Museum

Pilgrim Monument Museum (PRO.1523)

Provincetown · Barnstable County

Massachusetts history, up close and curated.

The Story

The Pilgrim Monument, built between 1907 and 1910, is a 252-foot granite campanile inspired by the Torre del Mangia in Siena, Italy, and is the tallest all-granite structure in the United States. It commemorates the Pilgrims' first landfall at Provincetown in 1620 and the signing of the Mayflower Compact; President Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone and President William Howard Taft dedicated the completed tower. The adjacent Provincetown Museum, added in 1910, presents the town's history.

About this site

Pilgrim Monument Museum is a museum in Provincetown, Barnstable County. It is one of 16 museums documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.

The site sits at 42.0526, -70.1891 near Provincetown. The nearest cataloged historic site is Pilgrim Monument Museum (museum), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Pilgrim Monument, House at 15 Winslow St, and House at 16 Winslow St.

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

Pilgrim Monument Museum
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History

The Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown was built between 1907 and 1910 to commemorate the Pilgrims' first landfall in the New World in 1620 and the signing of the Mayflower Compact in Provincetown Harbor. President Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone in 1907, and President William Howard Taft dedicated the completed tower in 1910. Designed by architect Willard T. Sears after the medieval Torre del Mangia in Siena, Italy, the roughly 252-foot granite campanile is the tallest all-granite structure in the United States. A museum opened at its base in 1910 to interpret Provincetown's role in Pilgrim and American history.

Sources: en.wikipedia.orgpilgrim-monument.org

Also at or near Provincetown, Barnstable County

Pilgrim Monument Museum” names 2 distinct records in Barnstable County. This page is the museum in Provincetown. The others:

📍 42.0526, -70.1891 · Provincetown, Barnstable County
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