6 miles | 2022 | |
 | McKinley School | 1.2 miles | 1988 |
 | North Christian Church | 1.3 miles | 2000 |
 | First Baptist Church | 1.3 miles | 2000 |
 | Mabel McDowell Elementary School | 1.5 miles | 2001 |
| Columbus Historic District | 1.8 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100011483 in Record Group 79. |
| Bartholomew County | All 23 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.