Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.
One of 480 National Register listings published here for Essex County · listed in 1991 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Nahant Civic Historic District between 2003 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 27 September 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 2 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 13 August 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 4 July 2016 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | LYNN |
| 26 July 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | LYNN |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Nahant Civic Historic District: 2 plants, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium, Mercury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Eastern Smelt & Refin Corp | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium, Mercury | Plant | ||
| Swampscott Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Swampscott Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Swampscott Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lodge, Henry Cabot, House | 0.2 miles | 1976 |
 | Greenlawn Cemetery | 0.7 miles | 2000 |
 | Nahant Life-Saving Station | 1.1 miles | 2012 |
 | Nahant Beach Boulevard-Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston | 1.5 miles | 2003 |
| Nahant Beach Boulevard-Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston | 2.6 miles | 2003 |
 | Lucian Newhall House | 2.8 miles | 1985 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001174 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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