Old Barn

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Old Barn between 2015 and 2020, burning about 104 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.

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

Every fire recorded in Norfolk County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 9,758 specimens collected within 10 miles of Old Barn between 1815 and 1975: 4,295 Plantae, 2,697 Animalia, 2,420 Fungi, 228 Protozoa, 63 Chromista, 34 Unrecorded, 21 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by (MARSDEN, H W), ?, A C Gibson and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image	Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
	Lysimachia × producta (A.Gray) Fernald	1900	A. P. Chute
	Corylus L.	1815	Boott, F.M.B.	Worcester Turnpike, 7 miles from Boston.
	Nuphar Sm.	1815	Boott, J.W.	Worcester Turnpike 6 miles from Boston.
	Ranunculus L.	1815	not recorded	Thicket at South Boston.
	Hypericum perforatum L.	1830	Boott	Cambridgeport near Boston U.S.A.
	Cornus sericea subsp. sericea	1832	Nathaniel T. Kidder	Milton, Brook Road
	Carex echinata subsp. echinata	1834	not recorded
	Mentha spicata L.	1834	H. Gillman	Brookline.
	Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke	1844	not recorded
	Galium verum L.	1846	Kupell
	Carex acutiformis Ehrh.	1847	Boott, M.	South Boston
	Hamamelis virginiana L.	1847	Charles F. Girard	Roxbury

All 9,758 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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

Every working recorded in Norfolk County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milton, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 lightning, 4 heavy rain, 1 hail. The reports record 3 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

Every storm recorded in Norfolk County

When this property was proposed for the National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is, and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain. It is reproduced in full on its own page, word for word and never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s typewriter's.

The whole case file for this property - 815 words, 6 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 80000660, 6 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

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
	Brookwood Farm	0.2 miles	1980
	Eliot Memorial Bridge	0.4 miles	1980
	Great Blue Hill Observation Tower	0.4 miles	1980
	Refreshment Pavillion	0.7 miles	1980
	Comfort Station	0.9 miles	1980
	Redman Farm House	1.0 miles	1980