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George Kunhardt Estate

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.

From the record

One of 480 National Register listings published here for Essex County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • Listed as. Kunhardt, George, Estate - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 1518 Great Pond Rd., North Andover
  • When was it listed? April 1976
  • Category. building
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
  • Architect. Stephen Codman
  • National Register reference number. 76000284 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

81 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of George Kunhardt Estate between 2015 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 1 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 burning18
Smoking15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlGROVELAND
28 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
24 September 2020Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
21 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
14 September 2020Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
14 September 2016Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlNORTH ANDOVER
9 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlHAVERHILL
8 August 2016Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlLAWERANCE

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of George Kunhardt Estate: 6 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Perlite, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Georgetown MineIronPast Producer
Wittemore Perlite PlantPerlitePlant
Groveland PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Trimount Bituminous Prdts CoStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Center Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Peter H Arekalian QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Torromeo Trucking CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Torromeo Trucking Co., Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Essex County

Maps showing this location

17 surveys

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Osgood Hill0.9 miles1999
Col. John Osgood House1.1 miles1990
Capt. Timothy Johnson House1.2 miles1990
Samuel Osgood House1.3 miles1974
Kittredge Mansion1.7 miles1976
House at 922 Dale Street1.7 miles1990

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 76000284 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Essex CountyAll 480 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.