Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. 23 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.
One of 183 National Register listings published here for Berkshire County · listed in 1976 · 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 111 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 27 fires within 5 miles of Lee Lower Main Street Historic District between 2003 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. 1 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 | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 13 September 2016 | Other causes | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 4 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 31 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 7 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 23 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 13 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Lee Lower Main Street Historic District: 8 past producers, 6 producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Marble, Dimension, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Lime Corp | Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Lee Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lee Marble Inc Qy & Plant | Marble, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Lee White Marble Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Belden Mine | Iron | Producer | Limonite | |
| Belden Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Belden Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Abby Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Abby and Sons Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Beacco Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hyde School | 0.2 miles | 2004 |
 | Hyde House | 0.2 miles | 1976 |
 | Lee Station | 0.2 miles | 2010 |
 | Golden Hill Bridge | 1.2 miles | 1994 |
| Mount, The | 2.5 miles | 1971 | |
 | Merrell Tavern | 2.6 miles | 1972 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 09000090 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Berkshire County | All 183 listed properties in this county. |
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