Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. 18 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1887.
One of 202 National Register listings published here for Barnstable County · listed in 2001 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Old Town Center Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 28 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | 1946 |
| 24 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cape Cod National Seashore | EWTWNLINE |
| 22 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 22 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 22 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cape Cod National Seashore | MAURICES |
| 18 September 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Cape Cod National Seashore | WIRE FIRE |
| 5 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | 1520 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Old Town Center Historic District: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M F Roach Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Eastham Center Historic District | 0.4 miles | 1999 |
 | Bridge Road Cemetery | 0.7 miles | 1999 |
| Three Sisters of Nauset (Twin Lights) | 1.1 miles | 1987 | |
 | Edward Penniman House and Barn | 1.3 miles | 1976 |
 | Fort Hill Rural Historic District | 1.3 miles | 2001 |
 | Beacon, The | 1.5 miles | 1987 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 01000196 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Barnstable County | All 202 listed properties in this county. |
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