Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
“The Mayo House is a historic house at 302 Elm Street in Marvell, Arkansas. It is a wood-frame structure, clad in novelty siding, with a dormered hip roof.”
Wikipedia article Mayo House (Marvell, Arkansas), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 60 National Register listings published here for Phillips County · listed in 1997 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Mayo House between 1999 and 2008, burning about 113 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 November 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 90 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 October 2000 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 January 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marvell, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Marvell | 3 hurt, $30,000 | no account filed |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marvell | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused significant damage to some metal buildings, a house, and some very large trees. The hardwood trees were approximately 3 feet wide. One metal building had a portion of the roof peeled up as well as 2 garage doors blown in. The grain bins behind the metal building sustained dents near the top due to the winds. The house was damaged by one of the large trees falling on top of it. Two mobile homes were damaged as well with their roofs blown off. Additional smaller trees were snapped in the vicinity. |
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Marvell | $40,000 | A tornado touched down briefly just west-northwest of Marvell. Several trees and power lines were knocked down. A supply feed store was damaged as the tornado crossed Highway 49. |
| March 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Marvell | $25,000 | The tornado caused intermittent damage from west-southwest of Marvell into the town of Marvell. The tornado downed power poles and damaged a small outbuilding along Highway 1 southwest of Marvell. In town, the tornado bent street lights and a power pole. Tree limbs were broken and a baseball field scoreboard was knocked down. Peak estimated wind was 80 mph. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marvell | $25,000 | The roof of the Boys, Girls, Adult Community Development Center was blown off. Several trees were blown down. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Marvell | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marvell | $5,000 | Some trees were knocked down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marvell | $4,000 | Trees were knocked into power lines, 2 miles south of Marvell from straight line winds. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marvell | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees in the Marvell community. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marvell | $2,000 | A large tree was blown down and fell on a power line. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marvell | $1,000 | Several large branches down around town. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Marvell | $1,000 | One road was flooded. |
| November 2007 | Hail | Marvell | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Marvell | $10 | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Marvell | $10 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marvell | - | Straight line winds knocked down numerous trees and power lines across county roads near Marvell. Approximately, one hundred people were without power in Marvell immediately after the storm. One mobile home sustained minor damage on County Road 113, outside of Marvell. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Marvell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | First Baptist Church | under 500 feet | 1991 |
 | Turner Historic District | 5.2 miles | 2006 |
 | Phillips County Penal Farm Historic District | 6.2 miles | 2007 |
 | Little Cypress Creek Bridge | 6.3 miles | 1995 |
 | Richardson-Turner House | 7.3 miles | 1998 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 97001513 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Phillips County | All 60 listed properties in this county. |
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