MassachusettsA contributing property in the Harwich Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Covering roughly 55 acres at the center of Harwich, this compact village district retains a strong concentration of 19th-century architecture, predominantly Greek Revival and Italianate with some Colonial Revival and Lombard Romanesque work. Main Street forms its spine, lined with a coherent mix of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings set among parks, open spaces, and mature foliage that lend a semi-rural feel. The district is closely tied to the town's development and to the philanthropic Brooks (formerly Broadbrooks) family, whose members gave the community its library, academy, church furnishings, and a public park.
Brooks Park - Monticello Cannon
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Brooks Park - Monticello Cannon is a historical marker in Harwich, Barnstable County. It is one of 250 historical markers documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 41.6864, -70.0718 near Harwich. The nearest cataloged historic site is Brooks Park - Broadbrooks, Ebenezer Millstone #1 (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Broadbrooks, Ebenezer Millstone #2, Brooks, Sidney House, and Gifford, Calvin Sr. - Brooks, Obed Jr. House.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Monticello Cannon in Brooks Park, Harwich, is an early-nineteenth-century gun recorded to about 1815 and displayed as a memorial object. Such cannon were commonly mounted in Cape Cod town parks to commemorate military service, and this one contributes to Harwich's National Register historic district that centers on Brooks Park.
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