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Photograph of Central Street Historic District
Photograph by Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger), Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Central Street Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. 21 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.

From the record

One of 686 National Register listings published here for Worcester County · listed in 2003 · category: District.

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

The listing

Fires near this property

112 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Central Street Historic District between 2002 and 2020, burning about 87 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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/undetermined39
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism20
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking11
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRhode Island Division of Forest Environmentnot named
8 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
8 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
8 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
29 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRhode Island Division of Forest Environmentnot named
27 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Every fire recorded in Worcester County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Central Street Historic District: 13 past producers, 6 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. 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
Uxbridge ProspectLead, ZincProspect
C Pezza and Son IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Candlewood Recreation AreaSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Greenville Road MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Helca PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Holliston Sand CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Holliston Sand Plant Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oliveira PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pezza PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
R A Bergesson and SonsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Worcester County

Maps showing this location

21 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
Main Street Historic District0.3 miles2006
Chestnut Hill Meetinghouse1.1 miles1984
Ironstone Mill Housing and Cellar Hole1.3 miles1983
Dexter Richardson House1.6 miles1983
William and Mary Farnum House1.7 miles1984
Sylvanus Holbrook House1.9 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 03000550 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Worcester CountyAll 686 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.