West Falmouth Village Historic District
West Falmouth Village Historic District is a district in Falmouth, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 2, 1998.
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Last checked October 31, 2026 - Location
- Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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History
The West Falmouth Village Historic District is a historic district along West Falmouth Highway (Massachusetts Route 28A) in West Falmouth, Massachusetts, which is a village in the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts. The northern end of the historic district is approximately at Bourne Farm, near Thomas Landers Road, extending south along Route 28A through West Falmouth Village to about Garrison Road.
The area was settled in 1673 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
Several of the historic buildings in West Falmouth Village are the West Falmouth Library,
the Quaker Meeting House and Quaker Carriage Sheds, Emerson House, the West Falmouth Fire Station, and numerous historic houses.
The Shining Sea Bikeway passes close to the center of West Falmouth Village, providing access to the beautiful Great Sippewissett Marsh to the south and the historic 1775 Bourne Farm and cranberry bogs to the north. Chapoquoit Beach, a Falmouth public beach, is also close to the center of West Falmouth Village.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The official nomination form is linked under Sources.
Other listings in Falmouth
- Central Fire Station Building · listed 1998
- Falmouth Pumping Station Building · listed 1998
- Falmouth Village Green Historic District District · listed 1996
- Lawrence Academy Building · listed 1998
- Nobska Point Light Station Structure · listed 1987
- North Falmouth Village Historic District District · listed 1998
- Nye, Elnathan, House Building · listed 2002
- Oak Grove Cemetery Site · listed 2014
- Poor House and Methodist Cemetery Building · listed 1998
- Teaticket School Building · listed 2002
- Tobey, Josiah, House Building · listed 1994
- Waquoit Historic District District · listed 2004
Nearby historic places
- Warren First Congregational Church-Federated Church Warren, MA · about 6 mi
- West Chop Light Station Tisbury, MA · about 8 mi
- WITCH (catboat) Wareham, MA · about 9 mi
- Santuit Historic District Barnstable, MA · about 10 mi
- Bourne, Jonathan, Public Library Bourne, MA · about 10 mi
- Tremont Nail Factory District Wareham, MA · about 12 mi