Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
“The Lair House is a historic house at Stone and Elm Streets in Holly Grove, Arkansas. It is a wood-frame structure, with a complex roof line with two forward gables joined by a horizontal crossing section.”
Wikipedia article Lair House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 43 National Register listings published here for Monroe County · listed in 1998 · 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 16 fires within 5 miles of Lair House between 1999 and 2019, burning about 865 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 173 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 39 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 155 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Smoking | 141 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | HOLLY GROVE |
| 6 October 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holly Grove, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Holly Grove | $75,000 | Houses were flooded along Arkansas Highway 146 roughly 5 miles southeast of Holly Grove. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | $50,000 | Several trees were blown down onto houses. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | $40,000 | Trees, power lines, and power poles were blown down. Some of the trees fell on houses. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | $10,000 | Some trees were blown down. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | $10,000 | Large limbs were blown down, causing power outages. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew power lines down. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | - | Several trees were blown down in the community of Holly Grove, AR. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Holly Grove | - | Hail fell ranging in size from marbles to quarters. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | - | Trees were down on power lines and across roads in town. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Flash Flood | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Holly Grove | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | James A. Walls House | 0.1 miles | 1980 |
 | Holly Grove Historic District | 0.3 miles | 1979 |
 | Abramson House | 0.3 miles | 1995 |
| Capps House | 7.4 miles | 1990 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 98000371 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Monroe County | All 43 listed properties in this county. |
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