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Photograph of Carpenter Building
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Carpenter Building

Built in 1904. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.

From the record

“The Carpenter Building is a historic commercial building at 136 East Main Street in Gentry, Arkansas. Built in 1927-29, it is a single-story masonry structure, its exterior finished mainly in red brick and hollow clay tile.”

Wikipedia article Carpenter Building (Gentry, Arkansas), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 162 National Register listings published here for Benton County · listed in 2018 · category: Building · built in 1904.

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. 136 E Main, Gentry, 72734
  • When was it listed? May 2018
  • Category. building
  • Township. Township 4
  • When was it built? 1904
  • National Register reference number. 100002447 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Carpenter Building between 1998 and 2018, burning about 1,210 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
3 September 1998Debris and open burning50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined994 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionHONEY CREEK
15 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2006Arson/incendiarism30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 March 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 March 2010Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 March 2011Debris and open burning80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Carpenter Building: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this property

60 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gentry, the town this property stands in, in 62 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 32 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 6 flash flood, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014LightningGentry2 hurtTwo people were struck and injured by lightning in the McDonald's parking lot.
July 2015Tornado (EF1)Gentry$150,000This tornado destroyed a double-wide modular home, damaged seven permanent homes, destroyed a metal-framed outbuilding, snapped or uprooted numerous trees, and blew down power poles. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindGentry$50,000Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed a chicken house, damaged several homes, snapped trees, and blew down power lines.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindGentry$50,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour caused damage in Gentry. A 30 foot chunk of a metal roof was torn off an office building and a box trailer from a semi-trailer was blown on its side. Numerous trees and tree limbs were blown down.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindGentry$50,000no account filed
April 1995HailGentry$50,000no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindGentry$50,000no account filed
May 2011Tornado (EF1)Gentry$25,000A tornado severely damaged or destroyed several barns and outbuildings and snapped or uprooted a number of large trees. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 105 mph.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGentry$25,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew shingles off of some homes. In addition, sheet metal roofs of outbuildings were blown off.
October 2003Thunderstorm WindGentry$25,000Thunderstorm winds estimated in excess of 70 miles an hour ripped off part of the roof of a church and severely damaged a barn.
May 2011HailGentry$25,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindGentry$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew a large barn door 75 to 100 yards.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindGentry$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a barn.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindGentry$3,000Around 300 AM CDT in Gentry, winds left uprooted trees, downed power lines, and blocked roads.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindGentry$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindGentry$2,000Power lines blown down near Gentry
July 2000Thunderstorm WindGentry$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs and power lines.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindGentry$1,000Numerous trees were blown down.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindGentry$500Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs and trees.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindGentry$100Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindGentry$100A large tree was blown down.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindGentry$100Several large tree limbs were blown down.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindGentry-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGentry-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down small trees, and snapped numerous large tree limbs.
April 2022Flash FloodGentry-Portions of Sleepy Hollow Road were flooded southwest of Gentry.
October 2019Flash FloodGentry-Highway 59 was flooded at Dawn Hill Road south of Gentry.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindGentry-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down multiple trees.
July 2016Flash FloodGentry-A portion of Main Street in Gentry was impassable due to high water.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindGentry-A tree was uprooted by strong thunderstorm wind.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindGentry-Several trees were uprooted to the north and northwest, just north of Arkotex Road.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindGentry-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees.
May 2013Flash FloodGentry-Main Street was reported flooded near Collins Avenue.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGentry-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees along Highway 12 west of Gentry.
January 2008Tornado (EF1)Gentry-An NWS survey team determined that a tornado caused extensive hardwood tree damage.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindGentry-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous large trees.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindGentry-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindGentry-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees down.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindGentry-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a few trees down.
April 2004Flash FloodGentry-Heavy thunderstorm rains caused a road to be closed due to high water.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindGentry-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees.
February 2001Flash FloodGentry-Heavy thunderstorm rains caused a road near the intersection of Highway 43 and Highway 102 to be flooded.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindGentry-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew large tree limbs down.
April 1994HailGentry-Funnel clouds were observed near Bentonville.
March 2017HailGentry-no account filed
August 2017HailGentry-no account filed
April 2011HailGentry-no account filed
February 2009HailGentry-no account filed
May 2009HailGentry-no account filed
February 2009HailGentry-no account filed
May 2009HailGentry-no account filed
March 2008HailGentry-no account filed
April 2004HailGentry-no account filed
May 2003HailGentry-no account filed
May 2003HailGentry-no account filed
September 1999HailGentry-no account filed
October 1998Thunderstorm WindGentry-no account filed
May 1996HailGentry-no account filed
May 1996HailGentry-no account filed
May 1995Tornado (F0)Gentry-no account filed
April 1995HailGentry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benton 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
Bank of Gentryunder 500 feet1988
Carl Houseunder 500 feet1988
Mitchell House0.1 miles1988
Railroad Cottage0.2 miles2005
Mitchell-Ward House0.2 miles2005
Gentry Grand Army of the Republic Monument1.1 miles2018

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100002447 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Benton CountyAll 162 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.