Aldrich, Nathan C., House and Resthaven Chapel

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Aldrich, Nathan C., House and Resthaven Chapel between 2002 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Every fire recorded in Worcester County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 413 specimens collected within 10 miles of Aldrich, Nathan C., House and Resthaven Chapel between 1844 and 1975: 166 Plantae, 138 Animalia, 95 Fungi, 9 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. P. D. Piguet, A. R. Hodgdon; F. L. Steele 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.

Image	Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
	Chilonectria coryli (Fuckel) Ellis & Everh.	1896	Henderson
	Coryneum pulvinatum Kunze	1897	D. Murray
	Trichophorum planifolium (Spreng.) Palla	1844	Collector unspecified	Uxbridge
	Carex vesicaria L.	1848	J. W. Robbins
	Potamogeton epihydrus Raf.	1848	J. W. Robbins	Uxbridge
	Potamogeton bicupulatus Fernald	1854	W. J. Robbins	Uxbridge
	Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack.	1855	J. W. Robbins
	Carex normalis Mack.	1855	J. W. Robbins
	Carex siccata Dewey	1855	J. W. Robbins
	Carex straminea Willd. ex Schkuhr	1855	J. W. Robbins
	Hyla versicolor LeConte, 1825	1857	Weinland, David Friedrich
	Sterna hirundo hirundo Linnaeus, 1758	1892	Babbitt, J P	Massachusetts

All 413 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Aldrich, Nathan C., House and Resthaven Chapel: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Every working recorded in Worcester County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mendon, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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.

Every storm recorded in Worcester County

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.

The whole case file for this property - 18,763 words, 58 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 06000399, 58 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

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.