MassachusettsA contributing property in the Provincetown Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Occupying the tip of Cape Cod, this district encompasses the historic core of Provincetown, a community shaped over more than two centuries by the sea. With a period of significance reaching from the early 18th century through the mid-20th, it grew into one of New England's foremost fishing and whaling ports, and its dense streetscape of Federal, Georgian, and mid-19th-century houses reflects both maritime commerce and the successive Yankee, Portuguese, and other communities who settled here. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the town also became a celebrated artists' and writers' colony, adding literary and performing-arts significance to its maritime and commercial history. The district is significant for its architecture, maritime history, industry, commerce, and community planning and development.
Mayflower Passengers Who Died At Sea Memorial
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Mayflower Passengers Who Died At Sea Memorial is a historical marker in Provincetown, 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 42.0515, -70.1881 near Provincetown. The nearest cataloged historic site is House at 104 Bradford St (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Multi-Family House at 104A Bradford St, House at 102A Bradford St, and Signing of the Mayflower Compact Monument.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
This memorial on Provincetown's Commercial Street commemorates the passengers of the Mayflower who died during the ship's 1620 voyage and its first winter anchored in Provincetown Harbor before the Pilgrims moved on to Plymouth. Provincetown was the Mayflower's first American landfall, where the Mayflower Compact was signed in November 1620. The memorial, recorded as dating to about 1920, is a contributing feature of the town's National Register historic district.
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