Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.
One of 480 National Register listings published here for Essex County · listed in 2012 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Towne Farm between 2006 and 2020, burning about 233 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 18 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 14 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | NORTH ANDOVER |
| 13 September 2020 | Smoking | 1.2 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Towne Farm: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Harriman Mine | Sulfur | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | John Boardman House | 0.6 miles | 1990 |
 | Palmer School | 1.2 miles | 1998 |
 | Boxford Village Historic District | 1.4 miles | 1973 |
 | Holyoke-French House | 1.5 miles | 1972 |
 | Phineas Foster House | 2.4 miles | 1990 |
 | Joseph Fuller House | 2.8 miles | 1990 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 12000455 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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