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Home Ice Company

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.

From the record

“The Home Ice Company was a historic industrial building at 700 Cate Avenue in Jonesboro, Arkansas. A two-story wood-frame building was erected here in 1907 to house a wagon factory, which in 1920 was enlarged with a Mission Revival facade designed by Henry Lesmeister.”

Wikipedia article Home Ice Company, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 25 National Register listings published here for Craighead County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • Listing status. The Park Service records this property as Removed.
  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 700 Cate Ave., Jonesboro, 72401
  • When was it listed? June 2017
  • Category. building
  • Township. Jonesboro township
  • National Register reference number. 100001005 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

17 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Home Ice Company between 1998 and 2020, burning about 179 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
29 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 May 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Craighead County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Home Ice Company: 13 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Jonesboro Brick CoClayUnknown
Jonesboro Brick CoClayUnknown
Jonesboro Brick CoClayUnknown
Griffith Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jonesboro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jonesboro Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Craighead County

Storms near this property

60 of 147 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jonesboro, the town this property stands in, in 147 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 62 thunderstorm wind, 48 hail, 28 flash flood, 4 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 24 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
May 2009Flash FloodJonesboro1 killed, $50,000Heavy rain produced flash flooding in northern parts of Jonesboro in Eastern Arkansas. A boy was swept into a drainage ditch near Burke Avenue and Vine Street and was killed. Several homes were flooded along Burke Avenue and North Patrick Street.
March 2020Tornado (EF3)Jonesboro22 hurt, $300,000,000This tornado developed just north of I-555 and west of Caraway Road. The tornado quickly intensified and caused EF2 damage near the intersection of Caraway Rd. and Race St. The tornado weakened slightly, but produced EF2 damage again at the Mall at Turtle Creek. The tornado reached its most intense stage as it approached and moved across the Jonesboro Airport. Several large industrial buildings were severely damaged. As the tornado moved through residential areas northeast of the airport, it caused EF2 to isolated EF3 damage to homes. The tornado began weakening after it crossed Highway 49 northeast of Jonesboro, with the final damage observed to the northeast of Brookland. Peak winds were estimated at 150 mph.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindJonesboro1 hurt, $2,000Straight line winds produced damage to a school bus at Highway 63 and Commerce Drive near Jonesboro. One adult was injured as a result. He was on the bus when the windows shattered resulting in the injury. He was transported to the hospital.
May 2003LightningJonesboro1 hurtA man was injured when he was struck by lightning while working near a radio transmitter site.
July 2017Tornado (EF1)Jonesboro$750,000A brief EF1 tornado with maximum speeds of 100 to 105 mph touched down approximately one half mile south southeast of downtown Jonesboro with a highly localized area of damage between Citizens Street and the intersection of Rains street and East Oak Avenue. An apartment complex sustained roof damage and several windows were blown out. In addition, fence and siding debris were lofted and scattered about the area.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$125,000Several businesses and homes were damaged. Fifteen fiberglass poles were damaged. Some trees were blown down.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$125,000Some homes and businesses were damaged in Monette. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down between Jonesboro and Monette.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$75,000Three trailers and an outbuilding were destroyed. One trailer was moved off of its foundation. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
March 2021Flash FloodJonesboro$50,000Many streets were flooded and closed off in southeast Jonesboro. Several cars were stalled and stranded. Timms Street was flooded and water rescues from vehicles occurred on Red Wolf Boulevard south of Nettleton Avenue.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$50,000Straight line winds damaged several buildings. Several trees were knocked down damaging a house. A vehicle was also damaged.
August 2002Flash FloodJonesboro$50,000Twenty homes and some businesses were flooded. Many roads throughout the city were flooded.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$50,000Some roof damage occurred on the campus of Arkansas State University. A mobile home was damaged. A radio tower was blown over. Numerous trees were blown down. Some trees fell on several homes.
July 2001LightningJonesboro$50,000A vacant restaurant was badly damaged by a fire started by lightning.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$50,000A number of homes sustained wind damage in Jonesboro. The damage mainly consisted of broken windows and awnings. Some roofs were also damaged. A number of trees and power lines were also blown down.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$30,000Straight line winds resulted in damage within the city limits of Jonesboro. Windows on a church van were blown out along North Main Street. A restaurant along East Word Avenue had the roof ripped off from the building. Trees were knocked down along North Third Street. The highway department reported lots of debris in the roadways in the vicinity of the area.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$30,000Several houses and one car were damaged. Some trees and power lines were blown down.
