Hohman Avenue Commercial Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

From the record

“Hohman Avenue Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Hammond, Indiana. The district encompasses 15 contributing buildings in the central business district of Hammond.”
Wikipedia article Hohman Avenue Commercial Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 88 National Register listings published here for Lake County · listed in 2011 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Approx. 3 blocks lining Hohman between Clinton and Rimbach Sts, Hammond, 46320
When was it listed? March 2011
Category. district
Township. North township
National Register reference number. 11000118 - 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.

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Hohman Avenue Commercial Historic District: 4 producers, 4 plants, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur, Limestone, General, Clay, Chromium. 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
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
Yard R Clay Pit	Clay	Producer
(Facility) Amoco/ Whiting Refinery	Sulfur	Plant
Buffington Lime Plant	Limestone, General	Producer
East Chicago Plant-Energy Coop.	Sulfur	Unknown

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
State Street Commercial Historic District	0.3 miles	1999
State Bank of Hammond Building	0.8 miles	1984
Northern States Life Insurance Company	0.8 miles	2010
Southmoor Apartment Hotel	0.8 miles	2011
Glendale Park Historic District	1.0 miles	2013
Forest-Moraine Residential Historic District	1.3 miles	2010

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 11000118 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
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.
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.