Andrew Hunter House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

From the record

“The Andrew Hunter House, also known as the Hunter-Dearborn House, is a historic house Arkansas Highway 5, a short way east of its junction with Arkansas Highway 183 in Bryant, Arkansas. It is a single-story wood-frame house, three bays wide, with a hip roof and a hip-roofed porch extending across part of its front, supported by four Tuscan columns.”
Wikipedia article Andrew Hunter House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Saline County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Hunter, Andrew, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. W of Bryant on AR 5, Bryant, 72022
When was it listed? December 1976
Category. building
Township. Owen township
National Register reference number. 76000466 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

149 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Andrew Hunter House between 1997 and 2020, burning about 993 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 34 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	50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	47
Arson/incendiarism	34
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
9 September 2005	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1998	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1998	Debris and open burning	165 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2015	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Andrew Hunter House: 19 unknowns, 6 past producers, 5 producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Niobium (Columbium). 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	Recorded
Alcoa Arkansas Operations	Aluminum, Gallium, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free	Producer	1886, 1952
Arkansas Talc Co. Mine	Talc-Soapstone	Unknown
Belvedere S & G Co. Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Bryant Mill	Talc-Soapstone, Slate, Dimension	Producer
Hurricane Creek Deposit	Niobium (Columbium)	Occurrence
Milwhite Barite	Barium-Barite	Producer
No Name	Fullers Earth	Unknown
Quapaw Bauxite Mine	Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free	Past Producer	1920, 1932
No Name	Limestone, Dimension	Unknown
No Name	Limestone, Dimension	Unknown

Every working recorded in Saline County

Storms near this property

60 of 73 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bryant, the town this property stands in, in 73 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 31 hail, 27 thunderstorm wind, 11 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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
March 2008	Flash Flood	Bryant	$150,000	Porter Road and Narrows Road between U.S. Highway 70 and Arkansas Highway 5 sustained damage due to flooding. Boone Road, Mount Carmel Road, Westfield Road, Independence Circle, Sedgefield Drive, NW 4th Street, Kensington Drive, Forest Drive, Springhill Drive, Foxridge Drive, Hilltop Road, South Shobe Road and a home on Waterford were all flooded.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	$75,000	A large tree fell into a house, causing major damage.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	$50,000	Numerous trees were blown down, one of which fell on a house.
July 2007	Lightning	Bryant	$35,000	Lightning struck a house, causing a fire in the laundry room, garage, and attic. It also blew a hole in the roof.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	$25,000	Several large trees fell or were snapped off. Some roof damage occurred.
October 2009	Flash Flood	Bryant	$10,000	Flooding of the railroad halted freight and passenger trains.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	$5,000	Trees were blown down.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	$5,000	Several trees were blown down.
September 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and power lines.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	$2,000	A tree was blown down on Arkansas 5.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	$2,000	A shed was blown onto a fence.
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	$500	Thunderstorm winds downed a tree.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	-	Several trees were blown down near Reynolds Road in the city of Bryant.
July 2024	Heavy Rain	Bryant	-	A 24 hour rainfall total of 4.58 inches was measured at Bryant.
February 2023	Flash Flood	Bryant	-	Excessive rain flooded some roads, with water close to several homes. This was a delayed report.
March 2023	Flash Flood	Bryant	-	Access roads along Interstate 30 were flooded in places, in particular near exit 123.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	-	Power outages were reported off Springhill Rd. in Bryant due to thunderstorm winds.
April 2022	Flash Flood	Bryant	-	Flooding was reported over portions of Boone Rd. and Meadowbrook St.
May 2021	Flash Flood	Bryant	-	Social media video indicated water rapidly flowing through a back yard in the Bryant area.
May 2021	Flash Flood	Bryant	-	Several roads in Bryant were underwater including Shobe Rd., Evergreen Rd., Springhill Rd., and Northlake Rd.
October 2020	Hail	Bryant	-	Pea to penny size hail was noted at Bryant.
April 2019	Heavy Rain	Bryant	-	Broadcast media reported 5.95 inches of rain.
April 2019	Hail	Bryant	-	Hail size ranged from dime to quarter size in Twitter and Facebook videos.
July 2016	Flash Flood	Bryant	-	Flash flooding was reported in the Alcoa area of Saline County on Social Media.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	-	Winds were approximately 60 mph.
January 2007	Flash Flood	Bryant	-	A subdivision in Bryant was flooded.
April 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees in the Shannon Hills community.
October 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	-	Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree and blew the roof of a nearby storage shed.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	-	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down a sales tent and a few power lines.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
April 2022	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
March 2015	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
March 2015	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
December 2012	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
March 2011	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
March 2010	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
February 2009	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
April 2009	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
April 2009	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
March 2008	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
March 2008	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	-	no account filed
November 2005	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
April 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	-	no account filed
April 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	-	no account filed
April 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Bryant	-	no account filed
November 2004	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
October 2004	Flash Flood	Bryant	-	no account filed
June 2003	Flash Flood	Bryant	-	no account filed
July 2002	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
February 2001	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
March 2001	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
February 2000	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed
January 1999	Hail	Bryant	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Saline 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
Hester-Lenz House	3.1 miles	2004
Old Benton-Sardis Road Bridge	4.6 miles	2007
Rucker House	5.0 miles	1988
International Harvester Servicenter	5.9 miles	2020
J. W. and Ann Lowe Clary House	6.5 miles	1993
Shoppach House	6.6 miles	1975

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 76000466 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Saline County	All 20 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.