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J.C. Berry's Dry Goods Store

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

From the record

“Berry's Dry Goods Store is a historic commercial building at 331 Old South Main Street in Yellville, Arkansas. It is a two-story block, built out of local limestone with pressed metal trim.”

Wikipedia article J.C. Berry's Dry Goods Store, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 28 National Register listings published here for Marion County · listed in 2003 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Berry's, J.C., Dry Goods Store - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 331 Old South Main St., Yellville, 72687
  • When was it listed? May 2003
  • Category. building
  • Township. Marion County township
  • National Register reference number. 03000468 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

79 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of J.C. Berry's Dry Goods Store between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,498 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 23 were 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/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism23
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 May 2012Equipment and vehicle use40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 May 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 May 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of J.C. Berry's Dry Goods Store: 17 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jefferson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownZinc, LeadUnknown
UnknownZinc, LeadUnknown
Climax MineLead, ZincUnknown
Great Eastern ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Phillips MineLead, ZincUnknown
Willett MineLead, ZincUnknown
Lead DriftLead, ZincUnknown
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this property

54 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yellville, the town this property stands in, in 54 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 25 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 lightning. The reports record 6 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1996Tornado (F2)Yellville6 hurt, $1,000,000no account filed
January 2020Thunderstorm WindYellville$50,000Several trees and power lines were blown and some were on homes and vehicles. Several outbuildings were also damaged.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindYellville$25,000Several large trees were blown down, with one of the trees landing on a house.
June 2007LightningYellville$25,000Lightning struck the county courthouse. There was damage to the outside of the building, as well as several computers inside the courthouse.
April 2025HailYellville-Ping-pong ball-sized hail fell in the town of Yellville, report via MPing.
July 2024Flash FloodYellville-High, fast moving water flowed over the Arkansas Highway 14 bridge over Town Branch which is a tributary of Crooked Creek in Yellville.
July 2024Flash FloodYellville-In Yellville, the Marion County courthouse was flooded. In the vicinity of Flippin, several residents were evacuated due to water enter homes.
July 2024Flash FloodYellville-Creekside Nursing Home/Rehabilitation Center was evacuated due to water that was rising to a height as high as the bed sides of many residents.
March 2017HailYellville-Pea to nickel sized hail covered the ground.
March 2017HailYellville-Pea to nickel sized hail covered the ground in the area.
March 2008Flash FloodYellville-Flash flooding was reported on roads across the county.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindYellville-Limbs were blown down at several locations in Yellville.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindYellville-Trees down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindYellville-Thunderstorm winds downed trees near the high school, with roof damage at a nearby home.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindYellville-Trees and power lines were knocked down.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindYellville-Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees. The porch and roof of a nearby home sustained minor damage.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindYellville-Thunderstorm winds damaged the roofs of a few buildings in Yellville.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindYellville-Several trees were blown down.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindYellville-Several trees were blown down.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindYellville-Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindYellville-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
May 2020HailYellville-no account filed
June 2018HailYellville-no account filed
March 2017HailYellville-no account filed
March 2015HailYellville-no account filed
June 2007HailYellville-no account filed
April 2006HailYellville-no account filed
April 2006HailYellville-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
April 2003HailYellville-no account filed
April 2003HailYellville-no account filed
April 2003HailYellville-no account filed
April 2003HailYellville-no account filed
February 2001Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
April 2001HailYellville-no account filed
April 2001HailYellville-no account filed
January 2000Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
May 2000HailYellville-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
July 1998LightningYellville-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindYellville-no account filed
March 1997HailYellville-no account filed
July 1996HailYellville-no account filed
April 1996HailYellville-no account filed
March 1996HailYellville-no account filed
March 1996HailYellville-no account filed
April 1995HailYellville-no account filed
July 1994HailYellville-no account filed
March 1993HailYellville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Marion County Courthouseunder 500 feet1994
Layton Buildingunder 500 feet1978
Cowdrey House0.1 miles1978
Estes-Williams American Legion Hut #610.1 miles2001
Carter-Jones House0.2 miles1987
Yellville West Overpass2.8 miles2024

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 03000468 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Marion CountyAll 28 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.