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Photograph of Hunnewell Estates Historic District
Photograph by 37Pond, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Hunnewell Estates Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.

From the record

One of 342 National Register listings published here for Norfolk County · listed in 1988 · category: District.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • Address. Washington St. and Pond Rd., Wellesley
  • When was it listed? April 1988
  • Category. district
  • National Register reference number. 88000438 - 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

126 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Hunnewell Estates Historic District between 2003 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined41
Recreation and ceremony34
Debris and open burning28
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 September 2018Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
26 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
23 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlWELLESLEY
22 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Every fire recorded in Norfolk County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Hunnewell Estates Historic District: 10 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Peat. 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
Panlini Loam CoPeatPast ProducerPeat
Walpole QuarryStonePast Producer
Arthur Scofield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Framington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hi-Way Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
New England Sand & Grv Co. Pit & PlSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Stonebridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Town of NatickSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of WaylandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Norfolk County

Maps showing this location

19 surveys

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.

Listed places nearby

6 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
Elm Bank1.1 miles1987
Wellesley Congregational Church and Cemetery1.5 miles2014
Wellesley Town Hall1.6 miles1976
Fuller Brook Park2.0 miles2013
Intermediate Building2.8 miles1981
Elm Park and Isaac Sprague Memorial Tower2.9 miles2007

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 88000438 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Norfolk CountyAll 342 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.
  • 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.