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Rose Dorothea Monument is a historic monument located at 260 Commercial St in Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Built in 1907. It is a contributing property in a National Register historic district. A contributing property in the Provincetown Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
Rose Dorothea Monument 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 42.0510, -70.1875 near Provincetown. The nearest cataloged historic site is Provincetown Rescue Hook and Ladder #1 Fire House (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Congregational Church of the Pilgrims, Crocker, Dr. John House and Apothecary Shop, and As You Like It - Natural Leather.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The monument honors the Rose Dorothea, a Provincetown fishing schooner that won the Lipton Cup in the 1907 Fishermen's Race, a course running from Boston out around Cape Cod, despite losing part of a mast during the contest. Captained by Marion Perry, the schooner became the town's most celebrated vessel. A half-scale model of the Rose Dorothea is displayed in the Provincetown Public Library.
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