Built in 1886 (Renaissance architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 22 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1885.
One of 183 National Register listings published here for Berkshire County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1886, Renaissance architecture, by McKim, Mead & White.
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 112 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 29 fires within 5 miles of Searles Castle between 2015 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 2 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 | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 | not named |
| 1 August 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 24 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 18 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 7 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 4 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mahaiwe Block | 0.2 miles | 2008 |
 | Dwight-Henderson House | 0.2 miles | 1976 |
| Mahaiwe Theater | 0.3 miles | 2008 |
 | Society of the Congregational Church of Great Barrington | 0.4 miles | 1992 |
 | Taconic and West Avenues Historic District | 0.4 miles | 1998 |
 | Clinton African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church | 0.5 miles | 2008 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82004953 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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