27 Center Street

Across 76 years, three generations of DeCostas and Cabrals made this their home. Joseph DeCosta purchased the property in 1911, Continue reading →

4 Central Street

When the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company was big in Provincetown, its store managers were big men in the Continue reading →

8 Central Street

“Scarry Jack” wasn’t scary. And he wasn’t Jack. Though Frank V. Crawley (1866-1968) had one of the most formidable nicknames Continue reading →

10 Central Street

Frank Vasello, the owner of the imaginative, inviting, and immensely popular Relish bakery and sandwich shop in the far West Continue reading →

12 Central Street

Today, one thinks of the Coast Guard as a domestic force, primarily concerned with search, rescue, protection, and interdiction. But Continue reading →

15 Central Street

The Perry-Travers household occupied this home for decades; the central figure having been Almena (Perry) Travers (1910-1988), who was the Continue reading →

17 Central Street

There were at least 18 Mary Souzas living in Provincetown in 1950. The Mary who lived here was Mary A. Continue reading →

2 Commercial Street

Murchison House (main dwelling). “The basic motif is that of a Japanese temple,” the monograph on the house, Residence of Continue reading →