Camp Edwards, Building T-1233, Bourne, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: Building T-1233 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a 700 Series Recreation Building. It represents one of twelve 700 Series Recreation Buildings constructed as part of th... More
Thomas K. Small House, Highland Road & Old King's Highway, Truro, Barn...
Significance: This is an example of a traditional Cape Cod "house-and-a-half" with overhanging gables. It was owned by a prosperous farmer of the mid-nineteenth century. It is classified as a historic structu... More
Art class. Provincetown's reputation as an art center provides ample i...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from record for item with the same number in the LC-USF34 series. Electronic surrogate made from item with the same number ... More
One of the few fish freezers still in operation. Provincetown, Massach...
Additional information on caption card: See 12706-D [i.e. LC-USF34-012706-D]. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washin... More
Manuel Andrews a Portuguese boy near Falmouth, Massachusetts. Family r...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. Officers, as well as enlisted men, are re...
Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ab... More
A couple of men standing on top of a boat. Office of War Information P...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Winslow House, Brewster, Barnstable County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-344 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rich-Higgins House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: This residence consists of two houses - a Cape Cod "double house" of the 18th century on the west, and a Cape Cod "house and a half" of the 19th century on the east, and are joined together to mak... More
Rich-Higgins House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: This residence consists of two houses - a Cape Cod "double house" of the 18th century on the west, and a Cape Cod "house and a half" of the 19th century on the east, and are joined together to mak... More
Ambrose Snow House & Cobbler Shop, North Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable...
Significance: The Ambrose Snow House and Cobbler Shop is a one and half story Cape Cod "house-and-a-half" of wood. The rectangular house faces south with a west ell. All exterior wall surfaces are shingled. ... More
Old Jail, State Route 6A & Old Jail Lane, Barnstable, Barnstable Count...
Survey number: HABS MA-976 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cape Cod Canal Lift Bridge, Spanning Cape Cod Canal, Buzzards Bay, Bar...
Survey number: HAER MA-66 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cape Cod Canal Lift Bridge, Spanning Cape Cod Canal, Buzzards Bay, Bar...
Survey number: HAER MA-66 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cape Cod Canal Lift Bridge, Spanning Cape Cod Canal, Buzzards Bay, Bar...
Survey number: HAER MA-66 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cape Cod Air Station, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Sandwich, Ba...
Significance: This facility is one of four PAVE (Air Force program name) Phased Array Warning System (PAVE PAWS) sites located in the U.S. It was designed to provide early warning and tracking for submarine-lau... More
Church of the Redeemer, 236 Commercial Street, Provincetown, Barnstabl...
Significance: This wooden Greek Revival Church with notably fine three stage tower is remarkable for the illusionistic architectural detailing in fresco of its auditorium interior. Survey number: HABS MA-737 ... More
Elisha Cobb House, Prince Valley Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: The Elisha Cobb House is a typically Cape Cod "double house" except that it has two salt box lean-tos instead of one continuous lean-to. Various interior alterations have been made. / The Elisha ... More
Captain Edward Penniman House, Fort Hill Road, Eastham, Barnstable Cou...
Significance: The house was built by whaling Captain Edward Penniman in 1867-1868, who had shipbuilders from Wellfleet do the work. It has remained in the family, is in very good condition and is within the Ca... More
Captain Edward Penniman House, Fort Hill Road, Eastham, Barnstable Cou...
Significance: The house was built by whaling Captain Edward Penniman in 1867-1868, who had shipbuilders from Wellfleet do the work. It has remained in the family, is in very good condition and is within the Ca... More
Buck House, Barn Hill Road, West Chatham, Barnstable County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-2-8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sylvanus Doane House, Nauset Road, Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: Visible evidence shows that this structure was originally a Cape Cod "house," i.e. half of a double house and a later addition converted it into a double house. The present owner states that it h... More
Camp Edwards, Building T-1267, Bourne, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: Building T-1267 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a 700-series Day Room. It represents one of 177 7600-series A-5 Day Rooms constructed as part of the original 1940 Camp... More
Camp Edwards, Bourne, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: Camp Edwards is significant as one of the first camps built (or in this case built-up) as part of the mobilization construction program of the Army a massive national building program designed to ... More
Camp Edwards, Bourne, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: Camp Edwards is significant as one of the first camps built (or in this case built-up) as part of the mobilization construction program of the Army a massive national building program designed to ... More
Camp Edwards, Bourne, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: Camp Edwards is significant as one of the first camps built (or in this case built-up) as part of the mobilization construction program of the Army a massive national building program designed to ... More
Monomoy Point Light Station, Approximately 3500 feet Northeast Powder ...
