BlockFrom the record
One of 23 National Register listings published here for Dukes County · listed in 2024 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
U.S. Marine Hospital at Vineyard Haven
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1887.
The listing
- Address. 151 Lagoon Pond Road, Tisbury
- When was it listed? February 2024
- Category. building
- National Register reference number. 100009983 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1887 to 1994The ground this property stands on, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
31 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of U.S. Marine Hospital at Vineyard Haven between 2015 and 2020, burning about 16 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 9 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 29 July 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 27 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 14 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of U.S. Marine Hospital at Vineyard Haven: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dump Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Red Hill Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
- 1887 USGS Marthas Vineyard quadrangle1:62500
- 1889 USGS Marthas Vineyard quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Marthas Vineyard quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Marthas Vineyard quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Vineyard Haven quadrangle1:31680 - 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000 - 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Vineyard Haven quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Vineyard Haven quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Vineyard Haven quadrangle1:25000 - 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Vineyard Haven quadrangle1:25000
- 1986 USGS Martha's Vineyard quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Martha's Vineyard quadrangle1:100000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ritter House | 0.3 miles | 1977 |
 | William Street Historic District | 0.5 miles | 1983 |
 | Tashmoo Springs Pumping Station | 1.2 miles | 2008 |
 | East Chop Light | 1.9 miles | 1987 |
 | Martha's Vineyard Campground | 2.0 miles | 1978 |
| MVCMA Tabernacle | 2.1 miles | 2005 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009983 in Record Group 79. |
| Dukes County | All 23 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.