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Oliver Hutchins House

Built in 1820 (Federal architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 20 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.

From the record

One of 1,353 National Register listings published here for Middlesex County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1820, Federal architecture.

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

The listing

  • Listed as. Hutchins, Oliver, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 79 Elm St., Chelmsford
  • When was it listed? September 1985
  • Category. building
  • When was it built? 1820
  • Architectural style. Federal architecture, Georgian architecture
  • National Register reference number. 85002013 - 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

40 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Oliver Hutchins House between 2008 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. 1 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural1

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
6 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
17 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
2 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
25 June 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
8 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
5 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
28 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Every fire recorded in Middlesex County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Oliver Hutchins House: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Graphite. 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
Fiber Matls Plant--Graniteville, MaGraphitePlant
Carlisle DepositCopperOccurrence
Cu ProspectCopperPast Producer
Acton PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Amasa W BrownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Amasa W. Brown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Britt ConstructionSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Britt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Glenview Sand and Gravel Corp. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kennedy Brothers Acton Sand and GraSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Middlesex County

Maps showing this location

20 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
Hildreth-Robbins House1.1 miles2006
Zeb Spaulding House1.5 miles1990
George Robbins House1.6 miles1990
Old Chelmsford Garrison House Complex1.6 miles1973
Parker Village Historic District1.8 miles2002
Henry Fletcher House2.3 miles1993

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85002013 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Middlesex CountyAll 1353 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.