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.
Old Cemetery
Walk among the Massachusettsns who came before.
Old Cemetery is a cemetery in Provincetown, Barnstable County. It is one of 67 cemeteries documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 42.0554, -70.1881 near Provincetown. The nearest cataloged historic site is House at 13 Wareham St (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include House at 9 Wareham St, New Cemetery, and House at 8 Wareham St.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Provincetown's Old Cemetery on Cemetery Road was established in 1858 and is a contributing property in a National Register historic district at the tip of Cape Cod. It served the fishing and whaling port during its nineteenth-century heyday and holds the graves of many Provincetown families, including mariners lost in the town's dangerous trade. The hillside burying ground reflects the community's deep ties to the sea.
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