Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1890.
One of 60 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 1994 · 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 108 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 23 fires within 5 miles of Powers Institute Historic District between 2017 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. None 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 | 15 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 11 June 2018 | Other causes | 3.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 31 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 31 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 23 May 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 17 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 30 April 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 30 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Powers Institute Historic District: 8 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Slate, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernardston Magnetite Occurence | Iron, Sulfur, Copper | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Bernardston Magnetite Occurrence | Iron, Copper, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Turner Falls Copper Occurence North | Copper, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Malachite | |
| Turner Falls Copper Prospect | Barium-Barite, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Amphibolite Rock Quarry N | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Amphibolite Rock Quarry N | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Amphibolite Rock Quarry No. Bj5 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Amphibolite Rock Quarry No. Bj6 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Greenfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mackin Sand and Gravel Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Bernardston Congregational Unitarian Church | 0.2 miles | 1993 |
 | Gill Center Historic District | 3.4 miles | 2018 |
 | Riverside Village Historic District | 4.3 miles | 2017 |
 | Turner Falls Historic District | 4.4 miles | 1982 |
 | Simeon Alexander Jr. House | 4.9 miles | 1991 |
 | Northfield Center Cemetery | 5.0 miles | 2004 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 93000127 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Franklin County | All 60 listed properties in this county. |
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