Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1998. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
From the record
“The Fisher-Richardson House is a historic house at 354 Willow Street in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Built between 1743 and 1751, it is considered to be the town's second oldest house.”
Wikipedia article Fisher-Richardson House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 272 National Register listings in Bristol County · listed in 1998 · category: Building · one of 8 National Historic Landmarks in Bristol County.
Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture, American colonial architecture
National Register reference number.98000096- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Mansfield town, The inset identifies its exact
source book and publication year.
The dairy industry is headed towards a rather favorable year according to the State College economists and they list these factors to back their statement. There has been a 4% reduction in milk cans in 1934 with a further reduction expected in 1935. There are fewer heifers being saved for milk cows and the drought cattle liquidation along with high feed costs have reduced the number of dual purpose cows milked.
A society of Friends was organized at West Mansfield in 1809. They built a meeting-house which now stands a model of neatness, and regular meetings are now held there upon each " First Day," and occasionally other meetings are held. Rev. Brother Thomas. Grover is the preacher.
In 1830 a Christian Baptist Society was organized, and a small church built at West Mansfield. A new church has since been built near the depot at West Mansfield, and the society is now prospering under the faithful ministrations of Rev. Gustin, of Attleborough.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Fisher--Richardson House between
2015 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
22
Recreation and ceremony
18
Smoking
11
Debris and open burning
8
Equipment and vehicle use
2
Misuse of fire by a minor
1
Arson/incendiarism
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 619 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Fisher--Richardson House between 1874 and
1973: 339 Animalia, 210 Plantae, 70 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by ?, A. A. Eaton, A. Clark 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
10 workings within 5 miles of Fisher--Richardson House: 8 past producers, 2 producers.
2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Mansfield, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 lightning.
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.
Lightning struck a tree near a house on Morrow Street. The lightning traveled along the invisible fence line to the house, damaging the invisible fence circuitry.
No historic map-sheet match is published
for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs
a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
Browse the county's mapped places while that work is
pending.
From the nomination file
5,818 words on record
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 quoted below word for word, 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.
Statement of significance
pplicable National Register Criteri dara tonat one ofer ore boxes for the criteria quatiying the proper X A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. _B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. X C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or epresents the work of a master, or possesse igh artistic values, or represents a significant an distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. _D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.
Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) Property is: _ A owned by religious institution or used for religious purposes. _ B removed from its original location. _ C a birthplace or grave. _ D a cemetery. _ E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. _F a commemorative property. Bristol, MA County and State Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) ARCHITECTURE CONSERVATION EDUCATION SOCIAL HISTORY Period of Significance 1743 - 1947 Significant Dates 1930 Significant Person (Complete if Criterion Bis marked above) N/A Cultural Affiliation N/A Architect/Builder N/A _G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50years.
Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one ormore continuation sheets.) 9.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 98000096, 19 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 miles
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.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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