Cape Cod Cold Storage, Freeman's Wharf, 125-129 Commercial Street, Provincetown, Barnstable County, MA
Summary
Significance: Freeman's Wharf is a remnant of a former trap fishing and cold storage facility also known as the Cape Cod Cold Storage which functioned as a principal industry and employer in Provincetown during the period of significance. As such it represents contemporary technology for the off-loading and processing of fish from a typical Provincetown trap fishing and cold storage operation during the mid-late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Survey number: HAER MA-124-A
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Provincetown (Mass.), 42.04554, -70.19194
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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