Massachusetts - Barnstable County - Vacant / Not In Use
Barnstable County Massachusetts (Vacant / Not In Use) has 12 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Beacon, The, Marconi--RCA Wireless Receiving Station, Monomoy Point Lighthouse, PAUL PALMER (Shipwreck and Remains) and Beacon, The.

Several famous people are associated with these Barnstable County historic places including Samuel Mayo Nickerson and George I. Briggs.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Barnstable County places including William F. Palmer, James Gilbert White, George L. Welt, Joseph Crowell, N. Stone, Keene,Moses,II, Horace Frazer and Chapman & Frazer. Prominent architectural styles found in Barnstable Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial and Greek Revival.

Barnstable Fair Hall (added 1980 - - #80000436)
Also known as Barnstable County Agricultural Society
3512 Main St. , Barnstable
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Fair, Museum
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Baxter Mill (added 1981 - - #81000120)
MA 28 , West Yarmouth
Cropbot, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Beacon, The (added 1987 - - #87001527)
Nauset Beach , Eastham
Binko71100, 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
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Coast Guard Facility, Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Briggs, George I., House (added 1981 - - #81000119)
Also known as Briggs-McDermott House
Sandwich Rd. , Bourne
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Keene,Moses,II
Architectural Style:
Other, Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Briggs,George I.
Significant Year:
1830, 1800
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Center Methodist Church (added 1975 - - #75000247)
Also known as Center for the Arts
356 Commercial St. , Provincetown
BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Museum, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Crowell-Bourne Farm (added 1980 - - #80000501)
W. Falmouth Hwy. , West Falmouth
WestFalmouth, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Crowell,Joseph
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Marconi--RCA Wireless Receiving Station (added 1994 - - #94000996)
Jct. of Old Comers Rd. and Orleans Rd. , Chatham
Jerry Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
White, James Gilbert
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Communications
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Communications Facility, Institutional Housing
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Monomoy Point Lighthouse (added 1979 - - #79000324)
Also known as Old Monomoy Lighthouse
Monomoy Island , Chatham
Jameslwoodward, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Military Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Nickerson Mansion (added 1986 - - #86000300)
Also known as Fieldstone Hall
2871 Main St. , Brewster
Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Frazer,Horace, Chapman & Frazer
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
Nickerson,Samuel Mayo
Significant Year:
1908, 1906
Area of Significance:
Economics, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
PAUL PALMER (Shipwreck and Remains) (added 2007 - - #07000288)
Address Restricted , Provincetown
Magicpiano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Welt, George L., Palmer, William F.
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Commerce, Engineering, Maritime History, Transportation
Cultural Affiliation:
African American, European American
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Underwater
Rowell House (added 1988 - - #88001458)
Gull Pond Rd. , Wellfleet
Stina716, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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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