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one of 500 National Register listings in Worcester County · listed in 2019 · category: Building · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Worcester County.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
one of 500 National Register listings in Worcester County · listed in 2019 · category: Building · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Worcester County.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Olney Cook Artisan Shop between 2002 and 2020, burning about 119 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 28 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BELLINGHAM |
| 27 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BELLINGHAM |
| 27 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BELLINGHAM |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 398 specimens collected within 10 miles of Olney Cook Artisan Shop between 1844 and 1975: 169 Plantae, 129 Animalia, 95 Fungi, 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 | |
| Phyllosticta pyrina Sacc. | 1893 | R. A. Harper |
All 398 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Olney Cook Artisan Shop: 2 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candlewood Recreation Area | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Oliveira Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rosenfeld Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mendon | $30,000 | Numerous trees were downed by thunderstorm winds in Mendon and Hopedale. One tree took down a utility pole and wires as it fell on Gaskill Street. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mendon | $2,500 | At 435 PM EST, trees were down on Neck Hill Road and Gaskill Street in Mendon. The roads were impassable. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mendon | $500 | In Mendon, a tree was down on Route 16. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mendon | - | In Mendon at 553 PM EDT, a mesonet site recorded a wind gust to 58 mph. |
| July 2019 | Flood | Mendon | - | In Mendon, Route 16 near the marina was flooded with 2 feet of water across the roadway. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Mendon | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldrich, Nathan C., House and Resthaven Chapel | 0.7 miles | 2006 | |
| Sayles, Richard, House | 2.3 miles | 1983 | |
| Bancroft Memorial Library | 2.6 miles | 1999 | |
| Gillon Block | 3.2 miles | 1982 | |
| Thom Block | 3.3 miles | 1983 | |
| Milford Town Hall | 3.3 miles | 1977 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004699 in Record Group 79. |
| Worcester County | All 500 listed properties in this county. |