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Murray Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

One of 601 National Register listings published here for New York County · listed in 2013 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Murray Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase), surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Murray Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase), surveyed 1891

Fires near this property

1,442 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,442 fires within 5 miles of Murray Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 427 acres in total. 94 started naturally. 91 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined936
Smoking101
Natural94
Arson/incendiarism91
Equipment and vehicle use71
Misuse of fire by a minor53
Debris and open burning50
Fireworks23
Recreation and ceremony11
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes3

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in New York County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Murray Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase): 8 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Manganese, Garnet. 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
102nd St & 4th Ave Garnet DepositGarnet, GemstoneOccurrence
49th St & 1st Ave Beryl DepositBerylliumOccurrence
64th St & 10th Ave Stilbite DepositZeolitesOccurrence
69th/70th Sts & 2nd Ave DepositIron, Garnet, TitaniumOccurrence
General Metallic Oxides/Jersey CityManganeseUnknown
Manhattan Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
2nd St & 4th Ave Siderite DepositIronOccurrence
55th/56th Sts & 3rd Ave DepositIronOccurrence
85th/86th Sts, 9th/10th Aves Dep.IronOccurrence
Granton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1897

Every working recorded in New York County

Maps showing this location

15 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 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
Grand Central Terminal (Boundary Increase: Park Avenue Viaduct)under 500 feet1983
House at 146 East 38th St.under 500 feet2008
Chrysler Buildingunder 500 feet1976
Chanin Buildingunder 500 feet1980
Grand Central Terminal0.1 miles1975
Adelaide L. T. Douglas House0.2 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 13000039 in Record Group 79.
New York CountyAll 601 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.