Merritt House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

From the record

“The Merritt House is a historic house at 139 North Broadview in Greenbrier, Arkansas. It is a single story wood-frame structure, finished with a masonry veneer, with an irregular plan featuring a variety of roof gables.”
Wikipedia article Merritt House (Greenbrier, Arkansas), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 64 National Register listings published here for Faulkner County · listed in 2005 · 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.
Address. 139 N. Broadview, Greenbrier, 72058
When was it listed? September 2005
Category. building
Also known as. Mixed Masonry Buildings of Silas Owens, Sr. MPS
Township. Hardin township
Architect. Silas Owens, Sr.
National Register reference number. 05001071 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

111 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Merritt House between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,049 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
Debris and open burning	47
Arson/incendiarism	23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	21
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	1
Natural	1

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
6 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2015	Debris and open burning	7.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2000	Debris and open burning	9.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2000	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2014	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	FAU17620043

Every fire recorded in Faulkner County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Merritt House: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Reynolds Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mc Ray Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Clay	Past Producer
Unk	Clay	Past Producer
Unk	Clay	Past Producer
Unk	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Faulkner County

Storms near this property

60 of 85 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenbrier, the town this property stands in, in 85 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 45 thunderstorm wind, 28 hail, 7 flash flood, 2 lightning. 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
September 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	$50,000	Multiple trees were down and roofs were off of mobile homes from East Republican Rd. to Hwy. 25 between Greenbrier and Guy.
September 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	$50,000	Multiple trees were down and roofs were off of mobile homes from East Republican Rd. to Hwy. 25 between Greenbrier and Guy.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	$50,000	Thunderstorm winds damaged part of a church.
November 1996	Lightning	Greenbrier	$30,000	no account filed
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	$25,000	Trees were down across the area.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	$20,000	Trees were blown down across the city.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	$10,000	The wind tore a metal roof off a barn...removed structure from porch and threw it into the trees...tore part of siding off of house...and picked up and blew trampoline and basketball goal into the tree line. Winds were estimated over 80 mph.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	$10,000	The second story and roof of a bed and breakfast was badly damaged by strong winds. No injuries were reported.
August 2009	Lightning	Greenbrier	$10,000	A natural gas line was damaged by a lightning strike.
December 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	$5,000	Several trees were blown down.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	$5,000	Several houses had shingles blown off and a couple of trees were blown down.
September 2008	Flash Flood	Greenbrier	$5,000	Streets were flooded in Greenbrier.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
April 2011	Flash Flood	Greenbrier	$2,000	Water was over several roads in Greenbrier.
August 2010	Flash Flood	Greenbrier	$1,000	Street flooding occurred in Greenbrier.
May 2025	Hail	Greenbrier	-	Quarter sized hail was estimated to have fallen near Soda Valley.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Multiple trees were blown down in Greenbrier.
January 2024	Hail	Greenbrier	-	Penny sized hail fell near Greenbrier, AR.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	A tree was blown over onto a house in the town of Greenbrier.
June 2024	Hail	Greenbrier	-	Quarter-sized hail fell in the town of Greenbrier.
June 2024	Hail	Greenbrier	-	Half-dollar sized hail fell near the town of Greenbrier.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Numerous tree limbs blown down near the town of Greenbrier.
July 2024	Heavy Rain	Greenbrier	-	A 24 hour rainfall total of 5.00 inches was measured at Conway.
July 2024	Flash Flood	Greenbrier	-	An apartment complex off of Mountain Drive was flooding on Mountain Drive in the town of Greenbrier.
July 2023	Flash Flood	Greenbrier	-	Numerous roads were underwater in and around Greenbrier.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Power poles were blown down near Greenbrier.
August 2022	Hail	Greenbrier	-	Quarter sized hail was reported in Greenbrier. Delayed report.
February 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Several trees were blown down.
May 2020	Flash Flood	Greenbrier	-	Flash flooding impacted several county roads near Greenbrier, requiring the local fire department to deploy barricades. The most highly traveled road impacted was Linder Rd. before Highway 65.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Portions of Highway 65 were blocked by downed power lines.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	A sign was blown onto a car, and a large tree limb fell on a fence.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	The wind tore a metal roof off a barn...removed structure from porch and threw it into the trees...tore part of siding off of house...and picked up and blew trampoline and basketball goal into the tree line. Winds were estimated over 70 mph.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Trees were reported down in Greenbrier.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Winds were estimated up to 70 mph.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Mobile homes were blown over just north of Greenbrier, with some trees downed as well.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Thunderstorm winds downed a number of trees and power lines. Several homes that were under construction were also damaged.
November 2005	Tornado (F0)	Greenbrier	-	A weak tornado was spawned in northwestern Faulkner County roughly 3.7 miles northeast of Greenbrier. The tornado tracked to the northeast, and caused some minor roof damage to a house and a barn. A couple of small outbuldings were destroyed. The tornado dissipated 2.5 miles east-southeast of Guy.
March 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked some large trees limbs along Highway 65.
May 2003	Tornado (F1)	Greenbrier	-	A weak tornado touched down in northern Faulkner County just southwest of Greenbrier. The tornado tracked northeastward for about 7 miles before lifting. The storm moved to the south of the Greenbrier area. Numerous trees and power poles were blown down, with some homes sustaining minor roof damage.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Thunderstorm winds damaged the roofs of a few buildings.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Thunderstorm winds damaged several homes which resulted in gas leaks. Numerous trees and power lines were also blown down.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees and large limbs.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Some trees were knocked down.
October 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenbrier	-	Thunderstorm winds blew the awning off a camper.
October 2022	Hail	Greenbrier	-	no account filed
April 2022	Hail	Greenbrier	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Greenbrier	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Greenbrier	-	no account filed
April 2015	Hail	Greenbrier	-	no account filed
December 2012	Hail	Greenbrier	-	no account filed
April 2012	Hail	Greenbrier	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Greenbrier	-	no account filed
September 2011	Hail	Greenbrier	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Greenbrier	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Greenbrier	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Greenbrier	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Faulkner 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
S.D. Merritt House	1.4 miles	2005
Castleberry-Harrington Historic District	2.2 miles	2007
Spears House	2.3 miles	2005
Farris and Evelyn Langley House	2.4 miles	2005
James and Jewell Salter House	2.8 miles	2005
Quattlebaum-Pelletier House	3.4 miles	2005

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 05001071 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Faulkner County	All 64 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.