Magnolia Company Filling Station

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“The Magnolia Company Filling Station is a historic automotive service station building at 492 West Lafayette Street in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is a small single-story white hip-roofed brick building, with a portico, supported by brick piers, extending over the area where the fuel pumps were originally located.”
Wikipedia article Magnolia Company Filling Station, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 160 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1978 · 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.
Address. 492 W. Lafayette St., Fayetteville, 72701
When was it listed? November 1978
Category. building
Township. Fayetteville township
National Register reference number. 78000636 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

21 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Magnolia Company Filling Station between 2002 and 2018, burning about 75 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Natural	2
Arson/incendiarism	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
3 August 2006	Smoking	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 August 2012	Natural	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 August 2010	Smoking	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 August 2012	Natural	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 August 2005	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
1 August 2005	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 July 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 July 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Magnolia Company Filling Station: 12 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Johnson Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mcclinton Bros Co	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Unk	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Unk	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Cove Creek Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

60 of 164 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fayetteville, the town this property stands in, in 164 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 70 hail, 67 thunderstorm wind, 22 flash flood, 3 flood. The reports record 1 death and 3 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2022	Flash Flood	Fayetteville	1 killed	Portions of Town Branch Creek and Cato Springs Branch Creek flooded nearby roads. A woman was swept away by flood water near where Beechwood Avenue crosses Town Branch Creek.
February 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	3 hurt, $150,000	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Fayetteville	$50,000,000	Hail up to the size of baseballs did damage did extensive damage across a large part of Fayetteville. Cars and roofs of buildings were especially devastated.
April 1996	Hail	Fayetteville	$9,000,000	no account filed
August 2009	Hail	Fayetteville	$500,000	Tea cup size hail damaged numerous homes and automobiles.
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$500,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and a small sign at the University of Arkansas. Some buildings also had a few windows blown out.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$500,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees. Several of the trees fell onto homes and cars.
April 2011	Flash Flood	Fayetteville	$100,000	Several roads on the southeast side of Fayetteville were flooded. Flood water entered homes in the Stonebridge Meadows subdivision on River Meadows Drive south of Goff Farm road. Another area where water was entering homes was near the intersection of Goff Farm Road and Cherry Hills Drive.
April 2011	Hail	Fayetteville	$100,000	no account filed
May 2022	Flash Flood	Fayetteville	$50,000	Fayetteville FD performed multiple swift water rescues for people stranded in their vehicles in flood water near W Wedington Drive and I-49. Apartments and several homes in the area were evacuated due to the rising flood water.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$50,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour downed trees and power lines. The wind also damaged the roof of an apartment building. Twelve residents of the apartment building were displaced as water poured through the damaged roof and through their ceilings.
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$50,000	Thunderstorm winds blew a semi truck over.
June 1999	Lightning	Fayetteville	$50,000	Lightning caused fires at two separate homes in Fayetteville between 9:00 and 9:40 AM CDT.
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$50,000	Several homes and businesses sustained roof damage.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$50,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and power lines.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$50,000	no account filed
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$35,000	no account filed
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$25,000	Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the siding of a home in the western part of the city. Three structures at the Arkansas Agricultural Research Center were destroyed by strong thunderstorm wind.
April 2011	Hail	Fayetteville	$25,000	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Fayetteville	$25,000	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Fayetteville	$25,000	no account filed
June 2019	Flash Flood	Fayetteville	$20,000	Cars were partially submerged in flooding along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Fayetteville.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$20,000	High winds blew the roof off of a clothing store in the 2300 block of College Avenue in Fayetteville. The ASOS at the Fayetteville Regional Airport (Drake Field) measured a peak wind gust of 47 knots (54 mph).
March 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$15,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto a car.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree and power lines.
February 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree which damaged three cars.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$10,000	Siding was blown off several houses in Fayetteville. Tree limbs were also blown down.
June 2017	Hail	Fayetteville	$10,000	no account filed
August 2017	Hail	Fayetteville	$10,000	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Fayetteville	$10,000	no account filed
February 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$6,000	no account filed
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs and power lines on West Deane Street.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$5,000	Power lines were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind in south Fayetteville.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines and large tree limbs.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees. Several of the trees blocked roads. Power lines were also blown down leaving 6000 customers without electricity.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down two main line power poles along Garland Avenue. This caused power to be cut off to 1400 customers.
November 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and power lines.
May 1998	Flood	Fayetteville	$5,000	AQ Chicken reported severe flooding and had to be closed until they could reclaim all of the dead chickens that floated away. There was an unofficial report of 1.5 inches in Wedington Woods falling in less than one hour. Debris was washed from ditches into streets in the city of Fayetteville.
August 2017	Hail	Fayetteville	$5,000	no account filed
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$5,000	no account filed
April 1995	Hail	Fayetteville	$5,000	no account filed
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$2,000	Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs and blew down power poles.
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines near Morningside Drive and 15th Street on the southeast side of Fayetteville.
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$1,000	Numerous trees were blown down from 2-5 miles south of Fayetteville.
January 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$1,000	no account filed
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$500	Numerous large tree branches were blown down in Fayetteville.
May 1998	Lightning	Fayetteville	$500	Lightning hit a tranformer in downtown Fayetteville, knocking out power to some downtown buildings
March 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$200	Tree downed on a road on the west side of Fayetteville.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$100	Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$100	Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$100	Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$100	OES Director reported a tree down along SH 112 in north Fayetteville.
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	$100	no account filed
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	-	Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
May 2025	Flash Flood	Fayetteville	-	Several streets were reported flooded in Fayetteville.
May 2025	Flash Flood	Fayetteville	-	Portions of N Shiloh Drive were flooded.
June 2025	Flood	Fayetteville	-	Numerous water rescues were conducted across Washington County as a result of flooding.
March 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Lafayette Street Overpass	under 500 feet	1995
Gregg House	0.1 miles	1974
Maple Street Overpass	0.1 miles	1995
West Dickson Street Commercial Historic District	0.1 miles	2007
Villa Rosa	0.2 miles	1990
Wilson Park Historic District	0.2 miles	1995

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 78000636 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington County	All 160 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.