John Newcomb House

John Newcomb House

HABS photo c. 1930s
Nearest city Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°57′53″N 70°00′23″W / 41.96472°N 70.00639°W / 41.96472; -70.00639Coordinates: 41°57′53″N 70°00′23″W / 41.96472°N 70.00639°W / 41.96472; -70.00639
Built 1829
Architect Newcomb,John Young
Architectural style Other, Federal
NRHP Reference #

88001457

[1]
Added to NRHP September 15, 1988

The John Newcomb House is a historic house in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. It is best known as the house described by Henry David Thoreau in the chapter on the "House of the Wellfleet Oysterman" in his 1865 book, Cape Cod. The house is located in Cape Cod National Seashore, on a sandy lane off Gull Pond Road to the east of Williams Pond in northern Wellfleet. The Cape style house is presumed to have been built by John Y. Newcomb (born 1762).[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for John Newcomb House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-22.


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