Conway Hotel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

“The Conway Hotel is a historic hotel building at 108 Courthouse Square in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. Built in 1913, it was the first brick hotel building in the rural town; it was built in response to an influx of diamond miners into the area after the Crater of Diamonds was discovered.”
Wikipedia article Conway Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Pike County · listed in 1986 · 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. 108 Courthouse Sq., Murfreesboro, 71958
When was it listed? March 1986
Category. building
Township. Thompson township
National Register reference number. 86000384 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

66 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Conway Hotel between 1997 and 2020, burning about 423 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 10 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	21
Debris and open burning	15
Arson/incendiarism	10
Natural	8
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Smoking	3
Recreation and ceremony	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
28 September 2016	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2015	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2012	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2000	Smoking	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Conway Hotel: 24 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diamond, Mercury, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Twin Knobs Claypit	Clay	Unknown
Unknown	Kaolin	Unknown
Unknown Quarry	Stone	Unknown
Ainsworth Prospect	Mercury	Occurrence	Cinnabar
F S Neely Co Mine	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Unknown
Salt Gum Ford	Mercury	Unknown
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Unknown
American Mines	Diamond	Unknown
Crater of Diamonds -North	Diamond	Prospect
Crater of Diamonds -South	Diamond	Prospect

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this property

60 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Murfreesboro, the town this property stands in, in 60 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 31 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 7 heavy rain, 4 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
April 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	$100,000	Two homes and a storage shed sustained major damage. Trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	$30,000	Numerous trees were blown down, a shed was blown away, and two homes sustained damage.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	$25,000	Outflow from weakening thunderstorms blew down some trees, causing minor damage to two cars and one house.
December 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	$10,000	A few trees were blown down in and around Murfreesboro.
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	$10,000	A few trees were blown down around Murfreesboro.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	$10,000	Trees were down in Murfreesboro.
November 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
October 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
January 2007	Flash Flood	Murfreesboro	$1,500	Numerous roads across the county were covered by high water.
October 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	$500	Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto Highway 301.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	Multiple trees and power lines fell down across Highways 301, 26, and 27 around Murfreesboro.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	Large trees were blown over and power lines were knocked down in the area.
July 2019	Heavy Rain	Murfreesboro	-	The COOP observer reported 13.50 inches for total rainfall.
August 2018	Flash Flood	Murfreesboro	-	Several roads were flooded in and around Murfreesboro.
August 2018	Heavy Rain	Murfreesboro	-	Cooperative observer reported a total of 9.40 inches of rain has fallen for the duration of this event. 5.5 inches of rain fell since 7 am this morning.
April 2017	Heavy Rain	Murfreesboro	-	This was the 24 hour rainfall total.
April 2012	Hail	Murfreesboro	-	One inch hail fell at the sheriff's office.
April 2012	Hail	Murfreesboro	-	Hail close to golf ball size fell.
May 2011	Hail	Murfreesboro	-	Hail the size of quarters fell at the sheriff's office.
December 2009	Heavy Rain	Murfreesboro	-	Rain that fell on December 24th assured that 2009 would be the wettest year ever recorded in Murfreesboro. Total rainfall for the year was 88.31 inches, breaking the record of 85.01 inches set in 1973.
May 2009	Heavy Rain	Murfreesboro	-	In Murfreesboro, 3.20 inches of rain fell in a two hour period.
October 2009	Heavy Rain	Murfreesboro	-	In Murfreesboro, it was the wettest October ever recorded.
January 2007	Flash Flood	Murfreesboro	-	Several roads were flooded in and around Murfreesboro.
May 2007	Hail	Murfreesboro	-	Hail was reported at the Laurel Creek exit on Arkansas Highway 27 north of Murfreesboro.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	A number of trees were blown down and shingles were torn off several houses.
March 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	Thunderstorm winds destroyed a storage shed, caused a barn to collapse and knocked down a few trees.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked down a number of trees and power lines.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	Trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	Thunderstorm winds destroyed two boat houses and damaged several boats and docks on Lake Greeson, about 8 miles north of Murfreesboro.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	Thunderstorm winds downed some large trees.
November 1993	Hail	Murfreesboro	-	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
October 1993	Hail	Murfreesboro	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
September 2013	Heavy Rain	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
March 2004	Hail	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
March 2004	Hail	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
January 1999	Hail	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
January 1999	Hail	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
September 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
September 1999	Hail	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
April 1999	Hail	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
July 1999	Flash Flood	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
June 1995	Hail	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
April 1995	Hail	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
November 1995	Hail	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
November 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed
March 1993	Hail	Murfreesboro	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pike 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

4 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
Murfreesboro Cities Service Station	0.8 miles	2003
Pike County Courthouse	0.8 miles	1986
Crater Of Diamonds State Park	2.0 miles	1973
Shelton-Lockeby House	4.0 miles	2005

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 86000384 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Pike County	All 9 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.