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Nathaniel Swift House, U.S. Route 6, Eastham, Barnstable County, MA

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

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Aboard the Frances and Marion, a Portuguese drag trawler, fishing off Cape Cod. The ice hold

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Aboard the Frances and Marion, a Portugue...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portuguese dory boat homeward bound off Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Portuguese dory boat homeward bound off Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Aboard the Frances and Marion, a Portuguese drag trawler, fishing off Cape Cod. Pitching the catch into metal baskets, to be lowered into the hold for icing

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Aboard the Frances and Marion, a Portugue...

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man on a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

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 Information Photograph

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

Carol M. Highsmith - Cape Cod harbor, Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Carol M. Highsmith - Cape Cod harbor, Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Rich-Higgins House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

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

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

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 County, MA

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, Barnstable County, MA

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 County, MA

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 County, MA

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

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

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

Monomoy Point Light Station, Approximately 3500 feet Northeast Powder Hole Pond, Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, Chatham, Barnstable County, MA

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

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

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

2162 North Brandywine Street (House), Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

2162 North Brandywine Street (House), Arlington, Arlington County, Vir...

Significance: The Glebewood Village Historic District is a residential neighborhood consisting of 104 rowhouses developed by Mace Properties, Inc., in 1937 and 1938, to serve a commuting suburb to Washington, D... More

Thomas Hopkins House, Holsbery Lane, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

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

Thomas Dyer House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

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

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

Jabez Wilder House, Main Street, Hingham, Plymouth County, MA

Jabez Wilder House, Main Street, Hingham, Plymouth County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-137 Building/structure dates: 1690 Initial Construction

Beale Air Force Base, Perimeter Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased-Array Warning System, End of Spencer Paul Road, north of Warren Shingle Road (14th Street), Marysville, Yuba County, CA

Beale Air Force Base, Perimeter Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased-Array...

Significance: It is one of four large phased-array radars designed and built by Raytheon. PAVE PAWS was the first solid-state, phase-phase steered array radar operational in the world. The PAVE PAWS at Beale an... More

Isaac Small House, Old King's Highway & Highland Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

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, Barnstable County, MA

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

Richard Rich House, South Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

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

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

Justin Williams House, Pamet Point Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

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

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Equipment Building, Off Coast Guard Road, about 1 mile north of U.S. Route 6A intersection, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Equipment Building, Off Coast...

Significance: The Equipment Building is one of two principal contributing outbuildings associated with the U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station built during the 1936-37 period of development. Survey number:... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Equipment Building, Off Coast Guard Road, about 1 mile north of U.S. Route 6A intersection, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Equipment Building, Off Coast...

Significance: The Equipment Building is one of two principal contributing outbuildings associated with the U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station built during the 1936-37 period of development. Survey number:... More

Benjamin Collins House, South Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

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

Shebnah Rich House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

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

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 Plant, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

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 Plant, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

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

Samuel Paine House, Longnook & Higgins Hollow Roads, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Samuel Paine House, Longnook & Higgins Hollow Roads, Truro, Barnstable...

Significance: This is a one and a half story Cape Cod "double" house, five bays, located within the area of the proposed Cape Cod National Seashore. Survey number: HABS MA-756 Building/structure dates: ca. 18... More

Benjamin Dyer Barn, North Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Benjamin Dyer Barn, North Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: This is a typical Cape Cod Barn of the early 19th century used for cows and horses on a small farm. / The Benjamin Dyer Barn, mid-nineteenth century, is a typical barn on Lower Cape Cod. It has b... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guard Road, about 1 mile north of U.S. Route 6A intersection, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guar...

Significance: The station house was constructed as an updated office and residential (berthing) facility for the U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station following the demolition of the original facility at a si... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guard Road, about 1 mile north of U.S. Route 6A intersection, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guar...

Significance: The station house was constructed as an updated office and residential (berthing) facility for the U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station following the demolition of the original facility at a si... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guard Road, about 1 mile north of U.S. Route 6A intersection, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guar...

Significance: The station house was constructed as an updated office and residential (berthing) facility for the U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station following the demolition of the original facility at a si... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guard Road, about 1 mile north of U.S. Route 6A intersection, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guar...

