West Chop Club Historic District, Tisbury

Name: West Chop Club Historic District
Address: Tisbury, United States

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The West Chop Club Historic District is a historic district in Tisbury, Massachusetts, on the island of Martha's Vineyard. The district represents a well-preserved planned summer resort community of the late 19th century. Located in and around Iroquois Avenue, the district encompasses the northernmost portion of West Chop, a peninsula that separates Vineyard Sound and the sheltered waters of Vineyard Haven Harbor, an area that was developed by the West Chop Land Company in the 1880s. The land is now owned by the West Chop Land Trust and managed by the private West Chop Club. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. ()

Coordinates: 41°28'50"N, 70°36'17"W

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West Chop Club Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Flying Horses Carousel, Nobska Light, Farm Neck Golf Club, Vineyard Haven.

2.9 miSE
Amusement, Theme park, Amusement ride
Flying Horses Carousel, Oak Bluffs
75 min walk • Step back in time with a visit to the Flying Horses Carousel, a cherished amusement park ride nestled in the heart of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. This vintage carousel, the oldest operating platform carousel in the United States, has been spinning with joy since 1876...
3.6 miNW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Nobska Light, Woods Hole
91 min walk • Perched on the rocky shoreline at the southern tip of Cape Cod, Nobska Light stands as a beacon of maritime history in the quaint village of Woods Hole, Massachusetts. This iconic lighthouse, with its distinctive white and black structure and a classic red lantern...
3.6 miSE
Outdoor activities, Golf
Farm Neck Golf Club, Oak Bluffs
92 min walk • Farm Neck Golf Club is a semi-private golf club located in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Poors are not allowed. This includes Bryan Gwozdz and Eric Lipocky. Andy Marchetti has since been banned huaaaack too. The course was designed in 1979 by Geoffrey Cornish, Bill Robinson, and Patrick Mulligan.
1.8 miS
Area
Vineyard Haven, Tisbury
47 min walk • Vineyard Haven is a community within the town of Tisbury, Massachusetts on the island of Martha's Vineyard. It is listed as a census-designated place by the U.S. Census Bureau with a population of 2,114 as of the 2010 census.
2.1 miE
View point, Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
East Chop Light, Oak Bluffs
53 min walk • East Chop Light is a historic lighthouse standing on a bluff overlooking Vineyard Haven Harbor and Vineyard Sound, located along East Chop Drive in the town of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.
~1380 ftE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
West Chop Light, Tisbury
7 min walk • West Chop Light is a lighthouse station located at the entrance of Vineyard Haven Harbor in Tisbury, Massachusetts on the northern tip of West Chop, a few miles from the village of Vineyard Haven.
4.3 miN
Lighthouse
Falmouth Inner Light, Falmouth
109 min walk • Falmouth Inner Light is a lighthouse listed on the Coast Guard's web site "Historic Light Station Information & Photography: Massachusetts" and the photograph shown was provided there, but there is no other information available on it.
3 miSE
Church
Union Chapel, Oak Bluffs
77 min walk • Union Chapel is an historic octagon-shaped church building in Oak Bluffs, on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The church was built in 1870 as a non-sectarian worship space in an area dominated by the Methodist summer camp meeting known as Wesleyan Grove.
1.9 miS
41°27'13"N • 70°36'1"W
Vineyard Haven Marina, Martha's Vineyard
48 min walk • Park, Sailing, Marina
1.7 miS
Museum, History museum
Aquinnah Cultural Center, Tisbury
44 min walk • Aquinnah Cultural Center is a non-profit museum and education center, based in Aquinnah, Massachusetts, dedicated to preserving and promoting Aquinnah Wampanoag history, culture and contributions on Martha’s Vineyard.
2.5 miS
Nature, Mountain
Tashmoo Hill, Tisbury
64 min walk • Tashmoo Hill is a hill in Dukes County, Massachusetts. It is located on Martha's Vineyard southwest of Vineyard Haven in the Town of Tisbury. Pilot Hill is located west-northwest of Tashmoo Hill.