129 Commercial Street
Main house. Perhaps it’s the absence of antique architectural trim. Perhaps it’s the unusual orientation, with the ell paralleling the Continue reading
Main house. Perhaps it’s the absence of antique architectural trim. Perhaps it’s the unusual orientation, with the ell paralleling the Continue reading
Garage. A one-car garage abuts the Coast Guard Station Provincetown at the end of a 10-foot-wide private way in the Continue reading
Cottage | Former Joseph Matthews fish warehouse. The real deal. Ancient. Dilapidated. Rough and tumble. Working waterfront. Overlooked. Forgotten. Doomed. Continue reading
129R Commercial Street. Dwarfed by Elisha Freeman’s Wharf, immediately to the west, Nathaniel Freeman’s Wharf nonetheless played a role in Continue reading
Taves Boatyard marine railway. Frank “Bisca” Taves (1905-1984) was the son of a couple who come here from São Miguel, Continue reading
Taves Boatyard workshop. Another era might have looked dismissively at this homely, utilitarian, 50-by-25-foot corrugated-metal shed with its distinctly amateur Continue reading
Taves Boatyard winch house. This modest little structure, pretty much invisible to anyone passing by, actually played an oversized role Continue reading
Quite a lot of history is packed into this small house, which has been — from time to time — Continue reading