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Photograph of The Codding Farm
Photograph by John Phelan, CC BY 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Codding Farm, The

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. 18 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1887.

From the record

“The Codding Farm is a historic farmstead at 217 High Street in North Attleborough, Massachusetts. The farmstead consists of three buildings on just under 4 acres (1.6 ha) of land.”

Wikipedia article The Codding Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 389 National Register listings published here for Bristol County · listed in 2009 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 2 structuress, 1 site, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 217 High St., North Attleborough, 02760
  • When was it listed? 2009-04-22
  • Category. building
  • City. North Attleborough Town city
  • National Register reference number. 09000236 - 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

61 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Codding Farm, The between 2008 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. None 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
Recreation and ceremony25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning6
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlFOXBORO
27 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLAINVILLE
27 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLAINVILLE
26 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLAINVILLE
25 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLAINVILLE
23 September 2015Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresRhode Island Division of Forest Environmentnot named
23 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLAINVILLE
22 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLAINVILLE

Every fire recorded in Bristol County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 338 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 338 specimens collected within 10 miles of Codding Farm, The between 1874 and 1973: 196 Animalia, 96 Plantae, 46 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. A. Eaton, A. E. Sears, A.H.A. 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
A photograph of the species Hypoxis hirsuta, not of this specimenHypoxis hirsuta (L.) Coville1874not recorded
A photograph of the species Amaranthus spinosus, not of this specimenAmaranthus spinosus L.1878not recorded
A photograph of the species Eubotrys racemosa, not of this specimenEubotrys racemosa (L.) Nutt.1878Mrs. M. L. Owen
A photograph of the species Pipilo erythrophthalmus, not of this specimenPipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758)1879for F. S. WrightRHODE ISLAND: Providence County; Pawtucket
A photograph of the species Symphyotrichum tenuifolium, not of this specimenSymphyotrichum tenuifolium (L.) G.L.Nesom1879W. W. BaileySeekonk river banks, Providence.
A photograph of the species Dendroica discolor, not of this specimenDendroica discolor (Vieillot, 1809)1880Collector(s): Henry Kelso CoalePawtucket
A photograph of the species Deutzia scabra, not of this specimenDeutzia scabra Thunb.1880S. M. Holman, Jr.Attleboro.
A photograph of the species Habenaria lacera, not of this specimenHabenaria lacera (Michx.) R.Br.1880S. M. Holman, Jr.Attleboro.
A photograph of the species Lilium superbum, not of this specimenLilium superbum L.1880S. M. Holman, Jr.Attleboro.
A photograph of the species Setophaga americana, not of this specimenSetophaga americana (Linnaeus, 1758)1880William C. Flint
A photograph of the species Woodsia ilvensis, not of this specimenWoodsia ilvensis (L.) R.Br.1880S. M. Holman, Jr.Attleboro.
A photograph of the species Passerina cyanea, not of this specimenPasserina cyanea (Linnaeus, 1766)1881C. F. SnowMASSACHUSETTS: Bristol County; Norton

All 338 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Codding Farm, The: 18 past producers, 9 producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Foster ProspectArsenic, Uranium, Thorium, REEProspect
Glines & Rhodes Refin.--PlainvilleGold, PGE, SilverPast Producer
Masslite PitClay, StoneProducer
PlainvilleBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Sheldonville MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerVein
Simeone Stone CorporationGranitePast ProducerGranite
Sneech Pond ProspectManganeseProspect
Five Star Mineral and Mining CoGoldPast Producer
Sheldonville MineSilver, GoldPast Producer
MassliteClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Bristol County

Maps showing this location

18 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

From the nomination file

15,203 words on record

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.

Statement of significance

Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.) X A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. -B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. XC Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. -D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.

Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) Property is: - Aowned by religious institution or used for religious purposes. - Bremoved from its original location. _ Ca birthplace or grave. _ Da cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. - Gless than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50years.

3ristol, MF iounty and Stat Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURE ARCHITECTURE Period of Significance 1833 to 1959 Significant Dates 1850 (Purchase by Abiel Codding, Jr.) 1955 end of darying Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) N/A Cultural Affiliation Architect/Builder Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.

The whole case file for this property - 15,203 words, 55 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 09000236, 55 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 09000236 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Bristol CountyAll 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.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • 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.