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Beebe Theater

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

From the record

“The Beebe Theater was a historic performance space on Center Street in Beebe, Arkansas. It was a two-story brick structure, with a decorative brick-faced marquee extending in front, and decorative brickwork squares and parapet above the second level.”

Wikipedia article Beebe Theater, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 203 National Register listings published here for White County · listed in 1991 · 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. Center St., Beebe, 72012
  • When was it listed? September 1991
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. White County MPS
  • Township. Union township
  • National Register reference number. 91001265 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

49 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Beebe Theater between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,226 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning20
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2

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
7 September 1998Smoking13 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2014Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionWHI17938919
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2000Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in White County

Storms near this property

60 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beebe, the town this property stands in, in 60 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 27 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 6 tornado, 6 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths and 29 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 1999Tornado (F3)Beebe2 killed, 29 hurtno account filed
December 2009FloodBeebe$400,000Flooding caused water to enter 22 homes in the Windwood Addition. Evacuations were necessary. Nearby, a railroad trestle was washed out on the mainline between Little Rock and St. Louis.
April 2010Tornado (EF1)Beebe$375,000This tornado exited Lonoke County north-northeast of Jacksons Store and entered White County southeast of Beebe. A Red Cross survey indicated the following damage in White County: two houses and one mobile home were destroyed, two houses had major damage, one house and two mobile homes had minor damage, and two other houses were affected. Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindBeebe$100,000Several metal buildings were damaged.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindBeebe$50,000Trees and power lines were blown down, and there was also some structural damage.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBeebe$50,000Trees and power lines were down. One tree fell through a mobile home.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindBeebe$50,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down several large trees.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBeebe$20,000Trees and large limbs were down.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindBeebe$10,000Trees were blown down in the Beebe area.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindBeebe$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed some trees along Highway 64 near Beebe.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindBeebe$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. 1 W Beebe,09,1000CST,,,0,0,4,0,Thunderstorm Winds Several large trees were knocked down. Some roofs were damaged by fallen trees.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindBeebe$5,000Some trees were blown down.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBeebe$3,000A couple of power poles were snapped.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBeebe$1,000The public reported a carport was damaged from wind after severe thunderstorms produced strong winds in Beebe.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindBeebe-Several trees blown down on houses, powerlines blown over, and billboards damaged in the town of Beebe.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBeebe-Multiple oak trees were snapped near the trunk in the town of Beebe.
August 2024HailBeebe-Nickel sized hail fell in the community of Beebe.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBeebe-A tree was blown down blocking one lane of Highway 367.
June 2017Flash FloodBeebe-Water was cover Campground Road just east of Beebe.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindBeebe-A few small trees were down with numerous branches down as well.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBeebe-Trees and powerlines were blown down in Beebe.
November 2015Flash FloodBeebe-U.S. Hwy 67 was closed in both directions near exit 28 due to flooding.
January 2007Flash FloodBeebe-Water covered Highway 13 east of Beebe.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindBeebe-Thunderstorm winds downed trees, and tore metal roofs off of a barn and a home.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindBeebe-Power lines knocked down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBeebe-Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and tore shingles off several buildings and homes.
December 2001Tornado (F0)Beebe-The storm that produced a weak tornado in northwest Lonoke County spawned another weak tornado in White County. The tornado (F0) touched down about 3 miles north of Beebe and tracked northeast. The tornado had difficulty reaching the ground and skipped at times. Damage mostly consisted of tree tops, power lines and power poles...with some power outages occurring. The tornado moved 6 miles before dissipating around 2 miles north of Garner.
February 2001Tornado (F2)Beebe-A strong tornado moved from northern Lonoke County into southern White County about 2.5 miles south-southwest of Beebe. The tornado was only on the ground about half a mile before dissipating 2 miles south-southwest of Beebe. The tornado caused mostly tree damage.
February 2001Tornado (F1)Beebe-A weak tornado was spawned in southern White County about 2 miles south of Beebe. The tornado moved quickly northeast, and badly damaged several mobile homes. Roofs were also damaged at a couple of homes, with trees downed. The tornado travelled about 7 miles before dissipating about 1.5 miles east of McRae.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindBeebe-Several trees were knocked down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindBeebe-Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees.
May 2010HailBeebe-no account filed
April 2009HailBeebe-no account filed
April 2008HailBeebe-no account filed
March 2008HailBeebe-no account filed
May 2007HailBeebe-no account filed
April 2006HailBeebe-no account filed
April 2006HailBeebe-no account filed
April 2004Flash FloodBeebe-no account filed
July 2004HailBeebe-no account filed
March 2003HailBeebe-no account filed
May 2003HailBeebe-no account filed
May 2003HailBeebe-no account filed
May 2003Flash FloodBeebe-no account filed
March 2001Flash FloodBeebe-no account filed
June 2001HailBeebe-no account filed
November 2000HailBeebe-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindBeebe-no account filed
February 1999Tornado (F1)Beebe-no account filed
April 1999HailBeebe-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindBeebe-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindBeebe-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindBeebe-no account filed
February 1998HailBeebe-no account filed
May 1997HailBeebe-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindBeebe-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindBeebe-no account filed
May 1995HailBeebe-no account filed
July 1995HailBeebe-no account filed
June 1994HailBeebe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in White 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
Staggs-Huffaker Buildingunder 500 feet1991
Powell Clothing Storeunder 500 feet1991
Beebe Railroad Station0.1 miles1979
S. A. Kimbrough House0.1 miles1991
Laws-Jarvis House0.2 miles1992
Beebe Jail0.2 miles1991

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 91001265 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
White CountyAll 203 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.
  • 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.