Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
“The Mulberry Home Economics Building is a historic school building in Mulberry, Arkansas. It is a single-story stone and masonry structure, located off West 5th Street behind the current Mulberry High School building.”
Wikipedia article Mulberry Home Economics Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 35 National Register listings published here for Crawford County · listed in 1992 · 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 71 fires within 5 miles of Mulberry Home Economics Building between 1997 and 2018, burning about 804 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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 burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2001 | Smoking | 75 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 22 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2000 | Smoking | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mulberry Home Economics Building: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mulberry, the town this property stands in, in 58 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 26 hail, 26 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Hail | Mulberry | $100,000 | Tennis ball size hail damaged homes, businesses, and vehicles. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Mulberry | $75,000 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour destroyed a few barns. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Mulberry | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Mulberry | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Mulberry | $20,000 | This tornado developed on the west side of Mulberry, where trees were uprooted and homes were damaged. The tornado moved east across town, uprooting more trees and snapping large tree limbs before dissipating east of town just south of Highway 64. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 85 to 95 mph. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | $20,000 | A tree was blown down onto a mobile home. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | $15,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees and power lines. Some homes were damaged. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a large tree down onto a roof of a home. The winds also blew down power lines. |
| December 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | $10,000 | Thunderstorms winds blew several trees down, 9 power poles down, and the roof off a barn near Mulberry. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew many shingles off of a home, tore the storm door off a house, and blew down small trees. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs and power lines. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down onto a house. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | $5,000 | Several trees were knocked down. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Mulberry | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | $3,000 | Power lines, a few trees, and numerous 3-4" diameter tree limbs were blown down in Mulberry. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs and power lines. |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a power pole. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | $500 | Several trees and numerous branches blown down |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | $100 | Several 6-8" diameter tree limbs blown down in town |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | - | Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted a tree. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto Highway 215. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Mulberry | - | Locally heavy rainfall resulted in flooding north of Mulberry. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Mulberry | - | Portions of Highway 64 near Mulberry were closed due to high water. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Mulberry | - | The Mulberry River was out of its banks near Silver Bridge. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | - | A storm spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | - | Emergency management personnel estimated 70 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few large trees. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | - | A 60 mile an hour wind gust from a thunderstorm was reported by an emergency manager. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | - | A 60 mile an hour wind gust from a thunderstorm was reported by a trained spotter. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Mulberry | - | Heavy rain caused several secondary roads to be flooded. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Mulberry | - | Heavy rain caused secondary roads around Mulberry to be flooded. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Mulberry | - | Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the early morning of June 12th. Strong thunderstorm winds downed power lines in Prairie Grove, and numerous large tree limbs were blown down in Winslow, 4 miles northeast of Lee Creek, and at Devils Den State Park 6 miles northeast of Lee Creek. Dime size hail fell at Mulberry. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| December 2012 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| January 1995 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| January 1995 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Mulberry | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Mulberry | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Bryant-Lasater House | 0.6 miles | 2007 |
 | Mulberry River Bridge | 2.4 miles | 2007 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92001218 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Crawford County | All 35 listed properties in this county. |
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