122 Commercial Street

Few siblings have had such a collective impact on Provincetown as the second generation of the Cabral family — (William) Continue reading →

124 Commercial Street

On the north corner of Whorf’s Court is the property from which the narrow way most likely takes its name: 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 →

125 Commercial Street

Cape Cod Cold Storage engine house. What little aesthetic charm the cold storage plant possessed came from the deep front Continue reading →

125 Commercial Street

Cape Cod Cold Storage freezer. Unless you lived here at the time, in which case you remember it clearly, it’s Continue reading →