Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
“The Barnett-Attwood House is a historic house outside New Edinburg in Cleveland County, Arkansas. It is believed to be the oldest standing structure in the county.”
Wikipedia article Barnett-Attwood House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 15 National Register listings published here for Cleveland County · listed in 1977 · 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 45 fires within 5 miles of Barnett-Attwood House between 2001 and 2020, burning about 262 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2011 | Natural | 11 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Barnett-Attwood House: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Edinburg, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2009: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 | Tornado (EF2) | New Edinburg | $1,000,000 | An old, unoccupied house was destroyed. Two houses had much of the roofs blown off. A house trailer was destroyed by falling trees. Several chicken houses were destroyed. Roof and shingle damage occurred to several other houses. A number of barns and outbuildings were damaged. Hundreds of trees were blown down. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Edinburg | $250,000 | The Cleveland County judge indicated that virtually every road south of a line from New Edinburg to Rye was blocked by fallen trees. This included U.S. Highway 63, and Arkansas Highways 35 and 189. Recent wet weather kept loggers from working, so they used their equipment to help clear some of the roads. Power outages were widespread. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | New Edinburg | $100,000 | Many county roads were washed out. U.S. Highway 79 near Kingsland had several inches of water flowing across it. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Edinburg | $35,000 | A few large trees were down, one of which fell on a pickup truck. Power lines were also blown down. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Edinburg | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Edinburg | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Edinburg | - | A tree was down on a roadway. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Edinburg | - | Thunderstorms winds blew down trees and power lines. |
| February 2009 | Hail | New Edinburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | New Edinburg | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Edinburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | New Edinburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | New Edinburg | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Edinburg | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | New Edinburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Attwood-Hopson House | 1.9 miles | 1994 |
 | New Edinburg Commercial Historic District | 2.0 miles | 2001 |
 | Marks' Mills Battlefield Park | 2.1 miles | 1970 |
| Magnolia Petroleum Company Filling Station | 7.0 miles | 2019 | |
 | Old US 79, Kingsland Segment | 7.6 miles | 2005 |
| Cherry Cemetery | 7.9 miles | 2024 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 77000247 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Cleveland County | All 15 listed properties in this county. |
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