Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 22 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.
One of 86 National Register listings published here for Hampshire County · listed in 1983 · 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 111 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 7 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Rest between 2015 and 2020, burning about 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 3 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 16 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 18 April 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 16 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 15 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | NORTON HILL FIRE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Rest: 8 past producers, 6 producers, 6 occurrences, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Lithium, Stone, Quartz, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flagstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Flagstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Goshen-Lithia Area | Tin, Lithium | Occurrence | 1823 | |
| Whetstone Quarry | Quartz | Producer | Quartz | |
| Whetstone Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Whetstone Quarry | Stone | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Whetstone Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Barrus Property Lithia Mine | Lithium | Occurrence | ||
| Barrus Property Lithia Mine | Lithium | Occurrence | ||
| Clark Ledge Lithia Mine | Lithium | Producer | Feldspar |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Goshen Town Hall | 2.4 miles | 2018 |
 | West Chesterfield Historic District | 4.4 miles | 2008 |
 | Chesterfield Center Historic District | 4.5 miles | 2008 |
 | William Cullen Bryant Homestead | 5.0 miles | 1966 |
 | Gate Cemetery | 5.2 miles | 2009 |
 | Bisbee Mill | 5.8 miles | 2005 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83003984 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hampshire County | All 86 listed properties in this county. |
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