Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
“Aurora City Hall is a historic city hall located at Aurora, Indiana. It was built in two sections in 1870 and 1887.”
Wikipedia article Aurora City Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 26 National Register listings published here for Dearborn County · listed in 1996 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Center Township in History of Dearborn County Indiana, published 1915 names Aurora. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
The earliest land entered from the government was made by Daniel Con¬ ner, April 22, 1801. and it was resold to Oliver Ormsby, December 9, 1806. Ormsby must have purchased it for speculation, for the records fail to show that he ever lived upon it. Ormsby also bought a large tract of land at an early period in Mexico bottoms, in Switzerland county. The next tract of land entered was by Charles Wilkins, April 27. 1801. On December 19, of the same year, James Conn purchased fractional sections 27, 28 and 29 in township 5, range 1 west. Daniel Conner also entered fractional section 4. September 18, 1804, and resold it December 18, 1810, to G. R. Terrence. Charles Vattier entered sections 32 and 33, in town 5, range 1, September 18, 1804. This is the land on which the city of Aurora is situated. In 1806 David Rees and Nathan C. Findlay entered land in sections 19 and 20.
Passage source: History of Dearborn County Indiana, published 1915.
The town of Cochran, now incorporated with Aurora, on the right bank of South Hogan creek, joins the city of Aurora. The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railway passes through it and the main street is the Aurora and Laughery turnpike. On account of the car shops of the railway company being erected here when the road was first constructed the town owes its origin. The town was laid out in section 31, township 5, range 1 west, and was platted and filed in the recorder's office of the county on August 25, i860. The postoffice was established in 1878, on July 4, with A. P. Shutts postmaster. The village suffered the loss of many of its inhabitants by the removal of the railway shops to Washington, Indiana, but has recovered from it now and is becoming both a residence and business part of the city of Aurora.
Passage source: History of Dearborn County Indiana, published 1915.
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 Center Township - 2,243 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Aurora City Hall: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D & M Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Laughery Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Petersburg Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aurora, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 12 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 6 flood, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Aurora | $250,000 | A small barn was totally destroyed, a 40 foot silo was damaged and several trees were downed. Four homes were heavily damaged in rural Dillsboro. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Aurora | $100,000 | Numerous reports of high water and flash flooding were received from the Aurora and Guilford areas. Several people and pets were stranded in Guilford due to rising water. Two vehicles were also swept away in the Guilford area after their occupants escaped. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aurora | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aurora | $20,000 | A neighborhood near Aurora sustained structural damage to some homes and automobiles, as well as numerous trees being blown down, uprooted, or split. All of the damage was caused by straight-line winds estimated near 80 mph. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Aurora | $15,000 | A portion of Market Street in Aurora was ripped up due to flood waters. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Aurora | $5,000 | Numerous roads were flooded across the county. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Aurora | $5,000 | Numerous roads were flooded and closed. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aurora | $4,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aurora | $3,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aurora | $3,000 | A few trees were downed onto State Route 148. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aurora | $2,000 | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| February 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aurora | $2,000 | Two trees were knocked down. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aurora | $2,000 | Power lines were downed. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aurora | $1,000 | A tree was downed due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Aurora | $1,000 | Multiple roads were closed due to high water caused by heavy rainfall. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aurora | $1,000 | Large branches were broken due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aurora | $250 | A few small trees were downed on Wilson Creek Road. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Aurora | - | High water was reported on the roadway near the intersection of State Route 148 and U.S. 50. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Aurora | - | U.S. 50 westbound in Aurora was blocked due to high water. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Aurora | - | One road was closed near the Ohio County line due to flooding. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Aurora | - | High water was reported over 1 1/2 lanes of Wilson Creek Road. |
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | Aurora | - | Multiple roads were closed throughout the county due to high water. |
| March 2006 | Flash Flood | Aurora | - | High water caused several road closures. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Aurora | - | An automobile was trapped when high water surged over a bridge. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Aurora | - | Laughery Creek Road was closed by high water. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Aurora | - | Heavy rainfall caused roads to be closed across the southern part of the county. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Aurora | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Aurora | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aurora | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Aurora | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Aurora | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Aurora | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Aurora Methodist Episcopal Church | under 500 feet | 1994 |
 | Dr. George Sutton Medical Office Building | under 500 feet | 1994 |
 | Leive, Parks and Stapp Opera House | under 500 feet | 1994 |
 | Levi Stevens House | 0.1 miles | 1996 |
 | Aurora Public Library | 0.1 miles | 1993 |
 | Downtown Aurora Historic District | 0.1 miles | 1994 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96000288 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Dearborn County | All 26 listed properties in this county. |
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