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Photograph of Central Woolen Mills District
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Central Woolen Mills District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. 21 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.

From the record

One of 686 National Register listings published here for Worcester County · listed in 1984 · category: District.

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

The listing

  • Address. Mendon and Cross Sts., Uxbridge
  • When was it listed? January 1984
  • Category. district
  • Also known as. Uxbridge MRA
  • National Register reference number. 84002905 - 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

98 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Central Woolen Mills District between 2002 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony16
Smoking16
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
8 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
29 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
27 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
8 August 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
6 August 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Every fire recorded in Worcester County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Central Woolen Mills District: 14 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, 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
Uxbridge ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Barnett Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Direnzo Brothers Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gilbon Mountain PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Helca PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hutnak Construction CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mable JohnsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mable Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Northbridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oakhurst PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Worcester 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
R. Farnum House0.3 miles1983
Israel Southwick House0.3 miles1983
Wheelockville District0.4 miles1984
Coronet John Farnum House0.4 miles1980
Taft Brothers Block0.5 miles1983
Uxbridge Passenger Depot0.5 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84002905 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Worcester CountyAll 686 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.