Historic places in Provincetown, Massachusetts
Provincetown in Barnstable County has 11 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 5 buildings, 3 structures, 2 districts, 1 site. The first was listed in 1972 and the most recent in 2012. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, maritime history, engineering. Open to visitors: Dune Shacks of Peaked Hill Bars Historic District, Race Point Light Station.
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Every National Register listing in Provincetown
PAUL PALMER (Shipwreck and Remains)
The Paul Palmer was a five-masted schooner built in 1902 by George F. Welt in Waldoboro, Maine. [Wikipedia]
Address not published · NPS record #07000288
Wood End Light Lookout Station
Wood End Light Lookout Station is a historic lighthouse, located at the southwest end of Long Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Long Pt. · NPS record #87001504
Center Methodist Church (also Center for the Arts)
The Center Methodist Church or Center Methodist Episcopal Church is located in Provincetown, Massachusetts at 356 Commercial Street. [Wikipedia]
356 Commercial St. · NPS record #75000247
Dune Shacks of Peaked Hill Bars Historic District
The Dune Shacks of Peaked Hill Bars Historic District is an artist colony and historic district located inside the Cape Cod National Seashore of Massachusetts, United States, nearest to the towns of Provincetown and Truro. [Wikipedia]
Inner Dune, Snail, & High Head Rds. · NPS record #12000132
First Universalist Chruch (also Church of the Redeemer)
The Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Provincetown is an historic church at 236 Commercial Street in Provincetown, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
236 Commercial St. · NPS record #72000122
Hawthorne Class Studio (also Morris Davidson School of Art)
The Cape Cod School of Art, also known as Hawthorne School of Art, was the first outdoor school of figure painting in America; it was started by Charles Webster Hawthorne in Provincetown, Massachusetts, in 1898. [Wikipedia]
Off Miller Hill Rd. · NPS record #78000434
Long Point Light Station
Long Point Light Station is a historic lighthouse at the northeast tip of Long Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Herring Cove Beach · NPS record #87002039
Provincetown Historic District (also See Also: 75000247; 72001022)
The Provincetown Historic District encompasses most of the dense urban center of Provincetown, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by US 6, W end of Commercial St., Provincetown Harbor, and SE end of Commerical St. · NPS record #89001148
Provincetown Public Library
The Old Provincetown Public Library building is a historic building at 330 Commercial Street in downtown Provincetown, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
330 Commercial St. · NPS record #75000248
Race Point Light Station
Race Point Light is a historic lighthouse on Cape Cod, in Provincetown, Massachusetts; it is on the National Register of Historic Places. [Wikipedia]
Race Point Beach · NPS record #87001482
US Post Office-Provincetown Main (also Provincetown Main Post Office)
The Provincetown Post Office is located at 217 Commercial Street in Provincetown, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
217 Commercial St. · NPS record #87001772
Other towns in Barnstable County
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