Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. 25 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.
One of 174 National Register listings published here for Hampden County · listed in 1974 · 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 518 fires within 5 miles of Ames Hill/Crescent Hill District between 2002 and 2020, burning about 297 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 287 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 116 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Ames Hill/Crescent Hill District: 17 past producers, 15 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Flagstone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Aggregates Pit | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Granby Quarry No 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Macia Emery Mine | Emery | Occurrence | Emery | |
| W. New England Smelting Works Inc | Copper | Producer | ||
| Bay State Refining Co--Chicopee, Ma | Aluminum | Plant | ||
| Chicopee Plant | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Chase Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit | Brick Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Clay Pit | Brick Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
2 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 |
|---|---|
| Springfield Weekly Republican | 1851 to 1946 |
| Springfield Republican | 1838 to 1851 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mills-Stebbins Villa | under 500 feet | 1973 |
 | Outing Park Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2012 |
 | Adams Apartment Building | 0.2 miles | 2015 |
 | South Main Street School | 0.3 miles | 1985 |
| Mills-Stebbins Villa | 0.4 miles | 1973 |
 | Evans Court Apartment Building | 0.4 miles | 2015 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 74000368 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hampden County | All 174 listed properties in this county. |
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