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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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