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Village Watering Trough is a historic object located at River St in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Built in 1839. It is a contributing property in a National Register historic district. A contributing property in the South Yarmouth/Bass River Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Village Watering Trough is a historical marker in Yarmouth, 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 41.6565, -70.1971 near Yarmouth. The nearest cataloged historic site is National Highway Association Rotary Signpost (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include House at 57 River St, Building at 63 River St, and Outbuilding at 49 River St.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Village Watering Trough stands in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It is recorded as dating to 1839. It is a contributing feature of a National Register historic district. Public pumps and watering troughs served townspeople and their draft animals before piped water and the automobile, and survive as reminders of 19th-century village life.
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