Significance: Originally built in response to Federal period growth in coastal traffic, the Monomoy Point Light Station is now significant as an early example of cast-iron light construction for a secondary, fi... More
Old Indian Church, Mashpee, Barnstable County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-978 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Joseph Atwood House, Atwood Street, Chatham, Barnstable County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17 Survey number: HABS MA-161
Cape Cod Windmill, Samoset Road (moved from Plymouth to Truro to Easth...
Survey number: HABS MA-2-21 Building/structure dates: 1793 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 99000560
Cape Cod Windmill, Samoset Road (moved from Plymouth to Truro to Easth...
Survey number: HABS MA-2-21 Building/structure dates: 1793 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 99000560
Cape Cod Windmill, Samoset Road (moved from Plymouth to Truro to Easth...
Survey number: HABS MA-2-21 Building/structure dates: 1793 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 99000560
Lombard Farm, House, Prospect Street (State Route 149), Barnstable, Ba...
Significance: Although the Town of Barnstable voted "to build a house for the poor" as early as 1722, the present structure appears to date from 1821, apparently replacing the one built in 1769 for the same pur... More
Christopher Ryder House, Ryder's Cove vicinity, Chatham Port, Barnstab...
Survey number: HABS MA-118 Building/structure dates: 1809 Initial Construction
French Cable Station, Cove Road & MA Route 28, Orleans, Barnstable Cou...
Survey number: HAER MA-67 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Thomas Dyer House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: This is a traditional Cape Cod "house-and-a-half" of the early nineteenth century. It is classified a historic structure in the Cape Cod National Seashore. Survey number: HABS MA-745
Isaac Gorham House, Barnstable, Barnstable County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-425 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Isaac Gorham House, Barnstable, Barnstable County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-425 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Isaac Small House, Old King's Highway & Highland Road, Truro, Barnstab...
Significance: This is one of the oldest, largest, and least altered houses in the Cape Cod National Seashore. It is classified as an historic structure, and is a good example of the traditional Cape Cod "doubl... More
Isaac Small House, Old King's Highway & Highland Road, Truro, Barnstab...
Significance: This is one of the oldest, largest, and least altered houses in the Cape Cod National Seashore. It is classified as an historic structure, and is a good example of the traditional Cape Cod "doubl... More
Chatham Windmill, Atwood Street, Chatham, Barnstable County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-2-61 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Martha Hoxie House, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-88 Survey number: HABS MA-237
Captain Edward Penniman Barn, Fort Hill Road, Eastham, Barnstable Coun...
Significance: This French Second Empire style barn, an unusual style of architecture for Cape Cod, is at the rear of the Edward Penniman house. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-275... More
Captain Edward Penniman Barn, Fort Hill Road, Eastham, Barnstable Coun...
Significance: This French Second Empire style barn, an unusual style of architecture for Cape Cod, is at the rear of the Edward Penniman house. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-275... More
Justin Williams House, Pamet Point Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County,...
Significance: This is an example of a traditional Cape Cod "house and a half" of the early nineteenth century. Building Number 19-50 in Cape Cod National Seashore. / This house is a one and a half story Cape C... More
Ephraim Rich House, Pump Log Point, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: This is a Cape Cod "double house," 5 bay exterior, located within the proposed Cape Cod National Seashore. It is typical of the type built on Cape Cod in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ... More
Camp Edwards, Building T-1229, Bourne, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: Building T-1229 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a 700 Series Storehouse and Company Administration Building (Built Double). It represents one of eighty-three double st... More
Nathaniel Dyer House, North Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: This is an early Cape Cod "double house" of approximately the 1830s. The early character of the house is still present, on the interior as well as the exterior. Like most houses in this area, ho... More
Cape Cod Air Station, Technical Facility-Scanner Building & Power Plan...
Significance: The Technical Facility/Scanner Building and Power Plant is the central component of the PAVE PAWS complex and performs all the functions required for the missile detection and tracking mission, i... More
Cape Cod Air Station, Technical Facility-Scanner Building & Power Plan...
Significance: The Technical Facility/Scanner Building and Power Plant is the central component of the PAVE PAWS complex and performs all the functions required for the missile detection and tracking mission, i... More
Cape Cod Air Station, Technical Facility-Scanner Building & Power Plan...
Significance: The Technical Facility/Scanner Building and Power Plant is the central component of the PAVE PAWS complex and performs all the functions required for the missile detection and tracking mission, i... More
Cape Cod Air Station, Technical Facility-Scanner Building & Power Plan...
