Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.
One of 4 National Register listings published here for Nantucket County · listed in 1987 · category: Structure.
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 5 fires within 5 miles of Sankaty Head Light between 2005 and 2017, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 23 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 18 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Brant Point Light Station | 6.3 miles | 1987 |
 | Nantucket Historic District | 7.0 miles | 1966 |
 | Jethro Coffin House | 7.1 miles | 1968 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87002028 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Nantucket County | All 4 listed properties in this county. |
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