Mt. Carmel Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

From the record

“Carmel Historic District is a national historic district located near Marshall, Saline County, Missouri. The district encompasses two contributing buildings and two contributing sites near Marshall.”
Wikipedia article Mt. Carmel Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 26 National Register listings published here for Saline County · listed in 2009 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. 290th Rd. and MO Hwy 41 N., Marshall, 65340
When was it listed? November 2009
Category. district
Township. Miami township
National Register reference number. 09000900 - 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.

The ground it stands on

8,169 words

The chapter on Miami Township in Past and Present of Saline County, Missouri, published 1910 names Marshall. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

The first bank in Marshall was that of Dunnica, Cordell & Company, in 1868. and was the second bank in the county. Previous to that there was one bank in Arrow Rock. The company was composed of W. F. Dunnica, J. H. Cordell and James H. Eakin, this partnership being succeeded in the business bv Cordell & Montague, with J. H. Cordell and E. D. Montague, partners. This bnnking concern was succeeded by a stock company called the Saline County Bank, in 1874, of which W. AV. Field was president, and J. H. Cordell, cashier. In March, 1877, the Saline County Bank wound \\\\ its business and sold its real estate to the Farmers' Savings Bank. On the same day the firm of Cordell & Dunnica, composed of J. H. Cordell and William F. Dunnica, l^egan a new banking business.

Passage source: Past and Present of Saline County, Missouri, published 1910.

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 Miami Township - 8,169 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mt. Carmel Historic District: 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
	Garner Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Saline County

Storms near this property

60 of 79 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marshall, the town this property stands in, in 79 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 44 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 3 tornado. 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
August 2004	Flash Flood	Marshall	$300,000	4 to 6 inches of rain produced widespread flash flooding in the Marshall area. Several water rescues and several homes and businesses suffered water damage. Damage to roads and bridges as well. Flowing water was 3 to 4 feet deep on Route YY.
March 2006	Tornado (F3)	Marshall	$75,000	Tornado touched down 6 miles south of Marshall at 2028 CST. It traveled east-northeast and for a time paralleled another tornado to the north before the first one occluded. Little damage was noted along the track until it neared the Howard county line. The tornado merged with another tornado near the Missouri River and quickly produced F3 damage to a farmstead. The tornado then entered Howard county 4 miles north of Arrow Rock at 2046 CST.
June 1994	Tornado (F0)	Marshall	$50,000	A tornado touched down briefly at a farm and tore part of the roof off three machine sheds. One other building was slightly damaged and two silos were bent or dented. A roll of field tile was lifted from its original position and tossed 100 yards to the west, while the storm was moving southeast.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$25,000	Power lines and trees were downed in the town of Marshall.
May 2014	Tornado (EF1)	Marshall	$10,000	The third and final tornado from this survey formed just north of Marshall, Missouri. While the tornado was very wide, it did not damage any structures that would suggest it was stronger than EF-1. Generally it impacted trees and power lines in the rural areas of Saline County and a few farm structures. The tornado dissipated just east of Marshall, Missouri about 20 minutes after is formed.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$10,000	A tree was reported to have blown onto a car on Lincoln Avenue. A grain bin was also reported damaged. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$5,000	Large trees and power lines were knocked down on the north side of town.
April 1993	Hail	Marshall	$5,000	no account filed
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$1,000	Trees and power lines down.
September 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$1,000	Numerous trees and power lines reported down.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Downed wires and power outages near County Road 111 near Marshall.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Social media reports and photos of trees down in Marshall.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Social media report and photos of downed trees and limbs from thunderstorm outflow in Marshall. Time based on social media report and confirmed from radar.
March 2018	Flood	Marshall	-	Part of a railroad track was washed out in Marshall.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	A large tree was down near Marshall.
May 2016	Hail	Marshall	-	This report was gathered via social media. The picture on Twitter showed a hail stone nearly one-half the size of a cassette tape.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	A light pole was reported down as a result of strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	AWOS station in Marshall reported a 61 mph wind gust.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Several large trees and power lines down along Highway 240 between Marshall and Slater. Likely caused by rear flank downdraft.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	A storm chaser recorded a 113 mph wind associated with the rear flank downdraft of the tornadic storm near Marshall.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Roof damage with shingles off and multiple large trees down or uprooted 5 miles east of Marshall. Likely caused by rear flank downdraft.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Power lines were reported down near Marshall, Missouri.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Thunderstorm wind gust was measured at 70 mph.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	A large tree was reported down and blocking Highway 41.
July 2008	Flash Flood	Marshall	-	Water was reported flowing over the road, northeast of the intersection of Highway 65 and Highway H, and Highway 65 near Malta Bend.
January 2005	Flash Flood	Marshall	-	Water over Highway 65 due to heavy rains.
June 2005	Flash Flood	Marshall	-	Low lying spots on Highway 65 under water.
August 2005	Flash Flood	Marshall	-	3 to 5 inches of rain across the area produced flash flooding on several roads.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Large tree limbs down with power outages reported.
May 2003	Flash Flood	Marshall	-	Flooding on various roads in county.
January 1999	Hail	Marshall	-	Dime-size hail in Marshall
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	The Saline County Sheriff's Office reported a large tree blown down across a railroad track 10 miles north of Marshall.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	The Marshall Police department reported numerous trees and power lines down as a result of the thunderstorm winds. Marshall PD estimated wind gusts to 60 MPH while a local radio station reported wind gusts to 53 MPH in Marshall.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	The sheriff's office in Marshall reported a wind gust to 60 mph.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Thunderstorm winds gusted to 65 mph in Marshall.
April 2016	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
April 2016	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
May 2016	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
May 2016	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
May 2016	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
April 2015	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
September 2014	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
March 2014	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
April 2014	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
August 2004	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
August 2004	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
August 2004	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Marshall	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Saline 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
Santa Fe Trail-Saline County Trail Segments	2.1 miles	1994
Henry Blosser House	4.4 miles	1978
Van Meter State Park Combination Building	4.7 miles	1985
Van Meter State Park Shelter Building	4.8 miles	1985
Chicago and Alton Depot	6.0 miles	1979
Buckner House	6.2 miles	1984

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 09000900 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Saline County	All 26 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.