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Photograph of C.L. Smith & Son General Store
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Smith, C. L., & Son General Store

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“Smith & Son General Store is a historic commercial building on Arkansas Highway 66, opposite the courthouse square, in central Mountain View, Arkansas. It is a single-story stone structure, with vernacular Romanesque styling consisting of round-arch window openings flanking a similar entry opening.”

Wikipedia article C.L. Smith & Son General Store, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 58 National Register listings published here for Stone County · listed in 1985 · 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. AR 66, Mountain View, 72560
  • When was it listed? September 1985
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Stone County MRA
  • District. District 7
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 85002240 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

68 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Smith, C. L., & Son General Store between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,242 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1997Debris and open burning100 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Stone County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Smith, C. L., & Son General Store: 8 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkStoneProducer
Mountain View PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mountain View PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stone County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stone County PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Stone County

Storms near this property

60 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain View, the town this property stands in, in 71 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 31 thunderstorm wind, 25 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1993Thunderstorm WindMountain View$500,000Thunderstorm winds blew the roofs off four hangars at the Mountain View airport. Several hangars also had their doors blown in by the winds. A nearby grocery store also had its roof blown off.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindMountain View$100,000Several trees were blown down, some of which fell onto 2 homes. A barn was blown over and there was roof damage to other buildings. Some of the trees fell onto Hwy 87 north of Mountain View.
March 2012FloodMountain View$100,000Creeks were out of their banks.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindMountain View$60,000One business had a section of its roof peeled back. A fence around a football field has a 12 foot section blown down. A roof was blown off a dugout at the baseball complex. Twelve trees in the area were blown down. A car dealership had minor damage to their awning.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindMountain View$25,000Trees were blown down around Mountain View and throughout Stone County.
September 2009LightningMountain View$15,000Lightning struck an electric substation just north of Mountain View. Over 2500 customers lost power.
February 2019Thunderstorm WindMountain View$5,000Numerous trees were down across the county with at least one home receiving roof damage.
January 2013Flash FloodMountain View$5,000Streets flooded in Mountain View.
July 2010Flash FloodMountain View$2,000Several streets in Mountain View were flooded.
October 2012Thunderstorm WindMountain View$1,000A large tree was blown down.
September 2010Flash FloodMountain View$1,000Water covered Arkansas Highway 14 in Mountain View.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMountain View$500Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMountain View-A couple of trees were blown down in Mountain View.
June 2023HailMountain View-Golf ball sized was observed in Mountain View.
June 2023HailMountain View-Tea cup sized hail was observed in Mountain View.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindMountain View-A tree and a couple of road signs were blown down.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMountain View-Numerous trees were down and a sign was blown off at the Sonic in Mountain View.
June 2016Flash FloodMountain View-A spotter and law enforcement officials reported flash flooding along highway 5 from Mountain View northward. Law enforcement stated several sections were underwater and also some cars were stranded.
November 2011Heavy RainMountain View-Mountain View recorded the wettest November ever. Rainfall of 14.80 inches broke the record of 12.49 inches set in 1996.
September 2010Heavy RainMountain View-Approximately 3.30 inches of rain fell in 6 hours.
January 2007Flash FloodMountain View-Streets in low lying areas of Mountain View were flooded.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindMountain View-Trees were blown down.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindMountain View-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMountain View-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees at Mountain View.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindMountain View-Wind gusts from a severe thunderstorm blew the front porch off a store just south of Mountain View.
August 2003Flash FloodMountain View-Heavy rainfall caused some street flooding to occur in Mountain View.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindMountain View-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines.
November 2003Flash FloodMountain View-Heavy rains resulted in street flooding in parts of Mountain View. The city jail also reported flooding in the basement area of the building.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindMountain View-Thunderstorm winds downed some large trees and power lines.
March 2003HailMountain View-Penny sized hail accumulated up to 4 inches deep.
January 2002Thunderstorm WindMountain View-Thunderstorm winds caused some roof damage to several buildings.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindMountain View-Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few trees and damaged a barn.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindMountain View-Thunderstorm winds gusting to 65 mph blew down some large tree limbs.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindMountain View-Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees, power lines and several signs in Mountain View. One tree fell on a house, with the flagpole bent at City Hall.
June 2001Flash FloodMountain View-Heavy rains resulted in some street flooding near Mountain View.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMountain View-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindMountain View-Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines.
May 2021HailMountain View-no account filed
March 2017HailMountain View-no account filed
March 2017HailMountain View-no account filed
February 2008HailMountain View-no account filed
April 2007HailMountain View-no account filed
April 2007HailMountain View-no account filed
April 2007HailMountain View-no account filed
April 2007Thunderstorm WindMountain View-no account filed
July 2006HailMountain View-no account filed
September 2006HailMountain View-no account filed
March 2005HailMountain View-no account filed
August 2003HailMountain View-no account filed
May 2003HailMountain View-no account filed
April 2002HailMountain View-no account filed
December 2001Flash FloodMountain View-no account filed
April 2001HailMountain View-no account filed
May 2000HailMountain View-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMountain View-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMountain View-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMountain View-no account filed
April 1999HailMountain View-no account filed
January 1999HailMountain View-no account filed
July 1999Flash FloodMountain View-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stone 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Stegall General Storeunder 500 feet1985
A. B. Brewer Buildingunder 500 feet1985
Lackey General Merchandise and Warehouseunder 500 feet1985
Stone County Courthouseunder 500 feet1976
Farmers and Merchants Bankunder 500 feet1985
John F. Brewer Houseunder 500 feet1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85002240 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Stone CountyAll 58 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.