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Photograph of Enterprise
Photograph by NASA, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

ENTERPRISE (space shuttle)

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. 23 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1888.

From the record

“Space Shuttle Enterprise is the first orbiter of the Space Shuttle system. Rolled out on September 17, 1976, it was built for NASA as part of the Space Shuttle program to perform atmospheric test flights after being launched from a modified Boeing 747.”

Wikipedia article Space Shuttle Enterprise, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Pier 86, W. 46th St. & 12th Ave., Manhattan
  • When was it listed? March 2013
  • Category. structure
  • Borough. Manhattan
  • National Register reference number. 13000071 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

1,062 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,062 fires within 5 miles of ENTERPRISE (space shuttle) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 584 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 71 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/undetermined657
Smoking77
Natural74
Arson/incendiarism71
Equipment and vehicle use58
Misuse of fire by a minor45
Debris and open burning37
Fireworks23
Recreation and ceremony8
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance4

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 2014Missing 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
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in New York County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of ENTERPRISE (space shuttle): 9 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. 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
Heisenbuttles QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer1897, 1908
Manhattan Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
Unnamed Pge OccurrencePalladium, PlatinumOccurrence
2nd St & 4th Ave Siderite DepositIronOccurrence
55th/56th Sts & 3rd Ave DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in New York County

Maps showing this location

23 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, 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
USS INTREPID (aircraft carrier)0.2 miles1986
US Post Office-Old Chelsea Station0.2 miles1989
USS EDSON (DD-946)0.2 miles1990
CIRCLE LINE X (sightseeing vessel)0.3 miles2014
Emerson, The0.5 miles2009
Hotel Gerard0.5 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 13000071 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
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.