January 2006Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$25,000One store was damaged and some businesses signs were destroyed in Jonesboro. One mobile home was destroyed and a second mobile home was damaged near Monette. Some power lines were blown down as well.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$25,000A few homes were damaged. Several building on the Arkansas State University campus were damaged. A barn and an unoccupied mobile home were also damaged. Several trees were blown down.
February 2001Flash FloodJonesboro$25,000Four inches of rain in a short period of time caused flood waters to reach many houses in Jonesboro with about 100 people forced to evacuate. Several roads were closed in the city.
February 2019Flash FloodJonesboro$20,000Sinkhole from excess water at Monroe Avenue and Puryear Street.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$20,000Straight line winds knocked a large tree on to a car on Rich Road.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$20,000Several buildings were damaged. A metal roof was blown down. A sign was knocked down. Several power lines were also blown down.
January 1996Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$20,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$15,000A tree was knocked down near Oak Avenue and Main Street along with other reports of trees down in Jonesboro.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$15,000Several street lights and utility poles were blown down. Two metal storage buildings were blown down.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$10,000A large tree fell on a mobile home off of Duncan Road.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$10,000Straight line winds blew down a frame-only construction project on Post Road in Jonesboro.
February 2006Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$10,000One home had damage to the roof and the front porch.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$10,000Several power lines and power poles were knocked down.
July 2005LightningJonesboro$10,000Two homes were damaged by fires started by lightning.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$10,000A mobile home park was damaged.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$10,000A mobile home was damaged. Some fences were knocked down.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$10,000A van used to transport children from a daycare center was heavily damaged when a tree fell on it. Several other trees were blown down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$10,000A few trees and power lines were blown down.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$10,000A trailer was overturned. A tree fell on a house.
March 1996Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$10,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$5,000Numerous trees were damaged as well as minor damage to homes and businesses across Jonesboro.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$5,000Power lines were blown down along Nettleton, Matthews, and Airport Roads.
September 2020Flash FloodJonesboro$5,000Heavy rain caused flash flooding in central and western Jonesboro. Several cars were stranded, and roads had water up to a foot deep.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$5,000Four power-lines down in the northbound lane along I-555 near the Washington Street exit in Jonesboro.
November 2015Flash FloodJonesboro$5,000A car was stranded in about a foot of water in Jonesboro.
September 2009Flash FloodJonesboro$5,000Several homes along Craighead Road 620 had water in their yards. One home had 12 inches of water in their yard which ripped down a privacy fence. Another home had 2 inches of water inside their shop.
November 2004Flash FloodJonesboro$5,000Several roads were flooded when Turtle Creek came out of its banks. Some of the water approached a house.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$5,000A few trees were blown down.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$5,000A chimney was blown down. One house suffered roof damage.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$5,000Several large tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$5,000Several power poles were bent over. Some trees and power lines were blown down as well.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$5,000Several trees and signs were knocked down.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree and a satellite dish.
August 2006HailJonesboro$5,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$5,000no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$4,000A couple of power poles snapped at the intersection of Highland and Caraway Roads.
April 1995HailJonesboro$4,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$2,000A large tree was knocked down near Gee Street in Jonesboro.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$2,000A large tree was knocked down in Jonesboro.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$2,000A gust front ahead of a line of thunderstorms knocked some shingles off a roof of an apartment building in Jonesboro.
May 2008HailJonesboro$2,000Quarter size hail fell in North Jonesboro.
May 2008HailJonesboro$2,000Quarter size hail fell on Arkansas State University Campus in Jonesboro.
March 2008HailJonesboro$1,500no account filed

Every storm recorded in Craighead 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
Bridge Street Bridgeunder 500 feet2020
Mercantile Bank Building0.4 miles2005
Stuck, C.A., and Sons Lumber0.4 miles2002
Jonesboro U.S. Post Office and Courthouse0.4 miles2019
Citizens Bank Building0.5 miles2020
Craighead County Courthouse0.5 miles1998

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100001005 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Craighead CountyAll 25 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.