Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
“The Gillham House is a historic house in rural Garland County, Arkansas. It is located north of the hamlet of Royal, about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of United States Route 270 on the east side of Gillham Road.”
Wikipedia article Gillham House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 95 National Register listings published here for Garland County · listed in 1994 · 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 122 fires within 5 miles of Gillham House between 1992 and 2019, burning about 413 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 27 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 | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BEAR RIFLE RANGE |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gillham House: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Slate, Dimension, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job No Joo-235 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| No Name | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| No Name | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Royal, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 16 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | $10,000 | A few trees were blown down on county roads around Royal. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Royal | - | Water covered the bridge at the 700 block of Brady Mountain Cutoff. |
| April 2025 | Heavy Rain | Royal | - | Rainfall storm total of 10.70 inches as of 8AM CDT on 4/6/25 at Royal. Rain continued through the day on the 6th. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Royal | - | Baseball sized hail fell on Brady Mountain Road in Royal. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Royal | - | This was an mPING report. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | A tree was blown down. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | Trees were blown down at many locations across the county. |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Royal | - | A funnel cloud was reported near Royal. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | A large tree limb was down on Fleetwood Drive off of U.S. Highway 270. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged a storage building. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | Numerous trees and large tree limbs were downed around Royal, with at least one tree on a house. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | Most of the roof of a boat dock was blown off at the Brady Mountain Recreation Area. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged several boat docks and knocked down a number of trees. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| February 2013 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| January 2012 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | no account filed |
| October 1999 | Hail | Royal | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Royal | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Harley E. Green House | 2.4 miles | 1979 |
| Army & Navy Memorial Lodge | 3.2 miles | 2019 | |
| Mayberry Springs | 3.5 miles | 1990 | |
 | Charlton Bathhouse | 7.7 miles | 1993 |
 | Charlton Spillway-Dam | 8.0 miles | 1993 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 94000188 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Garland County | All 95 listed properties in this county. |
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