Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1888.
One of 480 National Register listings published here for Essex County · listed in 1973 · 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 50 fires within 5 miles of Wenham Historic District between 2015 and 2020, burning about 91 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.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BEVERLY |
| 4 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BEVERLY |
| 21 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BEVERLY |
| 3 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 27 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BEVERLY |
| 5 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 30 July 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BEVERLY |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Wenham Historic District: 4 plants, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Zirconium, Thorium, Tungsten, Mercury. 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) Travers Labs Refinery--Beverly, Ma. | Mercury, Silver, Gold, REE | Plant | ||
| Hale Engineering Co--Danvers, Ma. | Tungsten | Plant | ||
| Thiokol Ventron Div--Danvers, Ma. | Thorium | Plant | ||
| Thiokol Ventron Div--Beverly, Ma. | Zirconium | Plant | ||
| Ventron Corp--Beverly, Ma. | Zirconium | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Larch Farm | 0.2 miles | 1990 |
 | Claflin-Richards House | 0.3 miles | 1973 |
 | John Perkins House | 0.9 miles | 1990 |
 | Community House | 1.1 miles | 2011 |
 | James Friend House | 1.2 miles | 1990 |
 | Peter Woodbury House | 1.6 miles | 1990 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 73000852 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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