Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
“The Bishop Brookes House is a historic house at 407 North 6th Street in De Queen, Arkansas. It is a brick structure, built between 1922 and 1928 by Bishop Brookes, Sr., the proprietor of the locally prominent Brookes Drug Store.”
Wikipedia article Bishop Brookes House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 17 National Register listings published here for Sevier County · listed in 1999 · 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 78 fires within 5 miles of Bishop Brookes House between 1997 and 2020, burning about 218 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 29 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 | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Bishop Brookes House: 23 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Calcium, Copper, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Mine | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| No Name | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Petty Prospect | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Rolling Fork Pit & Plant | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Dequeen Sand & Gravel Co | 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 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Otis Theodore and Effiegene Locke Wingo House | under 500 feet | 2004 |
 | First Presbyterian Church | under 500 feet | 1994 |
 | DeQueen Commercial Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2012 |
 | Hayes Hardware Store | 0.2 miles | 1980 |
 | DeQueen & Eastern Railroad Machine Shop | 0.7 miles | 1996 |
 | King Schoolhouse | 7.9 miles | 1996 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 99001352 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Sevier County | All 17 listed properties in this county. |
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