Significance: The station house was constructed as an updated office and residential (berthing) facility for the U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station following the demolition of the original facility at a si... More

[Planning map for proposed Cape Cod Ship Canal] /

[Planning map for proposed Cape Cod Ship Canal] /

Relief shown by contours. Title supplied by cataloger. Pen-and-ink in red and blue inks and pencil on tracing paper. Imperfect: Brittle, soiled, creased, small tears along edges. Available also through the Libr... More

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Aboard the Frances and Marion, a Portuguese drag trawler, fishing off Cape Cod. All hands hauling in the trawl

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Aboard the Frances and Marion, a Portugue...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hauling in a cod aboard a Portuguese fishing dory off Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Hauling in a cod aboard a Portuguese fishing dory off Cape Cod, Massac...

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Aboard the Frances and Marion, a Portuguese drag trawler, fishing off Cape Cod. Lowering fish into the ice hold

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Aboard the Frances and Marion, a Portugue...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Aboard the Frances and Marion a Portuguese drag trawler, fishing off Cape Cod. The trawl coming aboard

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Aboard the Frances and Marion a Portugues...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cape Poge Light is at the northeast tip of Chappaquiddick, an island that is part of Martha's Vineyard, off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Cape Poge Light is at the northeast tip of Chappaquiddick, an island t...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Rich-Higgins House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

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

Benjamin S. Kelley House, Higgins Hollow Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Benjamin S. Kelley House, Higgins Hollow Road, Truro, Barnstable Count...

Significance: This structure is one of the few "single" houses left in this area on Cape Cod. It is an early type Cape Cod house, three bay front, located within the area of the proposed Cape Cod National Seas... More

Black Horse Tavern, Searsport Avenue (U.S. Route 1), Belfast, Waldo County, ME

Black Horse Tavern, Searsport Avenue (U.S. Route 1), Belfast, Waldo Co...

Structure has been stylistically described as "Cape Cod" & has a "well dipping arm." Survey number: HABS ME-18 Building/structure dates: 1800 Initial Construction

Cape Cod Air Station, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

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

Cape Cod Air Station, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

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

Cape Cod Air Station, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

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

Jonathan Collins House, South Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Jonathan Collins House, South Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: The Jonathan Collins House is a one-and-a-half-story Cape Cod "house-and-a-half" with a west ell. It is wooden, covered with wooden shingles and faces north, although it may have originally faced... More

Atwood-Higgins House, Bound Brook Island Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

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

Zenas Adams House, North Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Zenas Adams House, North Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: Originally a typical Cape Cod "house and a half" in a vernacular version of the Greek Revival manner dating from around 1840, this dwelling, enlarged to a "double house" in 1940 and further enlarg... More

Cape Cod Windmill, Samoset Road (moved from Plymouth to Truro to Eastham, MA), Eastham, Barnstable County, MA

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

Joshua Snow House, North Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Joshua Snow House, North Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: The Joshua Snow House is a one and half story Cape Cod "house-and-a-half" of wood. The rectangular house faces south with an early ell to the north and modern additions to the west. The south fa... More

Jabez Wilder House, Main Street, Hingham, Plymouth County, MA

Jabez Wilder House, Main Street, Hingham, Plymouth County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-137 Building/structure dates: 1690 Initial Construction

Beale Air Force Base, Perimeter Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased-Array Warning System, End of Spencer Paul Road, north of Warren Shingle Road (14th Street), Marysville, Yuba County, CA

Beale Air Force Base, Perimeter Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased-Array...

Significance: It is one of four large phased-array radars designed and built by Raytheon. PAVE PAWS was the first solid-state, phase-phase steered array radar operational in the world. The PAVE PAWS at Beale an... More

Isaac Small House, Old King's Highway & Highland Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

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

Thomas Rich House, Old County Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Thomas Rich House, Old County Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: This is a Greek Revival house, with ell, and with entrance in this ell. This is located in the area of the proposed Cape Cod National Sea Shore. Survey number: HABS MA-762

William P. Snow House, South Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

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

William T. Newcomb House, Pump Log Point, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

William T. Newcomb House, Pump Log Point, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: This is a Cape Cod "house and a half," 4 bay exterior, located within the area of the proposed Cape Cod National Seashore. Survey number: HABS MA-754

Justin Williams House, Pamet Point Road, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA

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

Ambrose Snow Privy, North Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Ambrose Snow Privy, North Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: A good example of a Cape Cod privy still in use. Structure serves Ambrose Snow House and Cobbler Shop (as of 1962). Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-295 Survey numb... More

Ephraim Rich House, Pump Log Point, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

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

Ephraim Rich House, Pump Log Point, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

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

Ephraim Rich House, Pump Log Point, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

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

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Equipment Building, Off Coast Guard Road, about 1 mile north of U.S. Route 6A intersection, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Equipment Building, Off Coast...

