Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1888.
One of 480 National Register listings published here for Essex County · listed in 1980 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of South Green Historic District between 2015 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning | 22 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 28 August 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | IPSWICH |
| 25 August 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 22 August 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | IPSWICH |
| 3 July 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | IPSWICH |
| 26 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | IPSWICH |
| 7 June 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of South Green Historic District: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodhue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ipswich Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Miles River Sand and Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| R W Drinkwater | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| R W Drinkwater Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rowley Ready Mix Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Topseal Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | John Whipple House | under 500 feet | 1966 |
 | Dr. John Calef House | 0.1 miles | 1980 |
 | Heard-Lakeman House | 0.1 miles | 1980 |
 | Benjamin Grant House | 0.2 miles | 1980 |
 | Burnham-Patch House | 0.2 miles | 1980 |
 | Ipswich Mills Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1996 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80000471 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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