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Part of the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum complex, the Pilgrim Monument is a granite tower erected from 1907 to 1910 to mark the Pilgrims' first landing at Provincetown in 1620 and the signing of the Mayflower Compact. Modeled on a medieval Italian bell tower and standing about 252 feet, it is the tallest all-granite structure in the country, with an attached museum interpreting local and maritime history.
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 42.0524, -70.1884 near Provincetown. The nearest cataloged historic site is Pilgrim Monument (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Pilgrim Monument Museum, Signing of the Mayflower Compact Monument, and House at 116 Bradford St.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown was built between 1907 and 1910 to commemorate the Mayflower Pilgrims' first landing in the New World and the signing of the Mayflower Compact in Provincetown Harbor in November 1620. President Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone in 1907, and President William Howard Taft attended the dedication in 1910. Rising about 252 feet atop High Pole Hill, the granite campanile is the tallest all-granite structure in the United States, and the adjoining Provincetown Museum interprets the town's Pilgrim, maritime, and artistic history.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgpilgrim-monument.org
“Pilgrim Monument Museum” names 2 distinct records in Barnstable County. This page is the museum in Provincetown. The others:
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