Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.
One of 480 National Register listings published here for Essex County · listed in 1990 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The chapter on Gloucester City in History of the Town and City of Gloucester, Cape Ann, Massachusetts, published 1892 names Gloucester. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
Largest stock of Landscape and Marine Views of Cape Ann, including Magnolia, Gloucester, Rockport, and Pigeon Cove. Publisher of " Gloucester Picturesque," containing twenty views for $1.00. A Unique Souvenir for Summer Visitors. Ladies' and Gents' Fine Stationery a Specialty. " Mother Ann " I'ox Paperonly 25 cents per box. Rending Matter of all kinds. Full Seaside Library always on hand. Lawn Tennis and Base Kail Goods. Large stock of Pictures, Water Colors, Etchings, etc. Pictures Framed to Order.
Passage source: History of the Town and City of Gloucester, Cape Ann, Massachusetts, published 1892.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Gloucester City - 434 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of William Haskell House between 2015 and 2020, burning about 29 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 3 July 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | IPSWICH |
| 21 July 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | GLOUCESTER |
| 18 July 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | GLOUCESTER |
| 3 June 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 May 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 May 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | IPSWICH |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 6,295 specimens collected within 10 miles of William Haskell House between 1817 and 1975: 2,236 Animalia, 2,054 Plantae, 1,203 Fungi, 348 Chromista, 337 Unrecorded, 95 Protozoa, 22 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A H HIGGINSON, A Perlmutter, A. A. Eaton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Caloplaca murorum Th.Fr. | 1900 | Clara E. Cummings | |
 | Coluber constrictor constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 | 1817 | not recorded | Loblolly Cove, Cape Ann |
 | Brasenia schreberi J.F.Gmel. | 1821 | not recorded | Pleasant Pond, Wenham, Mass. |
 | Lecanora tartarea (L.) Ach. | 1839 | E. Tuckerman | Manchester |
 | Ochrolechia yasudae Vainio | 1839 | Tuckerman, E. | [USA] Manchester, Massachusetts. |
 | Clethra alnifolia L. | 1840 | OakesHerbarium | Rowley |
 | Euphorbia polygonifolia L. | 1840 | Wolle, J. | Ipswich |
 | Iva frutescens L. | 1840 | Oakes | ad Ipswich |
 | Potentilla anserina L. | 1840 | Wolle, J. | Ipswich |
 | Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop. | 1840 | Oakes | Ipswich |
 | Laminaria saccharina (L.) J.V.Lamour. | 1842 | N. Pike | Plum Island |
 | Splachnum ampullaceum Hedw. | 1843 | A. Gray; W. S. Sullivant | Manchester |
All 6,295 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of William Haskell House: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atwater Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Manchester Sand and Stone Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| John R Morse | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Morse Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gloucester, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1997 | Lightning | Gloucester | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gloucester | $30,000 | Power lines on Thatcher Road and Washington Street were downed by thunderstorm winds. A tree on Wheeler Street was downed onto a house. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gloucester | $12,000 | Multiple trees were downed in the Annisquam area. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gloucester | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs at Eastern Point in Gloucester. |
| September 2007 | Lightning | Gloucester | $5,000 | A lightning strike ignited a brush fire. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Gloucester | $3,000 | A tree and wires were downed on Washington Street. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gloucester | $3,000 | A large tree on Wheeler Street was downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gloucester | $3,000 | Trees on Washington Street were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2020 | Flood | West Gloucester | - | In Gloucester, Maplewood Avenue was flooded and impassable. |
| February 1999 | Heavy Rain | Gloucester | - | no account filed |
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 - 2,227 words, 15 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 90000217, 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ella Proctor Herrick House | 1.3 miles | 1990 |
 | Cogswell's Grant | 1.9 miles | 1990 |
 | Davis-Freeman House | 1.9 miles | 1990 |
 | Essex Town Hall and TOHP Burnham Library | 2.3 miles | 2007 |
| Babson-Alling House | 3.1 miles | 1996 | |
 | Dyke-Wheeler House | 3.1 miles | 1990 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90000217 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Essex County | All 480 listed properties in this county. |
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