Leland, Deacon William, House

The chapter on Holliston Town in History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1890 names Sherborn. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Leland, Deacon William, House between 2016 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Every fire recorded in Middlesex County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,044 specimens collected within 10 miles of Leland, Deacon William, House between 1898 and 1975: 826 Animalia, 152 Plantae, 65 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. L. Bosworth, A. M. Ottley 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	Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
	Actaea pachypoda Elliott	1898	Ernest Charles Smith
	Antennaria howellii subsp. canadensis (Greene) R.J.Bayer	1898	Williams, E.F.
	Antennaria parlinii subsp. fallax (Greene) R.J.Bayer & Stebbins	1898	not recorded
	Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Hook.	1898	not recorded
	Aquilegia canadensis L.	1898	M. I. Gunn	Natick
	Agonopterix atrodorsella Clemens, 1863	1900	E. J. Smith	Sherborn
	Apantesis Walker, 1855	1900	E. J. Smith	Sherborn
	Apatelodes torrefacta J.E.Smith, 1797	1900	E. J. Smith	Sherborn
	Archips cerasivorana (Fitch, 1856)	1900	E. J. Smith	Sherborn
	Bleptina caradrinalis Guenée, 1854	1900	E. J. Smith	Sherborn
	Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I.M.Johnst.	1900	C. H. Knowlton	Natick.
	Caenurgina crassiuscula Haworth, 1809	1900	E. J. Smith	Sherborn

All 1,044 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Leland, Deacon William, House: 21 past producers, 4 producers, 3 plants. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Middlesex County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sherborn, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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.

Every storm recorded in Middlesex County

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 - 1,162 words, 9 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 86000503, 9 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

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.