Highland House | |
Location: | Truro, Massachusetts |
Coordinates: | 42.0403°N -70.0656°W |
Built: | 1907 |
Architect: | Small, Isaac M. |
Architecture: | Colonial |
Added: | June 5, 1975 |
Refnum: | 75000157 |
Nrhp Type2: | cp |
Nocat: | yes |
Designated Nrhp Type2: | November 22, 2011 |
Partof: | Truro Highlands Historic District |
Partof Refnum: | 11000823 |
The Highland House is a historic hotel building, now serving as a museum, located at 6 Highland Light Road within the Cape Cod National Seashorein Truro, Massachusetts. It is located in the Cape Cod National Seashore near the Highland Light in the Truro Highlands Historic District. The present two story wood-frame building was constructed in 1907 by Isaac Small, whose family had been serving tourists in the area (among them Henry David Thoreau) since 1835.[1]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It is now known as Highland House Museum and is operated by the Truro Historical Society as a museum of local history.[2]