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One of 480 National Register listings published here for Essex County · listed in 2003 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Bellvue Cemetery
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.
The listing
- Address. 170 May St., Lawrence
- When was it listed? October 2003
- Category. site
- National Register reference number. 03000993 - 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.
Fires near this property
88 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Bellvue Cemetery between 2002 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 | 21 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 14 September 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 14 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | NORTH ANDOVER |
| 8 August 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | LAWERANCE |
| 8 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | LAWERANCE |
| 8 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | LAWERANCE |
| 5 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | METHUEN |
| 27 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Bellvue Cemetery: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Nickel, Gold, Silver, Copper, Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dracut Ni Mine/Nickel Mine Hill | Nickel, Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Wittemore Perlite Plant | Perlite | Plant | ||
| Brox Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| George Brox Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dracut Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| New England Concrete Block and Pipe | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rocco Zambino and Sons, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Torromeo Trucking Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Maps showing this location
16 surveysUnited 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.
- 1886 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:62500
- 1888 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:62500 - 10 printings
- 1918 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:31680 - 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000 - 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:25000
- 1966 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:25000
- 1988 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | High Service Water Tower and Reservoir | 0.2 miles | 1978 |
 | Arlington Mills Historic District | 0.5 miles | 1985 |
 | Emerson House | 0.7 miles | 1984 |
 | Stephen Barker House | 0.7 miles | 1984 |
 | House at 113-115 Center Street | 0.8 miles | 1984 |
 | House at 13 Annis Street | 0.8 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 03000993 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Essex County | All 480 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.