Built in 1905 in the Colonial Revival architecture. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
2001. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
From the record
“Georgetown Central School, or Memorial Town Hall, is a historic school building at 1 Library Street in Georgetown, Massachusetts. The building currently serves as Georgetown's Town Hall.”
Wikipedia article Georgetown Central School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 350 National Register listings in Essex County · listed in 2001 · category: Building · built in 1905, Colonial Revival architecture, by Cooper & Bailey · one of 2 National Historic Landmarks in Essex County.
National Register reference number.01000915- 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.
N preparing this pamphlet no attempt has been made to write a history of Georgetown, either as a town or as a parish, as such an undertaking would have been an utter impossibility owing to limitations of time and ability. Those in charge, therefore, have sought to present, in as an attractive way as possible, a brief sketch of our town, and to present a few facts regarding its beginnings, its growth, and, more especially, its attractiveness. We sincerely believe that Georgetown is one of the most attractive of the New England towns; and, while we cannot hope to ever become a great manufacturing center, we do believe that Georgetown offers exceptional advantages for those who seek for a quiet village for residences where they may be free from the annoyances of city life.
We therefore offer no apology, but hope that whoever purchases this little book may feel that they were able to procure a suitable souvenir of the town of Georgetown, Massachusetts, and of the two hundred and fortieth anniversary of the first grant of land within the present town limits.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Georgetown Central School between
2015 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning
24
Equipment and vehicle use
12
Recreation and ceremony
9
Arson/incendiarism
9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
6
Smoking
5
Power generation/transmission/distribution
5
Misuse of fire by a minor
2
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 3,021 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Georgetown Central School between 1800 and
1975: 1,464 Plantae, 920 Animalia, 577 Fungi, 34 Chromista, 14 Protozoa, 10 Unrecorded, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A Brown, A. A. Eaton, A. A. Eaton; R. G. Leavitt and others. Each is a
physical object with a catalogue
number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was
collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be
concluded from a species being absent.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
10 workings within 5 miles of Georgetown Central School: 7 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant.
3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Georgetown, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood.
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.
Microburst occurred in Georgetown at approximately 7:10 pm EDT in Georgetown. Numerous trees and wires were downed. Winds estimated near 80 mph just southeast of the Crane Pond Wildlife Management Area.
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.
From the nomination file
8,880 words on record
When this property was proposed for the
National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is,
and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain.
It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the
occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s
typewriter's.
Statement of significance
Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.) XA Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. - B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. X C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.
Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) Property is: -A owned by religious institution or used for religious purposes. _ B removed from its original location. _ C a birthplace or grave. _ D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. _ F a commemorative property. ESSEX COUNTY, MASS. County and State Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) EDUCATION ARCHITECTURE Period of Significance 1905- 1951 Significant Dates 1905 Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) Cultural Affiliation N/A Architect/Builder COOPER AND BAILEY - G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years.
Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) SEE ATTACHED CONTINUATION SHEET #8 2.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 01000915, 27 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
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.
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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.
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