Historical Marker

Tourists

Provincetown · Barnstable County

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The Story

Tourists is a historic object located at Commercial St in Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Built in 1959, designed by Chaim Gross. 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.

About this site

Tourists 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 42.0533, -70.1842 near Provincetown. The nearest cataloged historic site is Graphics - 1776 Pipe Shop (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Commercial Building at 357 Commercial St, House at 358-360 Commercial St, and House at 358-360 Commercial St.

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

History

"Tourists" is a sculpture by the noted American sculptor Chaim Gross, recorded here as dating to 1959, standing along Provincetown's Commercial Street in the heart of the Cape Cod art colony. Provincetown was a celebrated artists' and writers' summer community, and the work is a contributing object in the town's National Register historic district.

📍 42.0533, -70.1842 · Provincetown, Barnstable County
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