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.
Shank Painter Cemetery
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Shank Painter 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 42.0504, -70.1942 near Provincetown. The nearest cataloged historic site is First Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include House at 33 Court St, House at 31 Court St, and Commercial Building at 27 Winthrop St.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Shank Painter Cemetery, on Winthrop Street in Provincetown, is a historic burial ground and a contributing property in a National Register historic district, taking its name from the Shank Painter neighborhood of the town. It holds generations of the outer-Cape port's residents from its 19th-century fishing and whaling era.
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