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Photograph of Thomas Hollis Historic District
Photograph by John Phelan, CC BY 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Thomas Hollis Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 20 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1887.

From the record

One of 1,353 National Register listings published here for Middlesex County · listed in 1989 · category: District.

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

The listing

  • Listed as. Hollis, Thomas, Historic District - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Washington St. from Winter to Highland Sts., Holliston
  • When was it listed? October 1989
  • Category. district
  • National Register reference number. 89001786 - 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

128 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Thomas Hollis Historic District between 2015 and 2020, burning about 137 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 27 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
Debris and open burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism27
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
5 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
26 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
24 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
11 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMEDWAY
10 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMEDWAY
10 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMEDWAY

Every fire recorded in Middlesex County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Thomas Hollis Historic District: 24 past producers, 4 producers, 2 plants. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Ashland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Holliston PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Barretto Granite CoGranitePast ProducerGranite
Castellucci and SonsGranitePast ProducerGranite
H E FletcherGranitePast ProducerGranite
Milford Pink Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Milford QuarryGraniteProducer
Simeone Stone CorpGranitePast ProducerGranite
Trimount Bituminous ProdGranitePast ProducerGranite
Ashland PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Middlesex County

Maps showing this location

20 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
East Holliston Historic District1.2 miles2002
Hydrant No. 3 House1.3 miles2000
Deacon William Leland House1.9 miles1986
Isaac Bullard House2.0 miles1990
Addington Gardner House2.1 miles1990
Bullard Farm2.3 miles1995

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89001786 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Middlesex CountyAll 1353 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.