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One of 389 National Register listings published here for Bristol County · listed in 2006 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Bourne Mill
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1888.
The listing
- Address. 844 State Ave., Fall River
- When was it listed? December 2006
- Category. building
- National Register reference number. 06001190 - 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
19 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Bourne Mill between 2002 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 25 May 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 14 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Rhode Island Division of Forest Environment | not named |
| 26 April 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Rhode Island Division of Forest Environment | not named |
| 21 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 20 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Rhode Island Division of Forest Environment | not named |
| 19 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Rhode Island Division of Forest Environment | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bourne Mill: 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kidd Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pca Construction Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tiverton Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Tiverton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
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.
- 1888 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
- 1919 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Providence quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:31680 - 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000 - 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:25000
- 1977 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Providence quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fall River quadrangle1:25000 - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Charlton Mill | 0.6 miles | 1983 |
 | King Philip Mills | 0.9 miles | 1983 |
 | Globe Yarn Mills | 1.3 miles | 1983 |
 | Brayton Methodist Episcopal Church | 1.4 miles | 1983 |
 | Wyoming Mills | 1.4 miles | 2024 |
 | Massasoit Fire House No. 5 | 1.4 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 06001190 in Record Group 79. |
| Bristol County | All 389 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.