Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 21 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1888.
One of 183 National Register listings published here for Berkshire County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
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 53 fires within 5 miles of Church on the Hill between 2002 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 3 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.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 1 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 31 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 21 August 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 7 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 4 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Church on the Hill: 24 past producers, 12 producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheever Mines | Iron, Manganese | Producer | Goethite, Limonite | |
| Cheever Mines | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Cone Limestone Mine | Iron, Magnesite, Zinc | Past Producer | 1827 | |
| Lee Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| North Adams Lime Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Stratabound | |
| Lee Marble Inc Qy & Plant | Marble, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Lee White Marble Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Abby Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Abby and Sons Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gaston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lenox Village Historic District | 0.3 miles | 2022 |
 | Lenox Academy | 0.3 miles | 1982 |
 | Lenox Library | 0.4 miles | 1973 |
 | Lenox High School | 0.5 miles | 2004 |
 | Trinity Episcopal Church | 0.6 miles | 1996 |
 | Ventfort Hall | 0.8 miles | 1993 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82001894 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Berkshire County | All 183 listed properties in this county. |
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