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Photograph of Southwestern Bell Repeater Station-Wright City
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Southwestern Bell Repeater Station-Wright City

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

From the record

“Southwestern Bell Repeater Station-Wright City, also known as the AT&T Repeater Station and Reliance Automotive, is a historic telephone repeater station located at Wright City, Warren County, Missouri. It was built in 1930 by Southwestern Bell, and is a one-story, Tudor Revival style variegated brick building.”

Wikipedia article Southwestern Bell Repeater Station-Wright City, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Warren County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Southwestern Bell Repeater Station--Wright City - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. NE corner of North Service Rd. and Bell Rd., Wright City, 63390
  • When was it listed? February 2007
  • Category. building
  • Township. Hickory Grove township
  • Architectural style. Tudor Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 07000039 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Southwestern Bell Repeater Station-Wright City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 107 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 September 1992Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation127130-10952-08042015-1406
14 August 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 July 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation137292-10952-05302016-1646

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Southwestern Bell Repeater Station-Wright City: 28 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Warrenton Copper RefineryCopperPlant
Unknown - PbLeadPast Producer
Lineback Pit #2Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - Clay PitsFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - Clay PitsFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClaypitsFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this property

33 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wright City, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 15 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2001Tornado (F0)Wright City$20,000A small tornado formed briefly just west of Wright City. One mobile home on a sales lot was overturned.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindWright City$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down, along with reports of one-inch-diameter hail. Reported by ham radio spotters.
April 2025FloodWright City-A member of the public measured 1.32 inches having fallen 1 mile southwest of Warrenton just before reports of flooding started coming in. All reports came from the emergency manager and all locations listed typically flood when heavy rain falls. Spots include: Highway O at Walnut Crest, Highway F at South Stracks Church Road, Schreckengast Road at Cedar Lake Cellars, and Highway J at BMC Stone Quarry.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWright City-Thunderstorm winds snapped a weak tree at its base at Coorperative Way just south of I-70.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindWright City-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees as well as numerous tree limbs around town. Also, several fences were damaged.
August 2020Flash FloodWright City-Up to four inches of rain fell in about a two and a half hour time period causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded in and around the Wright City area, including the intersection of State Highways M and H. One road, Roelker Road south of intersection with Appaloosa Way, was completely washed out from the flash flood. Also, Edgewater Circle was flooded in several locations and sustained minor damage.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWright City-Thunderstorm winds blew part of the roof off of a mobile home.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWright City-Thunderstorm winds blew down two large trees onto Bell Road. Also, a couple of power poles were blown down. Further east in town, several trees and numerous tree limbs were blown down. A church lost its steeple due to the winds.
May 2008HailWright City-Storm spotters reported hail up to golf ball size.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindWright City-A tree was blown down onto Highway F south of Wright City. It knocked down a power line as well.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWright City-Thunderstorm wind gusts blew the tin roof off of a storage building. The tin damaged a car and a nearby business sign.
June 2005HailWright City-Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail.
November 2005HailWright City-Local law enforcement reported 3/4 inch hail.
April 2003HailWright City-Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail.
April 1994HailWright City-Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down, along with reports of one-inch-diameter hail. Reported by ham radio spotters.
April 1994HailWright City-Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down, along with reports of one-inch-diameter hail. Reported by ham radio spotters.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWright City-no account filed
March 2019HailWright City-no account filed
June 2018HailWright City-no account filed
May 2014HailWright City-no account filed
September 2012HailWright City-no account filed
April 2012HailWright City-no account filed
May 2011HailWright City-no account filed
April 2011HailWright City-no account filed
April 2006HailWright City-no account filed
March 2003HailWright City-no account filed
March 2003LightningWright City-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindWright City-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWright City-no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindWright City-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindWright City-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindWright City-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindWright City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Warren County

Map coverage status

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.

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Ernst Schowengerdt House5.5 miles1980
Warren County Courthouse and Circuit Court Building5.8 miles1972

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 07000039 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Warren CountyAll 10 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.