Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
“The Green Barn was a historic barn on McClure Avenue in Lowell, Arkansas. It was a square structure with a pyramidal roof topped by a square louvered cupola, that had shed-roof leantos on three sides.”
Wikipedia article Green Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 162 National Register listings published here for Benton County · listed in 1988 · 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 11 fires within 5 miles of Green Barn between 2001 and 2018, burning about 187 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | BENTON 232 |
| 19 July 2012 | Natural | 22 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | BEN16095542 |
| 9 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Green Barn: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowell, the town this property stands in, in 53 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 31 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | 1 hurt, $3,500,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | $150,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged homes, destroyed outbuildings, blew down power poles, and uprooted trees in a broad swath from near Lowell to several miles east of Lowell. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Lowell | $50,000 | Hail up to two inches in diameter damaged homes and vehicles. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Lowell | $50,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles, homes, and businesses in Springdale. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | $40,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind severely damaged the roof of a mobile home, destroyed portable sheds, broke a large glass window of a business, damaged the roofs of homes, snapped large tree limbs, and blew down power lines. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Lowell | $30,000 | Ping pong ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Lowell | $25,000 | Ping pong ball size hail damage vehicles, homes, and businesses near Springdale. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lowell | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Lowell | $25,000 | no account filed |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Lowell | $20,000 | Several roads were flooded and closed near Lowell. Flood water damaged 2 homes. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Lowell | $20,000 | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Lowell | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous large tree limbs, power poles, and power lines across town. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Lowell | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Lowell | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Lowell | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Lowell | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Lowell | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs and blew down power lines in Lowell. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down. The tree fell on power lines. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | $500 | Several trees were blown down east of Lowell. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew trees down onto a road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto a road in northwest Lowell. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and snapped large tree limbs in the Bethel Heights area. |
| March 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees in Bethel Heights. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped or uprooted several trees. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs onto the roadway. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a large tree. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| October 2022 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pinkston-Mays Store Building | 0.4 miles | 1988 |
 | Springfield to Fayetteville Road-Cross Hollow Segment | 0.7 miles | 2005 |
 | McCleod House | 2.3 miles | 1988 |
 | Beasley Homestead | 2.7 miles | 1988 |
 | Monte Ne | 3.4 miles | 1978 |
 | Oklahoma Row Hotel Site | 3.6 miles | 1992 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87002368 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Benton County | All 162 listed properties in this county. |
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