Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1888.
One of 480 National Register listings published here for Essex County · listed in 2005 · 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 109 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 87 fires within 5 miles of River Road-Cross Street Historic District between 2006 and 2020, burning about 287 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BEVERLY |
| 4 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BEVERLY |
| 21 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 18 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of River Road-Cross Street Historic District: 5 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Thorium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danvers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Harriman Mine | Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Thiokol Ventron Div--Danvers, Ma. | Thorium | Plant | ||
| Camillieri Corp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Donald Innis Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| R W Drinkwater Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Topseal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Zaccheus Gould House | 0.4 miles | 1990 |
 | Stanley Lake House | 0.5 miles | 1990 |
 | Sawyer House | 1.0 miles | 1990 |
 | Topsfield Town Common District | 1.1 miles | 1976 |
 | Capt. Joseph Gould House | 1.1 miles | 1990 |
 | Parson Capen House | 1.2 miles | 1966 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 05000465 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. |
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