Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.
One of 480 National Register listings published here for Essex County · listed in 1985 · category: District.
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 105 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 75 fires within 5 miles of Central Square Historic District between 2003 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 28 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 27 September 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 27 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | SAUGUS |
| 21 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Central Square Historic District: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 plants. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kay Locke Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lynn Eastern Smelt & Refin Corp | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium, Mercury | Plant | ||
| Saugus Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Malden Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Malden Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Richardson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Saugus Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Swampscott Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Swampscott Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Swampscott Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lynn Bank Block | under 500 feet | 1982 |
 | Mowers' Block | under 500 feet | 1982 |
 | Capitol Diner | under 500 feet | 1999 |
| Lynn Item Building | under 500 feet | 2023 | |
 | Tapley Building | under 500 feet | 1983 |
 | US Post Office-Lynn Main | under 500 feet | 1986 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85003335 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Essex County | All 480 listed properties in this county. |
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