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Photograph of Clark-Eames House
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Clark--Eames House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 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 Clark-Eames House is a historic house located at 230 Middlefield Road in Washington, Massachusetts. Probably built around 1790, it is one of the town's few surviving 18th-century houses.”

Wikipedia article Clark-Eames House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

one of 94 National Register listings in Berkshire County · listed in 1986 · category: Building · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Berkshire 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. Middlefield Rd., Washington, 01223
  • When was it listed? 1986-09-12
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Washington MRA
  • Township. Washington town
  • Architectural style. Federal architecture
  • National Register reference number. 86002139 - 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

9 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Clark--Eames House between 2015 and 2018, burning about 32 acres in total. None 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
3 June 2018Smoking2.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
27 May 2015Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
20 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
17 April 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
13 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
31 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
13 March 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
12 March 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Every fire recorded in Berkshire County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 1,744 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,744 specimens collected within 10 miles of Clark--Eames House between 1834 and 1975: 1,216 Animalia, 387 Plantae, 140 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. E. Treat, A. K. Harrison, A. M. Vail 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 Bombus ternarius Say, 1837Bombus ternarius Say, 18371898[Not Stated]Hinsdale
A photograph of the species Parnassia caroliniana, not of this specimenParnassia caroliniana Michx.1834not recorded
A photograph of the species Homalia trichomanoides, not of this specimenHomalia trichomanoides (Hedw.) Schimp.1867E. C. Howe
A photograph of the species Lygodium palmatum, not of this specimenLygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw.1872Miller, E.S.East Hampton
A photograph of the species Warnstorfia fluitans, not of this specimenWarnstorfia fluitans (Hedw.) Loeske1876Piper
A photograph of the species Leucobryum glaucum, not of this specimenLeucobryum glaucum (Hedw.) Ångstr.1877H. J. BiddlecomeChester
A photograph of the species Botrychium angustisegmentum, not of this specimenBotrychium angustisegmentum (Pease & A.H.Moore) Fernald1879not recorded
Botrychium virginianum subsp. typicum R.T.Clausen1884Spencer, M.F.Tyringham. In silvaticis.
A photograph of the species Diphasiastrum verecundum, not of this specimenDiphasiastrum × verecundum A.V.Gilman1884Spencer, M.F.Tyringham.
unnamed1889A.B. Seymour
A photograph of the species Acer saccharum, not of this specimenAcer saccharum Marshall1897Vail, A.M.Tyringham
A photograph of the species Acer spicatum, not of this specimenAcer spicatum Lam.1897Vail, A.M.Vicinity of Tyringham

All 1,744 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Clark--Eames House: 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Emery, Iron, Chromium. 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
Chrome-Magnetite MineEmeryOccurrenceEmery
Chrome-Magnetite MineIron, ChromiumPast Producer
Middlefield ProspectsTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Soapstone QuarryTalc-SoapstoneProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Berkshire County

Storms near this property

15 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Washington, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
July 2023FloodWashington$10,000Flooding was reported in the Town of Washington including along Route 8 at the Town Park and on Frost Road near Washington Mountain Road.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindWashington$10,000no account filed
December 2023FloodWashington$5,000Depot Brook overflowed its banks across from the town park and flooded a portion of Route 8.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWashington-A tree was downed on wires blocking Washington Mountain Road.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindWashington-Trees were reported down on Frost Road.
June 2021Flash FloodWashington-There was an estimated six to eight inches of water covering Route 8 near Washington Town Park.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWashington-Several large trees were downed, blocking Washington Mountain Road.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWashington-Trees were downed on wires and on a nearby residence.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindWashington-A tree was downed on Washington Mountain Road in the Town of Washington.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindWashington-A tree was downed blocking the road.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWashington-Trees and wires were reported down blocking Upper Valley Road and Route 8 due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindWashington-A tree was reportedly down and blocking Washington Mountain Road in Washington due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWashington-Multiple trees were reported down on wires in Washington due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2009HailWashington-Nickel size hail was reported in Washington during a thunderstorm.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWashington-Trees were reported down on Summit Hill Road, approximately 3 miles north northwest of Becket, due to strong thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Berkshire 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

1,013 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 - 1,013 words, 9 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 86002139, 9 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

Listed places nearby

3 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
South Center School House2.6 miles1986
Saint Andrew's Chapel3.1 miles1986
Eames, Philip, House3.4 miles1986

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 86002139 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Berkshire CountyAll 94 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.