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Fuller, Peter, Building

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.

From the record

“The Peter Fuller Building is a historic commercial building located at 808 Commonwealth Avenue in Brookline, Massachusetts.”

Wikipedia article Peter Fuller Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.

one of 249 National Register listings in Norfolk County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · one of 2 National Historic Landmarks in Norfolk County.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 808 Commonwealth Ave., Brookline, 02215
  • When was it listed? 1985-10-17
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Brookline MRA
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • Architect. Albert Kahn
  • National Register reference number. 85003269 - 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

21 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Fuller, Peter, Building between 2015 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
2 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBROOKLINE
2 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlQUINCY
26 August 2017Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBROOKLINE
9 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
23 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBROOKLINE
23 July 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBROOKLINE
6 June 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlDEDHAM

Every fire recorded in Norfolk County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 10,960 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 10,960 specimens collected within 10 miles of Fuller, Peter, Building between 1810 and 1975: 4,544 Plantae, 3,168 Fungi, 2,805 Animalia, 178 Protozoa, 172 Chromista, 60 Unrecorded, 33 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by (MARSDEN, H W), ?, ? ex Herb. W.G. Farlow and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Araiospora pulchra Thaxt.Araiospora pulchra Thaxt.1900R. ThaxterStony Brook
Specimen of Lysimachia × producta (A.Gray) FernaldLysimachia × producta (A.Gray) Fernald1900A. P. Chute
A photograph of the species Thalictrum L., not of this specimenThalictrum L.1810Boott, J.W.Near Boston.
A photograph of the species Anemone L., not of this specimenAnemone L.1815Boott, J.Andover Turnpike, 7 miles from Boston.
A photograph of the species Corydalis Vent., not of this specimenCorydalis Vent.1815Boott, F.M.B.Worcester turnpike, 6 miles from Boston.
A photograph of the species Corylus L., not of this specimenCorylus L.1815not recordedCambridge Port, 2 miles from Boston.
Ericaceae1815BoottBoston, U.S.A.
A photograph of the species Hepatica Mill., not of this specimenHepatica Mill.1815Boott, F.M.B.Sweet Auburn.
A photograph of the species Limonium vulgare, not of this specimenLimonium vulgare Mill.1815not recordedOn Cragies Road [=near Cragies Bridge], 1 1/2 miles from Boston.
A photograph of the species Mollugo verticillata, not of this specimenMollugo verticillata L.1815Boott, F.M.B.Boston.
A photograph of the species Nuphar Sm., not of this specimenNuphar Sm.1815Boott, J.W.Worcester Turnpike 6 miles from Boston.
A photograph of the species Persicaria Mill., not of this specimenPersicaria (L.) Mill.1815Boott, J.W.Craigie's Road, 2 miles from Boston.

All 10,960 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Fuller, Peter, Building: 7 plants, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium). 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
C. J. MabardySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nrc Inc--Newton, Ma.Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)Plant
Whittemore Prdts Inc--BostonPerlitePlant
(Facility) Cambridge Smelter CoLeadPlant
General Metals & Smelting--BostonLeadPlant
Industrial Serv. Centers--CambridgeIronPlant
Us Steel Supply Div--BostonIronPlant
Wheelock-Lovejoy--Cambridge, Ma.IronPlant

Every working recorded in Norfolk County

Storms near this property

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brookline, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2015Thunderstorm WindBrookline$15,000Several trees and wires on Cottage Street and Dean Road were downed by thunderstorm winds. In addition, an amateur radio operator reported a 58 mph wind gust.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindBrookline$10,000Several trees and wires on Route 9 were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBrookline$10,000A tree on Beacon Street was downed onto a car.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBrookline$10,000no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindBrookline$3,000A tree on Forest Street was downed by thunderstorm winds, blocking the street.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBrookline$3,000Several large branches near Hellenic College, Lars Anderson Park, and on Park and Avon Streets were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBrookline$2,500In Brookline, at 1259 PM EST (159 PM EDT), a tree was down onto a building on Perry Street. At 101 PM EST (201 PM EDT), a tree was down on the 200 block of Walnut Street.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBrookline$1,100In Brookline, a tree and power lines were down on Walnut Hill Road and wires were down on Wolcott Road.
October 2022FloodBrookline-In Brookline, street flooding closed Woodland Road at Hammond Street and Goddard Avenue at Cottage Street. Report relayed by amateur radio.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindBrookline-Several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. Several tents at an amateur radio field day event were blown over.
August 2010FloodBrookline-Portions of Route 9 (Boylston Street) were flooded with up to three feet of water. Newton and South Streets and Clark Road were impassable due to flooding.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBrookline-An anemometer at the Clay Center Observatory recorded a wind gust of 61 mph.
August 2015HailBrookline-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindBrookline-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindBrookline-no account filed
October 1996Flash FloodBrookline-no account filed
October 1996Flash FloodBrookline-no account filed
October 1996Flash FloodBrookline-no account filed
October 1995Thunderstorm WindBrookline-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Norfolk County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

From the nomination file

1,665 words on record

When this property was proposed for the National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is, and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain. It is reproduced in full on its own page, word for word and never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s typewriter's.

The whole case file for this property - 1,665 words, 12 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 85003269, 12 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

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
Saint Paul's Rectory0.7 miles1985
Saint Paul's Church, Chapel, and Parish House0.8 miles1985
Richmond Court0.8 miles1985
Saint Aidan's Church and Rectory0.8 miles1985
Emmett Cottage0.8 miles1985
Linden Park0.8 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85003269 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Norfolk CountyAll 249 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.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • 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.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.