97 Commercial Street

Union Wharf warehouse. Until 1998, what’s now the front yard of 97 Commercial Street was occupied by a historical but Continue reading →

Union Wharf

99-101 Commercial Street. A century before Manhattan skyscrapers broke the 1,000-foot mark, Union Wharf was constructed at that length in Continue reading →

99-101 Commercial Street

Union Wharf marine railway. The most curious structure in the Union Wharf ensemble was the pier shed with the enormous Continue reading →

99-101 Commercial Street

Furtado’s Boatyard. That Manuel “Ti Manuel” Furtado (1879-1945) was the father of the 20th-century boatbuilding business in Provincetown is beyond Continue reading →

104 Commercial Street

Benjamin Lancy (I) house | Thomas W. Dyer store. It’s hard even to picture where this historical building stood, since Continue reading →

J. & L. N. Paine’s Wharf

105 Commercial Street. Paine’s Wharf, 700 feet long, “provided docking space for the Grand Bankers to unload their catches,” Irving Continue reading →

105 Commercial Street

J. & L. N. Paine Company Store. In the large store at the head of J. & L. N. Paine’s Continue reading →

Brooks Wharf

109 Commercial Street. A substantial pier — though not very long, at 400 feet — was on or near this Continue reading →