A National Historic Landmark. Built in 1872. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.
One of 345 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 1966 · category: Site · built in 1872 · a National Historic Landmark.
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 87 fires within 5 miles of Arnold Arboretum between 2003 and 2020, burning about 381 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | NEEDHAM |
| 3 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | NEEDHAM |
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 2 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BROOKLINE |
| 2 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | DEDHAM |
| 2 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | QUINCY |
| 17 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | DEDHAM |
| 11 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | QUINCY |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Arnold Arboretum: 4 plants, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Cambridge Smelter Co | Lead | Plant | ||
| Nrc Inc--Newton, Ma. | Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium) | Plant | ||
| West Roxbury Crushed Stone Operatio | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Greendale Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Industrial Serv. Centers--Cambridge | Iron | Plant | ||
| Town of Needham | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Wheelock-Lovejoy--Cambridge, Ma. | Iron | Plant |
8 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Boston Courant | 1890 to 19?? |
| The Boston Advance | 1896 to 1907 |
| The New-England Chronicle | 1776 |
| The Massachusetts Spy | 1770 to 1772 |
| The Massachusetts Spy, Or, Thomas's Boston Journal | 1772 to 1775 |
| The Boston Gazette, Or, Country Journal | 1755 to 1793 |
| The Liberator | 1831 to 1865 |
| The Guardian | 1901 to 1960 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Adams-Nervine Asylum | 0.3 miles | 1982 |
 | Roslindale Congregational Church | 0.3 miles | 1991 |
| Woodbourne Historic District | 0.7 miles | 1999 | |
 | Roslindale Substation | 0.8 miles | 2013 |
 | First Church of Jamaica Plain | 0.9 miles | 1988 |
 | Loring-Greenough House | 0.9 miles | 1972 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 66000127 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Suffolk County | All 345 listed properties in this county. |
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