Historical Marker

Marconi, Guglielmo Monument

Wellfleet · Barnstable County

The roadside stories worth pulling over for.

The Story

Marconi, Guglielmo Monument is a historic monument located at Rt 6 in Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Built in 1974, designed by Joan Fitzgerald. It is a contributing property in a National Register historic district.

About this site

Marconi, Guglielmo Monument is a historical marker in Wellfleet, 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 41.9141, -69.9713 near Wellfleet. The nearest cataloged historic site is Marconi Station Marker (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Pond Hill School, Pierce, Sylvanus Oysterhouse, and South Wellfleet Forest Fire Warden's Firehouse.

This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

This monument in Wellfleet marks the site where Guglielmo Marconi built one of the first transatlantic wireless stations. On January 18, 1903, from this South Wellfleet station, Marconi transmitted the first two-way wireless communication between the United States and Europe, an exchange of greetings between President Theodore Roosevelt and King Edward VII. The station's towers were later dismantled and much of the site has eroded into the sea; the location is now part of the Cape Cod National Seashore.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

📍 41.9141, -69.9713 · Wellfleet, Barnstable County

Directions (Apple)Google Maps View map

Get MassRoam — 82,000+ historic sites in your pocket

See this site and every marker, cemetery, courthouse, museum, battlefield and landmark across Massachusetts on one live map — find what's near you, get directions, and collect sites as you roam.

or open the live map in your browser →

Free · ad-free · the iOS app and the web map share one account, so your visits sync across both

Explore Massachusetts by theme — Revolution, Salem, lighthouses & more →

Nearby in Barnstable County

Historical Marker

Marconi Station Marker

Pierce, Sylvanus Oysterhouse

Wellfleet

Landmark

South Wellfleet Forest Fire Warden's Firehouse

Newcomb, Herbert Store and Gas Station

Wellfleet

Landmark

Mueller, H. Garage and Plumbing Business Office

Wellfleet

Landmark

Young, Jonathan House

Wellfleet