Gene Rush House

Built in 1964 (mid-century modern). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

From the record

“The Gene Rush House is a historic house at 9515 Barrett Road near Roland, Arkansas. Built around 1964 for Arkansas wildlife biologist Gene Rush, the house is a local example of Mid-century modern residential architecture.”
Wikipedia article Gene Rush House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 383 National Register listings published here for Pulaski County · listed in 2019 · category: Building · built in 1964, mid-century modern.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 2 objectss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Rush, Gene, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 9515 Barrett Rd., Roland, 72135
When was it listed? January 2019
Category. building
Township. Big Rock township
When was it built? 1964
Architectural style. mid-century modern
National Register reference number. 100003335 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

73 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Gene Rush House between 1997 and 2019, burning about 841 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined	24
Debris and open burning	20
Recreation and ceremony	10
Arson/incendiarism	9
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	4
Smoking	2

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
7 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2001	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	114 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2001	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 August 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gene Rush House: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Big Bear Mining Co.	Copper	Unknown
	H. J. White Prospect	Silica	Unknown

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this property

24 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roland, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Roland	1 hurt	no account filed
August 2014	Flash Flood	Roland	$1,500,000	Flash flooding occurred in parts of Maumelle, Morgan, and Marche. Arkansas 365 was flooded and at least one water rescue was necessary. Flooding in Maumelle entered some townhouses and apartments. A rain gauge in Maumelle measured 1.97 inches of rain between 1:45 and 2:45 PM CDT, and a total of 3.28 inches from 12:30 PM to 4:14 PM CDT.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Roland	$200,000	Dozens of trees were blown down in the Roland area.
April 2007	Flash Flood	Roland	$10,000	Heavy rains flooded roads in the area around Roland and Monnie Springs.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Roland	-	Lake Maumelle Fire Department reported multiple trees down on power lines and blocking roads in Roland.
February 2018	Flash Flood	Roland	-	High water was covering Vincent and Beale Streets in Roland.
August 2018	Heavy Rain	Roland	-	Measured a 24 hour storm total of 10.63 inches beginning on the morning of August 7th.
August 2018	Flash Flood	Roland	-	Beaver Creek Rd. was flooded by Mill Bayou Creek and that water was approaching a few homes in the area.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Roland	-	Several trees were blown down.
August 2006	Lightning	Roland	-	Lightning struck a tree, causing it to fall on a house.
November 2005	Tornado (F1)	Roland	-	A weak tornado moved into western Pulaski County from eastern Perry County. The tornado badly damaged an old auto service garage and damaged the roofs of several houses. Trees were also downed. The tornado dissipated 14.5 miles west-southwest of Roland.
March 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Roland	-	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Roland	-	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees along Highway 300.
July 2002	Tornado (F0)	Roland	-	A waterspout touched down on Lake Maumelle and traveled westward for about 1.5 miles before lifting. No damage occurred. The waterspout was observed by nearby boaters who were already ashore.
May 2000	Tornado (F0)	Roland	-	A weak tornado briefly touched down in western Pulaski County about 5 miles southwest of Roland. The tornado mainly affected a marina on Lake Maumelle, with several boat docks damaged and a sailboat mast bent. One witness saw the tornado spin at least one sailboat around in the water.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Roland	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few trees and large tree limbs.
May 2010	Hail	Roland	-	no account filed
October 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Roland	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Roland	-	no account filed
January 1999	Hail	Roland	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Roland	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Roland	-	no account filed
July 1997	Hail	Roland	-	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Roland	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
La Belle Creole	0.7 miles	2024
Maumelle River Bridge	2.3 miles	2020
Walnut Grove Methodist Church	4.9 miles	1977
Doe Branch Post Office	5.4 miles	2001
Pyeatte-Mason Cemetery	5.9 miles	1996
Maumelle Ordnance Works Bunker #4	6.3 miles	2006

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100003335 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Pulaski County	All 383 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.