Significance: The Technical Facility/Scanner Building and Power Plant is the central component of the PAVE PAWS complex and performs all the functions required for the missile detection and tracking mission, i... More
Cape Cod Air Station, Technical Facility-Scanner Building & Power Plan...
Significance: The Technical Facility/Scanner Building and Power Plant is the central component of the PAVE PAWS complex and performs all the functions required for the missile detection and tracking mission, i... More
Cape Cod Cold Storage, Freeman's Wharf, 125-129 Commercial Street, Pro...
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... More
Cape Cod Cold Storage, Freeman's Wharf, 125-129 Commercial Street, Pro...
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... More
Cape Cod Cold Storage, Freeman's Wharf, 125-129 Commercial Street, Pro...
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... More
Cape Cod Cold Storage, Freeman's Wharf, 125-129 Commercial Street, Pro...
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... More
Jedediah Higgins House, Higgins Hollow Road, Truro, Barnstable County,...
Significance: This is a traditional "one-and-a-half-story" Cape Cod "double-house" of the early nineteenth century. It is classified a historic structure in the Cape Cod National Seashore. Survey number: HABS MA-748
Marine Biological Laboratory, Supply Building, 111 Water Street, Falmo...
Significance: The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), founded in 1888, is national significant as the nation's first permanent and most enduring marine biological research and educational institution. The Supp... More
Elisha Cobb Summer Kitchen, Prince Valley Road, Truro, Barnstable Coun...
Significance: Typical Cape Cod outbuilding of unfinished plank walls. / The Elisha Cobb Summer Kitchen is a characteristic example of a mid-nineteenth century detached summer kitchen on Lower Cape Cod. Buildin... More
Captain Elijah Cobb House, Lower Road, Brewster, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: A fine example of late 18th century mansion in the Georgian tradition. It was the home of Captain Elijah Cobb (1768-1848), a colorful skipper who left his memoirs. Survey number: HABS MA-732 Bu... More
John Mayo House, Old County Road vicinity, Truro, Barnstable County, M...
Survey number: HABS MA-1117 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nathaniel Swift House, U.S. Route 6, Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: Good example of Cape Cod "double house," ie. with central door flanked by two windows on either side. Survey number: HABS MA-736 Building/structure dates: 1741 Initial Construction
Joshua Snow Woodhouse, North Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-769-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Captain Jack's Wharf, formerly a fish pier, now a tourist colony mainl...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
A black and white photo of a man on a boat. Office of War Information ...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
A black and white photo of a boat in the water. Office of War Informat...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Rich-Higgins House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: This residence consists of two houses - a Cape Cod "double house" of the 18th century on the west, and a Cape Cod "house and a half" of the 19th century on the east, and are joined together to mak... More
Rich-Higgins House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: This residence consists of two houses - a Cape Cod "double house" of the 18th century on the west, and a Cape Cod "house and a half" of the 19th century on the east, and are joined together to mak... More
Rich-Higgins House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: This residence consists of two houses - a Cape Cod "double house" of the 18th century on the west, and a Cape Cod "house and a half" of the 19th century on the east, and are joined together to mak... More
Ambrose Snow House & Cobbler Shop, North Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable...
Significance: The Ambrose Snow House and Cobbler Shop is a one and half story Cape Cod "house-and-a-half" of wood. The rectangular house faces south with a west ell. All exterior wall surfaces are shingled. ... More
Cape Cod Air Station, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Sandwich, Ba...
Significance: This facility is one of four PAVE (Air Force program name) Phased Array Warning System (PAVE PAWS) sites located in the U.S. It was designed to provide early warning and tracking for submarine-lau... More
Captain Edward Penniman House, Fort Hill Road, Eastham, Barnstable Cou...
Significance: The house was built by whaling Captain Edward Penniman in 1867-1868, who had shipbuilders from Wellfleet do the work. It has remained in the family, is in very good condition and is within the Ca... More
Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable C...
Significance: This is a fine specimen of a Cape Cod "double house," and Dr. Ernest Allen Connally, HABS Architect and historian, in his survey of Cape Cod houses in the summer of 1959, reported that this was lo... More
John Newcomb House, Williams Pond, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: The John Newcomb House, probably late eighteenth century, is a traditional Cape Cod "double-house," now altered internally. John Newcomb was the Wellfleet oysterman whom Henry David Thoreau visit... More
Sylvanus Doane House, Nauset Road, Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: Visible evidence shows that this structure was originally a Cape Cod "house," i.e. half of a double house and a later addition converted it into a double house. The present owner states that it h... More
Stephen Snow House, South Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-770 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Camp Edwards, Bourne, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: Camp Edwards is significant as one of the first camps built (or in this case built-up) as part of the mobilization construction program of the Army a massive national building program designed to ... More
Monomoy Point Light Station, Approximately 3500 feet Northeast Powder ...
