Wynne Wholesale Commercial Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

From the record

“The Wynne Wholesale Commercial Historic District encompasses a small collection of historic commercial properties in Wynne, Arkansas. It extends for two blocks along West Merriman Avenue, west of Martin Luther King Jr.”
Wikipedia article Wynne Wholesale Commercial Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 16 National Register listings published here for Cross County · listed in 2010 · category: District.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. Corner of W. Merriman Ave. & Martin Luther King Dr., Wynne, 72396
When was it listed? January 2010
Category. district
Township. Wynne township
National Register reference number. 09000772 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

21 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Wynne Wholesale Commercial Historic District between 1998 and 2017, burning about 150 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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	14
Arson/incendiarism	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3

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
9 September 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
8 August 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
25 August 2001	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
24 August 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 July 2008	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 May 2014	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	CRO3161712
3 April 2004	Debris and open burning	56 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Cross County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Wynne Wholesale Commercial Historic District: 7 unknowns, 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Adkinsson Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Baskins Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Bay Road Material Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Brawner	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Cross County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Kail Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Killough	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Cross County

Storms near this property

47 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wynne, the town this property stands in, in 47 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 20 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
December 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	2 hurt, $750,000	Three mobile homes were overturned. The roof was blown off of a restaurant.
January 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	$100,000	One trailer was destroyed. Two homes and 28 other structures were damaged. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down.
January 2007	Flash Flood	Wynne	$68,000	Heavy rain produced flash flooding over Cross County as a result 50 county roads had damage. One bridge went completely under water as well as one culvert was washed away.
November 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	$50,000	Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	$30,000	Trees and power lines down. Damage to one home.
July 2010	Flash Flood	Wynne	$20,000	Heavy rain, 3.07 inches in 75 minutes, produced widespread flash flooding in Wynne. Falls Boulevard had water as high as vehicle headlights and several vehicles were stalled as a result.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	$10,000	Straight line winds knocked down trees and power lines in Wynne.
April 2001	Hail	Wynne	$7,600	Hail ranged in size from quarters to baseballs.
April 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	$5,000	A metal outbuilding was damaged.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	$5,000	Attached carport was destroyed along Highway 193 South.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	$5,000	Some trees were blown down.
January 2002	Lightning	Wynne	$5,000	A lightning strike punched a hole through a roof.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	$5,000	A few trees and power lines were knocked down.
July 1994	Tornado (F0)	Wynne	$5,000	A tornado briefly touched down in an open field.
January 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	$2,000	Windows were blown out southeast of Wynne.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	$2,000	Straight line winds blew siding off of the Wynne Police Station.
November 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	$2,000	A few power lines were knocked down.
March 2008	Hail	Wynne	$1,500	no account filed
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	$1,000	A couple of power lines were knocked down.
July 1995	Tornado (F0)	Wynne	$1,000	A small tornado briefly touched down near Wynne knocking down a few trees.
April 2008	Hail	Wynne	$1,000	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Wynne	$1,000	no account filed
May 1995	Hail	Wynne	$1,000	no account filed
April 2001	Hail	Wynne	$750	no account filed
March 1998	Hail	Wynne	$750	no account filed
April 1998	Hail	Wynne	$750	no account filed
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	$500	Some tree tops were sheared off.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	$500	Some trees were blown down.
March 2005	Hail	Wynne	$100	no account filed
May 1995	Hail	Wynne	$100	no account filed
June 1994	Hail	Wynne	$50	no account filed
March 2001	Hail	Wynne	$10	Hail accumulated as much as 8 -10 inches in a mile long swath. Some peach trees were damaged by the hail.
April 2003	Hail	Wynne	$10	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Wynne	$10	no account filed
March 2002	Hail	Wynne	$10	no account filed
April 1998	Hail	Wynne	$10	no account filed
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	-	Straight-line winds ripped a roof off a building and knocked a valve off a 30,000-gallon propane tank located at Front Street and Pecan Street in Wynne.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	-	Numerous trees were knocked down in Wynne.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	-	Three power pole transformers were knocked down west of Wynne.
March 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	-	Straight line winds knocked down dozens of trees and several power poles. The damage occurred mostly on the north side of Wynne.
March 2015	Flood	Wynne	-	Heavy rain produced flooding in Wynne. Falls Boulevard was covered with 15 to 20 inches of water.
June 2011	Hail	Wynne	-	Nickel size hail covered the ground in Wynne.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Wynne	-	Straight line winds produced minor damage to Kelley's Restaurant in Wynne. Trees and power lines were knocked down in the area as well.
June 2009	Flash Flood	Wynne	-	Heavy rain produced flash flooding outside of Wynne. The intersection of Highway 350 and Highway 1 was flooded as a result.
September 2011	Hail	Wynne	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Wynne	-	no account filed
July 1994	Hail	Wynne	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cross 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
Wynne Commercial Historic District	0.2 miles	2009
Block, Isaac, House	0.3 miles	1998
Wynne Post Office	0.3 miles	1998
Woman's Progressive Club	0.4 miles	1990
Servetus W. Ogan House	0.4 miles	2015
Grace Episcopal Church	0.5 miles	1992

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 09000772 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cross County	All 16 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.