Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
“Olmstead & Son Funeral Home is a historic commercial building at 108 South Fourth Street in Heber Springs, Arkansas. It is a single-story stone structure, with a parapeted sloping roof.”
Wikipedia article T.E. Olmstead & Son Funeral Home, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 18 National Register listings published here for Cleburne County · listed in 1995 · 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 32 fires within 5 miles of Olmstead, T. E., & Son Funeral Home between 1997 and 2020, burning about 212 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Olmstead, T. E., & Son Funeral Home: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heber Springs Quarry & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heber Springs, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 1995: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heber Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and damaged some roof of buildings. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heber Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds blew camping trailers over and uprooted trees in the Heber Springs area. Some of the trees fell onto camping trailers. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heber Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees onto houses. |
| August 1995 | Hail | Heber Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and power lines. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heber Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and power lines. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heber Springs | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| September 1993 | Hail | Heber Springs | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cleburne County Courthouse | under 500 feet | 1976 |
 | Heber Springs Commercial Historic District | 0.1 miles | 2009 |
 | Rector House | 0.2 miles | 2008 |
 | Hugh L. King House | 0.2 miles | 1992 |
 | Dr. Cyrus F. Crosby House | 0.3 miles | 1993 |
 | Clarence Frauenthal House | 0.3 miles | 1993 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 95001438 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Cleburne County | All 18 listed properties in this county. |
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