Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 25 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.
One of 174 National Register listings published here for Hampden County · listed in 1989 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 552 fires within 5 miles of Belle and Franklin Streets Historic District between 2015 and 2020, burning about 183 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 2 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 | 305 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 135 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 28 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Belle and Franklin Streets Historic District: 17 past producers, 14 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Brick Clay, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Aggregates Pit | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Macia Emery Mine | Emery | Occurrence | Emery | |
| W. New England Smelting Works Inc | Copper | Producer | ||
| Bay State Refining Co--Chicopee, Ma | Aluminum | Plant | ||
| Chicopee Plant | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Chase Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| John Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Ondrick Industries | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone |
2 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| Springfield Weekly Republican | 1851 to 1946 |
| Springfield Republican | 1838 to 1851 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Downtown Springfield Railroad District | 0.3 miles | 1983 |
 | Henking Hotel and Cafe | 0.3 miles | 1983 |
 | Produce Exchange Building | 0.4 miles | 1983 |
 | Cutler and Porter Block | 0.4 miles | 1983 |
 | Ethel Apartment House | 0.4 miles | 1987 |
 | Laurel Hall | 0.4 miles | 1987 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89000039 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hampden County | All 174 listed properties in this county. |
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