West Falmouth Village Historic District Explained

West Falmouth Village Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Falmouth, Massachusetts
Coordinates:41.6014°N -70.6347°W
Built:1673
Architect:Bourne, Timothy C.; et al.
Architecture:Mid 19th Century Revival, Federal, Georgian
Added:April 2, 1998
Refnum:98000253

The West Falmouth Village Historic District is a historic district along West Falmouth Highway (Massachusetts Route 28A) in West Falmouth, Massachusetts, which is a village in the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts. The northern end of the historic district is approximately at Bourne Farm, near Thomas Landers Road, extending south along Route 28A through West Falmouth Village to about Garrison Road.[1]

The area was settled in 1673 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Several of the historic buildings in West Falmouth Village are the West Falmouth Library,[2] the Quaker Meeting House and Quaker Carriage Sheds,[3] Emerson House, the West Falmouth Fire Station, and numerous historic houses.

The Shining Sea Bikeway passes close to the center of West Falmouth Village, providing access to the beautiful Great Sippewissett Marsh to the south and the historic 1775 Bourne Farm and cranberry bogs to the north. Chapoquoit Beach, a Falmouth public beach, is also close to the center of West Falmouth Village.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.falmouthmass.us/hdc/map3.pdf Town of Falmouth map of West Falmouth Historic District
  2. http://www.westfalmouthlibrary.org/ West Falmouth Library
  3. http://capecodquakers.org/falmouth.html West Falmouth Meeting House, Cape Cod Quakers
  4. http://www.falmouthmass.us/depart.php?depkey=beach Town of Falmouth Beach Department