Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
“John Grace House and Hospital is a historic house and hospital in rural Yell County, Arkansas. Located on the north side of North Road, west of Belleville, it is a two-story L-shaped wood-frame structure.”
Wikipedia article Dr. John Grace House and Hospital, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 33 National Register listings published here for Yell County · listed in 2015 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Dr. John Grace House and Hospital between 1992 and 2019, burning about 490 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 20 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 | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | LABOR LAKE |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dr. John Grace House and Hospital: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buford Compton Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belleville, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 4 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belleville | $100,000 | A mobile home was blown over and destroyed. Trees and power lines were blown down. Some houses were damaged. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belleville | $70,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. One of the trees fell on a car, trapping the occupant. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belleville | $50,000 | The local emergency manager reported telephone and power lines down from near Belleville to near Danville. Numerous trees were blown down, including one that blocked Arkansas Highway 307 North. Some barns and chicken houses had tin blown off their roofs. Shingles were removed from a roof near Danville. Damage was reported to an outbuilding. |
| January 2013 | Flash Flood | Belleville | $40,000 | Arkansas 27 had many places under water. In the eastern part of Danville, five people had to be evacuated from a house and a motorist stranded in high water had to be rescued. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belleville | $20,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belleville | $15,000 | Trees were blown down in the Belleville area. |
| June 2012 | Dust Devil | Belleville | $10,000 | A dust devil removed tin from a chicken house and blew insulation well up into the air. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belleville | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| March 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Belleville | $2,700 | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Belleville | $1,000 | Water covered parts of Belleville Ridge Rd. |
| January 2025 | Flash Flood | Belleville | - | Flooding covered Arkansas Highway 307 making it impassable along with several other roads within Yell County. |
| February 2023 | Flash Flood | Belleville | - | The Danville chief of police reported a swift water rescue that took place at the intersection of Ideal Lane and AR State Highway 307. They successfully rescued the occupants of a vehicle in high water. |
| February 2023 | Flash Flood | Belleville | - | Arkansas State Hwy. 307 near Bellville was completely under water. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belleville | - | A tree was down in Belleville. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belleville | - | Trees were down in Belleville. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belleville | - | Trees and power lines downed, with one tree on a house. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belleville | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines at Belleville. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Belleville | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belleville | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Belleville | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Belleville | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Belleville | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Spring Lake Bridge | 3.4 miles | 1990 |
| Spring Lake Bridge | 3.4 miles | 1990 |
 | Spring Lake Recreation Area Historic District | 3.8 miles | 1995 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000293 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Yell County | All 33 listed properties in this county. |
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