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Photograph of Berryville Gymnasium
Photograph by Melodibit, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Berryville Gymnasium

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

From the record

“The Berryville Gymnasium is a historic school building, located in a large school complex on the west side of Berryville, Arkansas. It is a single-story stone masonry structure, with a gable-on-hip roof.”

Wikipedia article Berryville Gymnasium, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 34 National Register listings published here for Carroll County · listed in 1992 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Fires near this property

28 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Berryville Gymnasium between 1998 and 2020, burning about 586 acres in total. 3 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
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning5
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
9 September 1999Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2012Natural6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2012Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 June 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 May 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Berryville Gymnasium: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Iron. 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
Newman Pyrite ProspectIronOccurrence
Unk QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Carroll County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Garrett Sand & Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kings River Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Carroll County

Storms near this property

60 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berryville, the town this property stands in, in 65 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 34 thunderstorm wind, 25 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
April 2008Flash FloodBerryville$200,000Heavy rain caused numerous county roads to be washed out. The ends of several bridges were also washed out.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindBerryville$50,000Strong thunderstorm wind estimated from 70 to 80 mph blew most of the metal roof covering from a school building, snapped numerous large tree limbs, and uprooted a few trees in a broad swath across the northwestern portion of Berryville.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindBerryville$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindBerryville$15,000no account filed
April 2011HailBerryville$10,000no account filed
January 2013Thunderstorm WindBerryville$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a home.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBerryville$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees down. A few of the trees fell on power lines causing power outages.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindBerryville$3,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew power lines down.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindBerryville$3,000Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines which caused a power outage to 2000 Berryville area residents.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBerryville$3,000There were numerous reports of trees across roadways throughout Carroll County.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindBerryville$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees, and blew down power lines.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindBerryville$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines in Berryville.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindBerryville$1,000Strong wind from a line of thunderstorms blew down a power pole in Berryville and blew down trees near Green Forest.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindBerryville$1,000A business sign was blown down in Berryville.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindBerryville$500Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindBerryville$500Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindBerryville$500Several trees were knocked down.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindBerryville$100Thunderstorm winds blew down large trees.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBerryville$100Thunderstorm winds blew trees down.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindBerryville$100Several large tree limbs were blown down, reported by radio station KTHS.
April 2022Flash FloodBerryville-Portions of several roads were flooded by heavy rainfall.
December 2018Thunderstorm WindBerryville-Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindBerryville-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
March 2015Thunderstorm WindBerryville-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindBerryville-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees and numerous large tree limbs. A number of roads were blocked by fallen trees and limbs on the south side of town.
October 2011Tornado (EF0)Berryville-Several people witnessed a brief tornado over open country northwest of Berryville, one of which photographed it. The tornado resulted in no known damage.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBerryville-Several large oak trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindBerryville-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
March 2008Flash FloodBerryville-Heavy rain caused numerous roads across Carroll County to be closed due to high water.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindBerryville-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindBerryville-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindBerryville-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindBerryville-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindBerryville-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees. Some of the trees blocked roads.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindBerryville-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down large trees.
December 2001Flash FloodBerryville-Heavy thunderstorm rains caused water to flow over a county road five miles south of Berryville.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindBerryville-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew several trees down.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindBerryville-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a pair of trees.
June 2000Flash FloodBerryville-Heavy rains caused street flooding with a few streets becoming impassable.
March 2024HailBerryville-no account filed
May 2024HailBerryville-no account filed
May 2024HailBerryville-no account filed
April 2017HailBerryville-no account filed
March 2011HailBerryville-no account filed
April 2011HailBerryville-no account filed
June 2009HailBerryville-no account filed
April 2008HailBerryville-no account filed
May 2006HailBerryville-no account filed
September 2006HailBerryville-no account filed
May 2004HailBerryville-no account filed
August 2003HailBerryville-no account filed
May 2002HailBerryville-no account filed
May 2001HailBerryville-no account filed
May 2001HailBerryville-no account filed
October 2001HailBerryville-no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindBerryville-no account filed
May 1998HailBerryville-no account filed
April 1997HailBerryville-no account filed
March 1996HailBerryville-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindBerryville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carroll 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
Berryville Agriculture Buildingunder 500 feet1992
Berryville Commercial Historic District0.6 miles2016
Carroll County Courthouse, Eastern District0.6 miles1976
Berryville Post Office0.7 miles1998
W. D. Crawford House4.5 miles1992
Concord School House6.1 miles2009

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 92001215 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Carroll CountyAll 34 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.