Built in 1700 (First Period). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.
One of 1,353 National Register listings published here for Middlesex County · listed in 1990 · category: Building · built in 1700, First Period.
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 40 fires within 5 miles of George Robbins House between 2008 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 2 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 25 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 17 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 5 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 4 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 30 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 508 specimens collected within 10 miles of George Robbins House between 1898 and 1975: 220 Animalia, 203 Plantae, 77 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 3 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. B. Seymour & M. D. Feigley, A. F. Newton and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Boletus griseus Frost | 1898 | H. Webster | |
 | Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1898 | Collector(s): Will C. Colt | Lincoln |
 | Esox americanus Gmelin, 1789 | 1898 | E. Preble | Maple Meadow Brook near Wilmington, Massachusetts |
 | Exosporium pusillum P.Karst. | 1898 | King C. A. | Stony Brook |
 | Lophodermium pinastri (Schrad.) Chevall. | 1898 | Hubbard F. T.; Hall G. G. | Lincoln |
 | Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1898 | not recorded | Lincoln |
 | Podura aquatica C.Linnæus, 1758 | 1898 | not recorded | |
 | Rosa nitida Willd. | 1898 | C. H. Knowlton | |
 | Salix eriocephala Michx. | 1898 | E. F. Williams | |
| Araiospora pulchra Thaxt. | 1900 | Thaxter, R. | Stony Brook | |
 | Betula alleghaniensis Britton | 1900 | E. F. Williams | |
 | Boletus frostii J.L.Russell | 1900 | A. W. Flint |
All 508 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of George Robbins House: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle Deposit | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Cu Prospect | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Acton Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Amasa W Brown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Amasa W. Brown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Britt Construction | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Britt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Glenview Sand and Gravel Corp. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kennedy Brothers Acton Sand and Gra | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Nardone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carlisle, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | $3,500 | In Carlisle, a tree was down on the Police station on Lowell Street. Also, there were multiple trees down on both Curve Street and Proctor Road. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | $500 | In Carlisle, there was a tree blocking Rutland St. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Carlisle | - | At 2:28 PM EST, an amateur radio operator reported three-quarter inch diameter hail in Carlisle. |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
When this property was proposed for the National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is, and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain. It is reproduced in full on its own page, word for word and never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s typewriter's.
The whole case file for this property - 1,520 words, 11 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 90000168, 11 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Zeb Spaulding House | 0.3 miles | 1990 |
 | Oliver Hutchins House | 1.6 miles | 1985 |
 | Hildreth-Robbins House | 1.9 miles | 2006 |
 | Old Chelmsford Garrison House Complex | 2.7 miles | 1973 |
 | Deacon Samuel Hill House | 2.7 miles | 1990 |
 | Fiske House | 3.0 miles | 1977 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90000168 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Middlesex County | All 1353 listed properties in this county. |
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