Built in 1912 (Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1885.
One of 686 National Register listings published here for Worcester County · listed in 2016 · category: Building · built in 1912, Colonial Revival architecture.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Beaman Memorial Public Library between 2015 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 18 September 2016 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 14 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 25 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 21 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 13 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 4 July 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 24 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,867 specimens collected within 10 miles of Beaman Memorial Public Library between 1839 and 1974: 1,067 Plantae, 502 Animalia, 271 Fungi, 17 Unrecorded, 6 Protozoa, 4 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A E WOODHEAD, A. A. Eaton, A. B. Seymour 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff. | 1895 | James F. Collins | South spur, Mount Wachusett |
 | Athyrium filix-femina subsp. angustum (Willd.) R.T.Clausen | 1900 | Davenport | Pine Hill; Medford |
 | Pooecetes gramineus gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1900 | Roscoe I. Giles | |
 | Ochrolechia tartarea (L.) A.Massal. | 1839 | E. Tuckerman | |
 | Carex laxiflora Lam. | 1840 | Thomas Nuttall | Cambridge. |
 | Carex vestita Willd. | 1840 | Thomas Nuttall | Cambridge. |
 | Mycobilimbia hypnorum (Lib.) Kalb & Hafellner | 1848 | E. Tuckerman | |
 | Tamias striatus lysteri (Richardson, 1829) | 1848 | L Agassiz | PARSONS ISLAND |
 | Geranium maculatum L. | 1850 | not recorded | |
 | Packera aurea (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve | 1850 | not recorded | |
 | Carex aperta Boott | 1853 | W. Boott | Massachusetts |
| Elymus repens (L.) Gould | 1892 | Arthur B. Seymour | Cambridge. |
All 1,867 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Beaman Memorial Public Library: 13 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Peat, Iron, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pandolf Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sterling Peat Co | Peat | Past Producer | Peat | |
| Sterling Prospect | Iron, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Baldarelli Bros. Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Baldarelli Brothers Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Elmwood Street Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| John D Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Landfill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sewall Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Boylston, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Boylston | $150,000 | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | West Boylston | $10,000 | In West Boylston, the Fire Department showed a Facebook photo of a driveway and part of a road was washed out by flood waters, with a white sedan hanging over the washed out road. Exact street unknown. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Boylston | $10,000 | Three one foot diameter trees were downed in several locations across Granby. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Boylston | $500 | In West Boylston, a tree was down at the intersection of Route 140 and Pinewood Drive. |
| August 2018 | Flood | West Boylston | - | At 6:03 PM EST, Crescent Street was flooded and impassable. |
| July 2001 | Hail | West Boylston | - | no account filed |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Bigelow Tavern Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1992 |
 | Mount Vernon Cemetery | 0.2 miles | 2008 |
 | Old Stone Church | 0.8 miles | 1973 |
 | Benjamin Flagg House | 0.9 miles | 1980 |
 | Quinepoxet River Bridge | 1.7 miles | 1990 |
 | Ezra Rice House | 2.0 miles | 1980 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000251 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Worcester County | All 686 listed properties in this county. |
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