West Schoolhouse, Dennis

Name: West Schoolhouse
Address: Dennis, United States

#13 among attractions in Dennis

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The West Schoolhouse is a historic school building at 61 Whig Street in Dennis, Massachusetts. Built c. 1770–75, this one-room schoolhouse is the oldest in Dennis. It served as a schoolhouse until 1865, and was moved to its present location in 1973. It is the only one of Dennis's twelve district schools that is still standing. It is now on the grounds of the Josiah Dennis House, a museum property operated by the Dennis Historical Society. ()

Coordinates: 41°44'20"N, 70°11'59"W

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Mid Cape (Dennis Village)Dennis United States

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West Schoolhouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Scargo Lake, Scargo Hill, Scargo Tower, Cape Cinema.

0.9 miE
Lake
Scargo Lake, Dennis
24 min walk • Scargo Lake is a fresh water kettle pond in Dennis, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.
1 miE
Mountain
Scargo Hill, Dennis
25 min walk • Scargo Hill is a mountain in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It is on the southeast shore of Scargo Lake.8 miles northeast of Dennis in the Town of Dennis. Scargo Tower is located at the summit. Black Ball Hill is located southwest and Hokum Rock is located southeast of Scargo Hill.
1 miE
Observation decks and towers, View point, Tower
Scargo Tower, Dennis
26 min walk • Scargo Tower is a 30-foot-tall cobblestone tower located atop Scargo Hill in Dennis, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.
0.5 miE
Music venue
Cape Cinema, Dennis
14 min walk • The Cape Cinema is a movie theatre located in Dennis, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod. It specializes in independent American and international film, simulcasts of the Metropolitan Opera and National Theatre, and live music performances.
1.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hokum Rock, Dennis
34 min walk • Hokum Rock is a glacial erratic boulder left by the last retreating ice age glacier, The Laurentine Ice Sheet, 20,000 to 12,000 years ago, when Cape Cod was formed. Hokum Rock is the second largest erratic on the Cape. The largest is Doane Rock at Cape Cod National Seashore in Eastham.
~310 ftNE
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Josiah Dennis House, Dennis
2 min walk • The Josiah Dennis Manse Museum is a historic house at 61 Whig Street in Dennis, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story timber frame saltbox house was built c. 1736 as a home for Rev. Josiah Dennis, the first minister of the East Yarmouth Parish, as the Dennis area was then known. The Rev.
~1560 ftE
Museum, Art museum
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis
8 min walk • Cape Cod Museum of Art is an art museum in the town of Dennis in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States in the center of the region Cape Cod.
1 miW
41°44'30"N • 70°13'9"W
Mayflower Beach, Dennis
27 min walk • Beach, Outdoor activities, Park
1.3 miSE
41°43'33"N • 70°10'49"W
Dennis Pines and Dennis Highlands Golf Courses, Dennis
35 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
0.5 miE
Cemetery
Dennis Village Cemetery, Dennis
12 min walk • Dennis Village Cemetery, also known as the Common Burying Ground and East Yarmouth Churchyard, is a historic cemetery at Massachusetts Route 6A and Old Bass River Road in the center of Dennis, Massachusetts.
0.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Ball Hill, Dennis
20 min walk • Black Ball Hill is a mountain in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It is.5 miles south-southeast of Dennis in the Town of Dennis. Scargo Hill is located northeast of Black Ball Hill.

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Nearby attractions include Josiah Dennis House, Dennis (2 min walk), Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis (8 min walk), Dennis Village Cemetery, Dennis (12 min walk), Cape Cinema, Dennis (14 min walk).