Boston Finishing Works

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 111 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1886 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Boston Finishing Works between 2015 and 2018, burning about 284 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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.

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

Every fire recorded in Berkshire County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Boston Finishing Works: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Berkshire County

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.

• 1886 USGS Greylock quadrangle1:62500
• 1891 USGS Greylock quadrangle1:62500
• 1893 USGS Greylock quadrangle1:62500
• 1898 USGS Greylock quadrangle1:62500 - 10 printings
• 1900 USGS Taconic quadrangle1:125000 - 4 printings
• 1944 USGS Williamstown quadrangle1:24000
• 1946 USGS Williamstown quadrangle1:24000
• 1947 USGS Williamstown quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
• 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
• 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
• 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
• 1960 USGS Williamstown quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
• 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
• 1973 USGS Williamstown quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
• 1973 USGS Williamstown quadrangle1:25000
• 1975 USGS Williamstown quadrangle1:25000
• 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
• 1988 USGS North Adams quadrangle1:25000
• 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
• 1997 USGS Williamstown quadrangle1:24000

Sanborn surveyors printed an index of the town's establishments at the front of each atlas. This property is named in one, read straight off the scanned sheet.

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  Boston Finishing Works

  Works

  Named in 1908

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
	East Lawn Cemetery and Sherman Burbank Memorial Chapel	0.2 miles	2000
	US Post Office-Williamstown Main	0.4 miles	1986
	Mill Village Historic District	0.9 miles	1983
	Williamstown Rail Yard and Station Historic District	1.1 miles	1994
	William B. Sherman Farm	1.4 miles	1985
	Eber Sherman Farm	1.5 miles	1983