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Gray, David, House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.

From the record

“The David Gray House is a historic house in Andover, Massachusetts, United States. The colonial was built for David Gray, a local farmer, in about 1812, and it remained in his family until the 1930s.”

Wikipedia article David Gray House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

one of 350 National Register listings in Essex County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · one of 2 National Historic Landmarks in Essex County.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 232 Salem St., Andover
  • When was it listed? 1982-06-10
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Town of Andover MRA
  • Township. County subdivisions not defined
  • Architectural style. Federal architecture
  • National Register reference number. 82004823 - 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

4 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Gray, David, House between 2016 and 2020, burning about 0 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.

Reported cause Fires
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2020Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
24 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
21 June 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlROCKPORT
16 June 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlROCKPORT

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 3,529 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 3,529 specimens collected within 10 miles of Gray, David, House between 1817 and 1975: 1,573 Animalia, 1,118 Plantae, 460 Fungi, 281 Chromista, 50 Protozoa, 33 Unrecorded, 14 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A Perlmutter, A. B. Seymour, A. B. Seymour and F. C. Seymour 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Caloplaca murorum Th.Fr.Caloplaca murorum Th.Fr.1900Clara E. Cummings
A photograph of the species Coluber constrictor, not of this specimenColuber constrictor constrictor Linnaeus, 17581817not recordedLoblolly Cove, Cape Ann
A photograph of the species Ceramium rubrum, not of this specimenCeramium rubrum C.Agardh1847N. PikeCape Ann
Delesseria alata (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux1859R.H. WardCape Ann.
A photograph of the species Euthora cristata, not of this specimenEuthora cristata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh1859R.H. WardCape Ann.
A photograph of the species Myoxocephalus scorpius, not of this specimenMyoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)1859Weinland, David FriedrichEssex County, Massachusetts
A photograph of the species Porphyra laciniata, not of this specimenPorphyra laciniata (L.) J.Agardh1859R.H. WardCape Ann.
A photograph of the species Rhodymenia pseudopalmata, not of this specimenRhodymenia pseudopalmata (J.V.Lamouroux) P.C.Silva1859R.H. WardCape Ann.
A photograph of the species Fucus Linnaeus, not of this specimenFucus Linnaeus, 17531860R.H. WardLanesville.
A photograph of the species Laminaria saccharina, not of this specimenLaminaria saccharina (L.) J.V.Lamour.1865Collector unknownCape Ann
A photograph of the species Ceramium strictum, not of this specimenCeramium strictum Harvey1868H. A. CochraneGloucester
A photograph of the species Cladophora rupestris, not of this specimenCladophora rupestris (L.) Kütz.1868H. A. CochraneThatcher Island

All 3,529 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gray, David, House: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite. 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
Johnson QuarryGranitePast Producer
Mc Niff-Dominic PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mcniff Co IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rockport Quarries IncGranitePast ProducerGranite

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms near this property

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Andover, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 3 lightning, 3 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2004LightningAndover$200,000no account filed
July 2008Flash FloodAndover$150,000Heavy rain fell across much of Lawrence and Andover, with the Automated Surface Observing System at Lawrence, MA (KLWM) recording 0.52 inches of rain in six minutes. This combined with a blocked culvert designed to drain runoff from Interstate 495 resulted in four to five feet of water inundating three homes on Binney Street in Andover. In addition, a large sinkhole formed on Shepard Street near the entrance of the Lawrence Industrial Park. Other reports of flooding included: motorists stuck in floodwaters on Route 133, flooding in the town hall basement, and minor street flooding.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindNorth Andover$25,000Trees, limbs, and wires on Second Street, Morris Street, Route 114 Eastbound, and Autumn Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindAndover$15,000Trees were downed in North Andover on Salem, Appleton, and Dale Streets in North Andover. A tree was downed onto a car on Abbot Street. In Andover, multiple trees were downed. In Georgetown, two trees and wires were downed on Route 133. Trees and power lines were downed on Baldpate Road in Boxford. One tree was downed on Route 110 in Merrimac and another on School Street.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindNorth Andover$15,000Trees and wires on Ashland Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindNorth Andover$10,000Trees and large branches on Osgood Street, Harkaway Street, and Academy Lane were downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindNorth Andover$10,000Trees and wires on Beach Avenue were downed onto a house by thunderstorm winds.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindNorth Andover$10,000Trees and wires on Steven and Greene Streets were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindAndover$5,000no account filed
June 2005LightningAndover$5,000no account filed
June 2004LightningAndover$5,000no account filed
March 2022Thunderstorm WindWest Andover$1,500In Andover, trees were down at Shawsheen Square and also on High Street.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Andover$500In Andover, a tree was down on Cross Street.
August 2023Flash FloodAndover-In Andover, stores in Shawsheen Plaza flooded.
August 2023Flash FloodAndover-In Andover, a portion of Main St was flooded.
August 2023FloodNorth Andover-In North Andover, there were flooded vehicles stuck on Massachusetts Ave under the I-495 overpass. High St in Andover was under several feet of water.
August 2023Flash FloodNorth Andover-In North Andover, a senior housing center on Main St was underwater leading to the evacuation of 150 residents.
April 2019FloodWest Andover-At 7:07 AM EDT Lowell Street (State Route 133) at Arthur Road was flooded and impassable.
September 2018Flash FloodWest Andover-At 9:41 AM EST, Beacon Street in Andover was flooded in front of West Elementary School.
April 2017FloodWest Andover-At 7:58 PM EST, Beacon Street in front of West Elementary School was flooded.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindAndover-Trees down on High Street and Lovejoy Road.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindAndover-Trees were reported blown down, including a 40-foot tall oak tree.
August 2004HailAndover-no account filed
March 2000Heavy RainNorth Andover-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindAndover-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Essex County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

From the nomination file

1,151 words on record

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 - 1,151 words, 8 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 82004823, 8 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

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
Straightsmouth Island Light2.2 miles1987
Rockport High School3.5 miles1997
Rockport High School, Old3.6 miles2004
Sewall-Scripture House3.9 miles1982
Granite Keystone Bridge4.1 miles1981
Stacy, George O., House4.4 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82004823 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Essex CountyAll 350 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.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • 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.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.