Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1888.
One of 480 National Register listings published here for Essex County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.
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 35 fires within 5 miles of Essex Town Hall and TOHP Burnham Library between 2015 and 2020, burning about 21 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 | 16 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | IPSWICH |
| 25 August 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 22 August 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | IPSWICH |
| 30 July 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BEVERLY |
| 3 July 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | IPSWICH |
| 21 July 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | GLOUCESTER |
| 18 July 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | GLOUCESTER |
| 3 June 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Essex Town Hall and TOHP Burnham Library: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atwater Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Manchester Sand and Stone Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Goodhue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| R W Drinkwater | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cogswell's Grant | 0.8 miles | 1990 |
 | David Burnham House | 1.4 miles | 1983 |
 | Benaiah Titcomb House | 1.5 miles | 1990 |
 | George Giddings House and Barn | 1.6 miles | 1990 |
 | Isaac Goodale House | 2.2 miles | 1990 |
 | William Haskell House | 2.3 miles | 1990 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07000946 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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