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Provincetown (/ ˈ p r ɒ v ɪ n s ˌ t aʊ n /) is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in the United States.A small coastal resort town with a year-round population of 3,664 as of the 2020 United States Census, [3] Provincetown has a summer population as high as 60,000. [4]
The Massachusetts Humane Society built some of the earliest extant structures in the dunes area in 1872 to house members of the United States Life-Saving Service, whose mission was to assist survivors of shipwrecks. [5] [6] The dune shacks are mentioned by Henry David Thoreau in his book "Cape Cod" published in 1865. [5]
Provincetown: Center Methodist Episcopal Church was built in 1860 as the largest Methodist church in the world. The church was later the Chrysler Museum of Art. It is currently the home of the Provincetown Public Library. 21: Central Fire Station: Central Fire Station: February 26, 1998 : 399 Main St.
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The Atlantic House; postcard circa 1905. The Atlantic House (often called the A-House, even in its own advertisements) in Provincetown, Massachusetts is a drinking establishment that has been in continual operation on the tip of Cape Cod for over two centuries.
The Provincetown Historic District encompasses most of the dense urban center of Provincetown, Massachusetts. The district is roughly bounded to the north by U.S. Route 6; to the west by the west end of Commercial St.; to the south by Provincetown Harbor; and to the east by the southeast end of Commercial St. It covers about 300 acres (120 ha ...
Provincetown, Massachusetts'. According to the state Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources, "The Court of Inquiry into the loss of Romance found Captain Wickens partially to blame.