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Photograph of Glendale Power House
Photograph by Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Glendale Power House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 21 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1888.

From the record

One of 183 National Register listings published here for Berkshire County · listed in 1982 · category: District.

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

The listing

  • Address. MA 183, Stockbridge
  • When was it listed? June 1982
  • Category. district
  • National Register reference number. 82004957 - 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.

Then and now

1888 to 1997

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.

Topographic sheet covering Glendale Power House, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering Glendale Power House, surveyed 1888

Fires near this property

19 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Glendale Power House between 2014 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 burning12
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Natural1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
13 September 2016Other causesunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
1 August 2017Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
24 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
18 July 2019Naturalunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
23 June 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHARVEY MOUNTAIN FIRE
7 May 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
13 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
29 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Every fire recorded in Berkshire County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Glendale Power House: 23 past producers, 9 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Magnesite, Zinc. 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
Cone Limestone MineIron, Magnesite, ZincPast Producer1827
No 6 Quarry & Plnt Lane & SonStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
John S Lane and Son IncLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Toby Lime PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Beacco PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Donovan Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gaston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
J Donovan and SonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mercer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nat Beacco and SonsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Berkshire County

Maps showing this location

21 surveys

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.

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
Chesterwood0.3 miles1966
Ramsdell Public Library1.7 miles2014
Housatonic Congregational Church1.7 miles2002
Monument Mills1.8 miles1983
Main Street Historic District1.9 miles2002
Naumkeag1.9 miles1975

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82004957 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Berkshire CountyAll 183 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.
  • 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.