Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. 21 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.
One of 183 National Register listings published here for Berkshire County · listed in 2000 · 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 112 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 29 fires within 5 miles of Farnams Village Historic District between 2008 and 2018, burning about 145 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 June 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 13 June 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 13 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 6 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 3 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 25 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 22 May 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 15 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Farnams Village Historic District: 14 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Limestone, General, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States Gypsum Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| United States Gypsum Company Marble Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Stratabound | |
| Bennett Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Bennett Prospect | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Bennett Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Bliss Mine | Iron | Producer | 1782 | |
| Bliss Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bliss Mine/Jagger Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Colby Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Colby Mine | Iron | Producer | 1856 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pettibone Farm | 0.7 miles | 1991 |
 | Hall's Tavern | 2.1 miles | 1983 |
 | Cheshire Town Hall Complex | 2.1 miles | 2017 |
 | St. Luke's Episcopal Church | 4.4 miles | 1972 |
 | Fitch-Hoose House | 4.5 miles | 2010 |
 | Old Churchyard Cemetery | 4.6 miles | 2012 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 99000866 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Berkshire County | All 183 listed properties in this county. |
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