A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. 22 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.
One of 183 National Register listings published here for Berkshire County · listed in 2003 · category: District · a National Historic Landmark.
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 111 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 9 fires within 5 miles of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival between 2006 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 29 July 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 6 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 3 April 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 21 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 16 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 10 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 12 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Calcium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Lee Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lee Lime Corp | Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival | under 500 feet | 2001 |
 | Becket Center Historic District | 2.9 miles | 1982 |
 | Methodist Episcopal Society of Tyringham | 4.6 miles | 2000 |
 | Tyringham Library | 4.6 miles | 2018 |
| Tyringham Center School | 4.6 miles | 2020 | |
 | Otis Center Historic District | 5.0 miles | 2022 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 03000644 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Berkshire County | All 183 listed properties in this county. |
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