Built in 1875 in the Stick style. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 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.
“Thomas Gray House is a historic house in Barnstable, Massachusetts. The wood-frame house was built c. 1875, and is a locally rare example of Stick style design.”
Wikipedia article Capt. Thomas Gray House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 145 National Register listings in Barnstable County · listed in 1987 · category: Building · built in 1875, Stick style.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Gray, Capt. Thomas, House between 2003 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined | 79 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | 3126 |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | 3119 |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | 3117 |
| 5 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 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 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,336 specimens collected within 10 miles of Gray, Capt. Thomas, House between 1866 and 1975: 1,454 Animalia, 649 Plantae, 138 Fungi, 85 Chromista, 8 Protozoa, 1 Bacteria, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. R. Hodgdon, A. R. Hodgdon; H. K. Svenson;D. Conant;J. Wicks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Aecidium Pers. | 1900 | Seymour, Arthur Bliss | near Shoot-flying Hill [sic; Shootflying Hill], Hyannis, Mass. [Massachusetts] |
 | Uromyces lespedezae-procumbentis (Schwein.) Lagerh. | 1900 | A. B. Seymour | Hyannis |
 | Uromyces lineolatus (Desm.) J.Schröt. | 1900 | W. G. Farlow | |
 | Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764) | 1866 | not recorded | Cape Cod |
| Ceramium diaphanum (Lightf.) Roth | 1873 | Lusk | Cotuit Port | |
 | Ceramium rubrum C.Agardh | 1873 | Lusk | Cotuit Port |
 | Grinnellia americana (C.Agardh) Harv. | 1873 | Lusk | Cotuit Port |
 | Sphacelaria cirrosa (Roth) C.Agardh | 1873 | Lusk | Cotuit Port |
 | Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1874 | Collector(s): William Brewster | Osterville |
 | Amphitrite ornata (Leidy, 1855) | 1875 | Verrill, A. E.; Merriam, C. H. | Barnstable |
_002.jpeg) | Ampithoe rubricata (Montagu, 1808) | 1875 | U.S. Fish Commission | Barnstable |
 | Aplidium constellatum (Verrill, 1871) | 1875 | Verrill, A. E.; Merriam, C. H. | Barnstable |
All 2,336 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gray, Capt. Thomas, House: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyannis Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hyannis Sand and Gravel Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barnstable, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Heavy Rain | Barnstable | $50,000 | The Cape Cod Times reported a twenty five foot section of a retaining wall at Barnstable Harbor collapsed. Heavy rainfall throughout the day, combined with strong winds and heavy surf, all contributed to the collapse of the wooden structure. |
| August 2018 | Flood | Barnstable | $5,000 | At 5:06 PM EST, a car was reported trapped in flood waters on Commerce Road in Barnstable. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnstable | $5,000 | A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds blocking the intersection of Main Street and Old Mill Road. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Barnstable | $5,000 | Trees along Route 6A were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnstable | $3,000 | In Barnstable, there were several reports of trees and wires down blocking the road on West Barnstable Rd in Osterville. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Barnstable | $1,000 | Ping pong ball size hail fell near Cotuit Bay in Barnstable, damaging a boat. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnstable | $1,000 | Amateur radio spotters reported a 64 mph wind gust measured in the Marstons Mills section of Barnstable with 4 inch diameter tree limbs downed. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Barnstable | $500 | In Barnstable, there was a tree down along Rt 6 near exit 68. |
| January 2018 | Flood | West Barnstable | - | At 430 PM EST, an amateur radio operator reported ten-inch flooding on the westbound ramp at Exit 5 on the Mid-Cape Highway. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | West Barnstable | - | At 117 PM EST, half of Cedar Street in West Barnstable was reported flooded and washed out. West Barnstable Emergency Management reported 4.74 inches of rain. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Barnstable | - | Quarter size hail fell in the Marstons Mills area of Barnstable. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Barnstable | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Heavy Rain | Barnstable | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Barnstable | - | no account filed |
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.
Sanborn surveyors printed an index of the town's establishments at the front of each atlas. This property is named in one, read straight off the scanned sheet.
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 - 987 words, 9 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 87000280, 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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Baker, Capt. Seth, Jr., House | under 500 feet | 1987 |
 | Hallett, Seth, House | 0.2 miles | 1987 |
 | Bearse, Capt. Allen H., House | 0.2 miles | 1987 |
 | Baxter, Capt. Sylvester, House | 0.3 miles | 1987 |
 | Gleason, Dr. Edward Francis, House | 0.3 miles | 1987 |
 | Building at 237--239 Main Street | 0.4 miles | 1987 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87000280 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Barnstable County | All 145 listed properties in this county. |
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