109 Commercial Street

N. C. Brooks & Son Livery Stable. Originally, in the 1860s and 1870s (if not earlier), Newell Cyrenus Brooks (1833-1907) Continue reading →

113 Commercial Street

Delight Cottage Resort. Was there ever a better name for a summer vacation spot by the sea? Delight was developed Continue reading →

115 Commercial Street

A four-building group at the Turn housed a depot carriage and bakery business in the late 19th century, run by Continue reading →

121 Commercial Street

Seneca G. Ewell (1837-1916) was a mariner and a Mason. He lived long enough to see his grandson Arthur E. Continue reading →

Elisha Freeman’s Wharf

125 Commercial Street. Elisha Freeman’s Wharf was one of the most important in town, built around 1830 and run in Continue reading →

125 Commercial Street

J. Paine Jr. Lumber & Coal Yard. A generation before the enormous cold storage plant that many older townspeople remember Continue reading →

125 Commercial Street

John J. Duarte Shoe Shop. Between the departure of Joshua Paine’s lumber yard and the arrival of the Cape Cod Continue reading →

125 Commercial Street

Cape Cod Cold Storage Company | Atlantic Coast Fisheries Cold Storage. Cold storage transformed Provincetown. In 1893, the town presented Continue reading →