Significance: The Equipment Building is one of two principal contributing outbuildings associated with the U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station built during the 1936-37 period of development. Survey number:... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Equipment Building, Off Coast Guard Road, about 1 mile north of U.S. Route 6A intersection, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Equipment Building, Off Coast...

Significance: The Equipment Building is one of two principal contributing outbuildings associated with the U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station built during the 1936-37 period of development. Survey number:... More

Benjamin Collins House, South Pamet Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

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

Shebnah Rich House, Longnook Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

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

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 Plant, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

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 Plant, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

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 Plant, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

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 Plant, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

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, Provincetown, Barnstable County, MA

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, Provincetown, Barnstable County, MA

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, Provincetown, Barnstable County, MA

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, Provincetown, Barnstable County, MA

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, MA

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

Samuel Paine House, Longnook & Higgins Hollow Roads, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Samuel Paine House, Longnook & Higgins Hollow Roads, Truro, Barnstable...

Significance: This is a one and a half story Cape Cod "double" house, five bays, located within the area of the proposed Cape Cod National Seashore. Survey number: HABS MA-756 Building/structure dates: ca. 18... More

Crocker Tavern, Main Street, Barnstable, Barnstable County, MA

Crocker Tavern, Main Street, Barnstable, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: This is a large example of eighteen-century architecture on Cape Cod. It was used as a public house from pre-Revolutionary times forward into the nineteenth century. / This large example of eight... More

Crocker Tavern, Main Street, Barnstable, Barnstable County, MA

Crocker Tavern, Main Street, Barnstable, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: This is a large example of eighteen-century architecture on Cape Cod. It was used as a public house from pre-Revolutionary times forward into the nineteenth century. / This large example of eight... More

Crocker Tavern, Main Street, Barnstable, Barnstable County, MA

Crocker Tavern, Main Street, Barnstable, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: This is a large example of eighteen-century architecture on Cape Cod. It was used as a public house from pre-Revolutionary times forward into the nineteenth century. / This large example of eight... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guard Road, about 1 mile north of U.S. Route 6A intersection, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guar...

Significance: The station house was constructed as an updated office and residential (berthing) facility for the U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station following the demolition of the original facility at a si... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guard Road, about 1 mile north of U.S. Route 6A intersection, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guar...

Significance: The station house was constructed as an updated office and residential (berthing) facility for the U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station following the demolition of the original facility at a si... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guard Road, about 1 mile north of U.S. Route 6A intersection, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guar...

Significance: The station house was constructed as an updated office and residential (berthing) facility for the U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station following the demolition of the original facility at a si... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guard Road, about 1 mile north of U.S. Route 6A intersection, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guar...

Significance: The station house was constructed as an updated office and residential (berthing) facility for the U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station following the demolition of the original facility at a si... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guard Road, about 1 mile north of U.S. Route 6A intersection, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guar...

Significance: The station house was constructed as an updated office and residential (berthing) facility for the U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station following the demolition of the original facility at a si... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guard Road, about 1 mile north of U.S. Route 6A intersection, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station, Station House, Off Coast Guar...

Significance: The station house was constructed as an updated office and residential (berthing) facility for the U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Canal Station following the demolition of the original facility at a si... More

The sea-serpent season upon us again / F. Opper.

The sea-serpent season upon us again / F. Opper.

Print shows a "Sensation Press" reporter standing on the shore near "Gray Gables", Grover Cleveland's summer home at Cape Cod, pointing to a sea serpent labeled "3d Term Twaddle". Caption: The latest and most ... More

Thomas K. Small House, Highland Road & Old King's Highway, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

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

The hitchhiker. Decorative figure in old-fashioned dress in front of antique shop at entrance to Cape Cod near Bourne Bridge, Massachusetts

The hitchhiker. Decorative figure in old-fashioned dress in front of a...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Aboard the Frances and Marion, a Portuguese drag trawler, fishing off Cape Cod. The Portuguese master cleaning a cod

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Aboard the Frances and Marion, a Portugue...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a boat, water, fishing, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Aboard the Frances and Marion, a Portuguese drag trawler, fishing off Cape Cod. Dinner aboard

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Aboard the Frances and Marion, a Portugue...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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