Harwich Historic District, Harwich

Name: Harwich Historic District
Address: Harwich, United States

#6 among attractions in Harwich

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The Harwich Historic District is a historic district encompassing the historic portions of the Harwich Center village of Harwich, Massachusetts. The village, originally known as Broadbrooks after a prominent local family, was developed beginning in the 18th century, and features a high quality concentration of Greek Revival and Italianate architecture. It extends along Main and Parallel Streets between the cemetery in the west and Brooks Park in the east. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. ()

Coordinates: 41°41'9"N, 70°4'16"W

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Lower Cape (Harwich Center)Harwich United States

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Harwich Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Red River Beach Yoga, The Captain's Golf Course, Hokum Rock.

5.2 miNW
Museum, History museum, Natural history museum
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Brewster
134 min walk • The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History is a small museum in Brewster, Massachusetts focusing on natural history and archeology. It consists of a main building with exhibits on local natural history and archeology, including an outdoor butterfly house and 400 acres of museum- and town-owned conservation land with walking trails.
1.9 miSE
41°40'3"N • 70°2'36"W
Red River Beach Yoga, Harwich
49 min walk • Beach
4.4 miNE
41°44'6"N • 70°1'5"W
The Captain's Golf Course, Brewster
111 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
6.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hokum Rock, Dennis
160 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.
5.5 miE
Museum, History museum
Atwood House Museum, Chatham
141 min walk • The Atwood Museum in Chatham, Massachusetts is a property of the Chatham Historical Society which, in 1926, purchased the property of Captain Joseph Atwood to protect the property and to display and preserve articles and documents related to Chatham's history.
4.4 miN
Park
Cape Cod Rail Trail, Harwich
113 min walk • The Cape Cod Rail Trail is a 25.5-mile paved rail trail located on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. The trail route passes through the towns of Yarmouth, Dennis, Harwich, Brewster, Orleans, Eastham, and Wellfleet.
5.3 miNW
Historical place, Windmill
Old Higgins Farm Windmill, Brewster
134 min walk • Old Higgins Farm Windmill is a historic Smock windmill off of Old King's Highway at Drummer Boy Park in Brewster on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. The windmill was built in 1795, it last ground grain around 1900.
5.4 miE
41°41'18"N • 69°57'58"W
Chatham Drama Guild, Chatham
139 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
4.9 miE
Lighthouse
Stage Harbor Light, Chatham
124 min walk • Stage Harbor Light is a lighthouse in Chatham, Massachusetts. It was built in 1880. It was discontinued in 1933, replaced by a skeleton tower 200 ft west which remains an active aid to navigation.
6.9 miNW
41°44'42"N • 70°10'43"W
Scargo Pottery & Art Gallery, Dennis
176 min walk • Art gallery, Museum, Shopping
5.3 miNE
Natural attraction, Protected area
Nickerson State Park
134 min walk • Nickerson State Park is a state-owned, public recreation area of more than 1,900 acres located on Cape Cod in Brewster, Massachusetts. The park's sandy soil and scrub pines surround many kettle ponds which are dependent on groundwater and precipitation. The largest of these are Cliff Pond, Flax Pond, Little Cliff Pond, and Higgins Pond.