Whittemore House

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Whittemore House between 2015 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 5,513 specimens collected within 10 miles of Whittemore House between 1817 and 1975: 2,096 Animalia, 1,601 Plantae, 1,168 Fungi, 334 Chromista, 201 Unrecorded, 93 Protozoa, 20 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
	Lecanora tartarea (L.) Ach.	1839	E. Tuckerman	Manchester
	Ochrolechia yasudae Vainio	1839	Tuckerman, E.	[USA] Manchester, Massachusetts.
	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
	Splachnum ampullaceum Hedw.	1843	A. Gray; W. S. Sullivant	Manchester
	Ceramium rubrum C.Agardh	1847	N. Pike	Cape Ann
	Cystoclonium purpurascens (Hudson) Kützing	1848	E. Hodges
	Ectocarpus Lyngbye, 1819	1848	E. Hodges

All 5,513 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Whittemore House: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.

Every working recorded in Essex County

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.

Every storm recorded in Essex County

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 - 1,145 words, 10 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 90000218, 10 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
	First Parish Burial Ground	under 500 feet	2010
	White--Ellery House	0.3 miles	1990
	Babson--Alling House	0.3 miles	1996
	Gloucester Net and Twine Company	0.3 miles	1996
	Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial	0.6 miles	1996
	Front Street Block	0.6 miles	1974