National Register of Historic Places - Massachusetts (MA), Barnstable County

Barnstable County Massachusetts (Page 5) has 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Weeks, Barzillai, House, West Barnstable Village--Meetinghouse Way Historic District, Whitman, Josiah B., House, Wianno Historic District and U.S. Customshouse.

Several famous people are associated with these Barnstable County historic places including A.D. Makepeace and Barzillai Weeks.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Barnstable County places including Horace Frazer, Ammi B. Young, Ratner-Stanhope Corp., Gilbert Willard, unknown, Benjamin C. Sturgis, N. Stone, Timothy C. Bourne, J.A. Wetmore, Taylor, David and Jr.. Prominent architectural styles found in Barnstable Country are Federal, Georgian and Greek Revival.

Townsend House (added 1998 - - #98000542)

Also known as Bittersweet

290 Paine Hollow Rd. , Wellfleet

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Travelers Club (added 2025 - - #100011423)

Also known as Pocasset Community Club

314 Barlows Landing Road, Bourne

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Area of Significance:

Social History

Truro Highlands Historic District (added 2011 - - #11000823)

Highland Light Rd., Truro

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

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U.S. Customshouse (added 1975 - - #75000239)

Also known as Donald G. Trayser Memorial Museum

Cobbs Hill, MA 6A , Barnstable

MGA73bot2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Young,Ammi B.

Architectural Style:

Other, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Maritime History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Customhouse, Post Office

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

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US Post Office--Provincetown Main (added 1987 - - #87001772)

Also known as Provincetown Main Post Office

217 Commercial St. , Provincetown

BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ratner-Stanhope Corp., Wetmore,J.A.

Architectural Style:

Georgian

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Post Office

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Post Office

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Union Hall (added 1997 - - #97000470)

Also known as Truro Town Hall

Town Hall Rd, E of MA 6 , Truro

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education, Government, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Auditorium, City Hall, Civic, Library, Meeting Hall

Current Function:

Government, Social

Current Sub-function:

City Hall, Civic, Meeting Hall

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Universalist Society Meetinghouse (added 1999 - - #99000186)

3 River Rd. , Orleans

Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Taylor, David, Jr.

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Religion, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

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Waquoit Historic District (added 2004 - - #04000086)

Portions of Main, Barrows, Carrige House, Collins, Martin, Moonakis, Takemmeh and Waquoit Landing, Parson, Studley, Whi , Falmouth

Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Willard, Gilbert, et.al.

Architectural Style:

Federal, Georgian

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Entertainment/Recreation, Industry

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

State, Private, Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Cemetery, Manufacturing Facility, Post Office, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Government, Landscape, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Cemetery, Conservation Area, Post Office, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Weeks, Barzillai, House (added 1987 - - #87000241)

313 High St. , Barnstable

Stina716, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Federal, Other

Historic Person:

Weeks,Barzillai

Significant Year:

1799

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

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Weidlinger, Paul and Madeleine (added 2014 - - #14000023)

Wellfleet, Wellfleet

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Wellfleet Center Historic District (added 1989 - - #89001147)

Roughly bounded by Cross St., Holbrook Ave., Main, E. Main and School Sts., and Duck Creek , Wellfleet

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Mid 19th Century Revival, Georgian, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Entertainment/Recreation, Maritime History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

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West Barnstable Village--Meetinghouse Way Historic District (added 1987 - - #87000255)

Meetinghouse Way from County Rd. to Meetinghouse , Barnstable

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Federal, Italianate

Historic Person:

Makepeace,A.D.

Significant Year:

1717

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Industry, Religion

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Processing, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

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West Dennis Graded School (added 2000 - - #00000957)

Also known as Dennis Community Center

67 School St. , Dennis

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Sturgis, Benjamin C.

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Government Office, School

Current Function:

Social

Current Sub-function:

Meeting Hall

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West Falmouth Village Historic District (added 1998 - - #98000253)

Also known as See Also:Bourne Farm

Roughly along N. Shore Rd., from jct. of MA 28a and MA 28, and Crocker Point , Falmouth

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et.al., Bourne, Timothy C.

Architectural Style:

Federal, Georgian, Mid 19th Century Revival

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Religion, Maritime History, Architecture, Agriculture

Cultural Affiliation:

Euro-American

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699

Owner:

State, Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Manufacturing Facility, Restaurant, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Fire Station, Library, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

More Information:

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West Schoolhouse (added 1975 - - #75000262)

Nobscusset Road at Whig St. , Dennis

Athanasius28~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Stone,N.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Education

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, School, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Whitman, Josiah B., House (added 1987 - - #87000236)

210 Maple St. , Barnstable

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Second Empire

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Wianno Club (added 1979 - - #79000325)

Also known as Cotocheset Hotel

Seaview Ave. , Osterville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Shingle Style

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic, Hotel

More Information:

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Wianno Historic District (added 1987 - - #87000316)

Also known as See Also:Wianno Club

Roughly E. Bay Rd., Wianno and Sea View Aves. between Nantucket Sound and Crystal Lake , Barnstable

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Frazer,Horace

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Shingle Style

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Wing Fort House (added 1976 - - #76000227)

Spring Hill Rd. , East Sandwich

RadPal, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Fortification, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Museum

More Information:

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Wing's Neck Light (added 1987 - - #87001503)

Wing's Neck Rd. , Bourne

KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Architecture, Transportation, Maritime History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Coast Guard Facility, Single Dwelling, Water-Related

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Wood End Light Lookout Station (added 1987 - - #87001504)

Long Pt. , Provincetown

Grolltech, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Architecture, Transportation, Maritime History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Coast Guard Facility, Water-Related

Current Function:

Defense, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Coast Guard Facility, Water-Related

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Yarmouth Camp Ground Historic District (added 1990 - - #90001244)

South of mid-Cape Hwy, (Rt. 6) and roughly bounded by County Ave., Willow St., Wood Rd., and Camp Ground Pond , Yarmouth/Barnstable

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, No Style Listed, Second Empire

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Community Planning And Development, Religion, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social, Transportation

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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