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Brooks Park - Monticello Cannon is a historic object located at 1 Oak St in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Built in 1815. It is a contributing property in a National Register historic district. A contributing property in the Harwich Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
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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