Built in 1759. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 22 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1885.
One of 183 National Register listings published here for Berkshire County · listed in 1987 · category: Building · built in 1759.
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 112 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 54 fires within 5 miles of Benjamin Osborn House between 1992 and 2019, burning about 77 acres in total. 2 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 15 September 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 10 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 29 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Benjamin Osborn House: 6 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zinc, Manganese, Iron, Manganese, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copake Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese, Zinc | Past Producer | Goethite, Limonite | |
| Copake Limonite Mine | Iron, Zinc, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Weed Limonite Mine | Manganese, Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | Goethite, Limonite | |
| Weed Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Copake Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Spurr Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Weed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Westover-Bacon-Potts Farm | 3.4 miles | 1990 |
 | South Egremont Village Historic District | 4.2 miles | 1984 |
 | General John and Mary Fellows Farmstead | 5.5 miles | 2018 |
 | William E.B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite | 5.7 miles | 1976 |
 | Sheffield Plain Historic District | 5.8 miles | 1988 |
 | Old Covered Bridge | 5.9 miles | 1978 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87001758 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Berkshire County | All 183 listed properties in this county. |
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