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Photograph of Wannalancit Street Historic District
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Wannalancit Street Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 21 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.

From the record

One of 1,353 National Register listings published here for Middlesex County · listed in 1998 · category: District.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

Fires near this property

133 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Wannalancit Street Historic District between 2001 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 31 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning28
Recreation and ceremony19
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2002Smokingunder an acreMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
26 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
22 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
13 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Hampshire Division of Forest and Landsnot named
9 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
4 August 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
18 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Every fire recorded in Middlesex County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Wannalancit Street Historic District: 16 past producers, 10 producers, 4 plants. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Graphite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dracut DepositCobalt, NickelPast Producer1876, 1939
Dracut Ni Mine/Nickel Mine HillNickel, Gold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Avaco Corp--Lowell, Ma.GraphitePlant
Stackpole Fibers Co--Lowell, Ma.GraphitePlant
Brox QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Chelmsford MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Dracut PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Essex Bituminous Concrete ProductsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
George Brox IncStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
West Chelmsford QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Middlesex County

Maps showing this location

21 surveys

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.

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Jonathan Bowers Houseunder 500 feet1976
St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church0.3 miles2008
Pawtucket Congregational Church0.3 miles2007
St. Joseph's Convent and School0.4 miles2002
Allen House0.5 miles1982
Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic College for Boys0.5 miles2010

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 98000541 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Middlesex CountyAll 1353 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • 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.
  • 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.