Significance: Originally built in response to Federal period growth in coastal traffic, the Monomoy Point Light Station is now significant as an early example of cast-iron light construction for a secondary, fi... More
Elisha Rich House, Ryder Beach Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: This is a Cape Cod "house and a half," four bay exterior, with one of the few bowed roofs in this area. It is located within the area of the proposed Cape Cod National Seashore. Unprocessed Fiel... More
Elisha Rich House, Ryder Beach Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: This is a Cape Cod "house and a half," four bay exterior, with one of the few bowed roofs in this area. It is located within the area of the proposed Cape Cod National Seashore. Unprocessed Fiel... More
Thomas Hopkins House, Holsbery Lane, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: The Thomas Hopkins House is an early nineteenth century one and a half story Cape Cod "house-and-a-half" of wood. The rectangular house faces south with east and west ells. All facades are shing... More
Lombard Farm, House, Prospect Street (State Route 149), Barnstable, Ba...
Significance: Although the Town of Barnstable voted "to build a house for the poor" as early as 1722, the present structure appears to date from 1821, apparently replacing the one built in 1769 for the same pur... More
Thomas Dyer House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: This is a traditional Cape Cod "house-and-a-half" of the early nineteenth century. It is classified a historic structure in the Cape Cod National Seashore. Survey number: HABS MA-745
Ephraim Harding House, South Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: Cape Cod "house and a half," four bay, frame construction typical of other Cape Cod houses in this area. This is located within the area of the proposed National Seashore on Cape Cod. Unprocesse... More
Seth Knowles House, Fort Hill Road, Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-1128 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Isaac Small House, Old King's Highway & Highland Road, Truro, Barnstab...
Significance: This is one of the oldest, largest, and least altered houses in the Cape Cod National Seashore. It is classified as an historic structure, and is a good example of the traditional Cape Cod "doubl... More
Isaac Small House, Old King's Highway & Highland Road, Truro, Barnstab...
Significance: This is one of the oldest, largest, and least altered houses in the Cape Cod National Seashore. It is classified as an historic structure, and is a good example of the traditional Cape Cod "doubl... More
Chatham Windmill, Atwood Street, Chatham, Barnstable County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-2-61 Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, building plan, diagram, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chatham Windmill, Atwood Street, Chatham, Barnstable County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-2-61 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Richard Rich House, South Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: The Richard Rich House is a one and a half story Cape Cod "house-and-a-half" covered with wood shingles and surrounded by residential landscaping. The house is rectangular, faces south and has a ... More
William P. Snow House, South Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: The William P. Snow House is a one and half story Cape Cod "house-and-a-half" of wood construction and in excellent condition. The rectangular house faces south with a north ell. All facades are... More
Martha Hoxie House, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-88 Survey number: HABS MA-237
Justin Williams House, Pamet Point Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County,...
Significance: This is an example of a traditional Cape Cod "house and a half" of the early nineteenth century. Building Number 19-50 in Cape Cod National Seashore. / This house is a one and a half story Cape C... More
Benjamin Collins House, South Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: This Cape Cod "double house" is one of the earliest in this area of North and South Pamet Roads in Truro, and is reputedly the home of Hector, the last slave in Truro. The house originally belong... More
Jonathan Kendrick House, State Highway, South Orleans, Barnstable Coun...
Survey number: HABS MA-119 Building/structure dates: 1792 Initial Construction
Shebnah Rich House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: This is an example of a traditional Cape Cod "house-and-a-half" now considerably modified. It was the birthplace, and later summer residence, of Truro's historian Shebnah Rich. It is classified ... More
Nathaniel Dyer House, North Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA
Significance: This is an early Cape Cod "double house" of approximately the 1830s. The early character of the house is still present, on the interior as well as the exterior. Like most houses in this area, ho... More
Cape Cod Air Station, Technical Facility-Scanner Building & Power Plan...
Significance: The Technical Facility/Scanner Building and Power Plant is the central component of the PAVE PAWS complex and performs all the functions required for the missile detection and tracking mission, i... More
Cape Cod Air Station, Technical Facility-Scanner Building & Power Plan...
Significance: The Technical Facility/Scanner Building and Power Plant is the central component of the PAVE PAWS complex and performs all the functions required for the missile detection and tracking mission, i... More