Pilgrim Monument & Provincetown Museum
Completed in 1910 of granite in the Italianate campanile style, the Pilgrim Monument commemorates the Mayflower Pilgrims’ 1620 landing. The adjacent museum interprets Provincetown’s civic history and the monument’s engineering—including masonry restoration and wind exposure challenges atop High Pole Hill.
Phone: (508) 487-1310
Highland Light (Cape Cod Light)
Established in 1797 and rebuilt in 1857, Highland Light is the Cape’s oldest and tallest lighthouse. In 1996 the brick tower was relocated 450 feet inland to combat bluff erosion—an instructive project in heavy lifting, foundation engineering, and historic-fabric preservation.
Phone: (508) 404-9117
Nauset Light
The iconic red-and-white cast-iron Nauset Light (1877) was moved inland in 1996 to protect it from coastal erosion. Volunteers interpret the light’s maritime role and the structural work required to stabilize its masonry foundation within the National Seashore setting.
Chatham Lighthouse
Founded in 1808, Chatham Light’s twin-light complex guided vessels past treacherous bars; one tower later became today’s Nauset Light. The active Coast Guard station remains a working civic asset, illustrating coastal infrastructure management amid shifting shorelines.
Phone: (508) 945-5100
Race Point Lighthouse
Dating to 1816 (current tower 1876), Race Point Light anchors the Outer Cape’s northern tip. Preservation here has included restoration of the keeper’s house and careful maintenance of masonry and wood structures under extreme wind, salt, and sand conditions.
Phone: (855) 722-3959
Nobska Point Lighthouse
Nobska Light (1876) is a cast-iron tower with attached keeper’s house overlooking Woods Hole and Vineyard Sound. Ongoing stewardship by Friends of Nobska Light emphasizes envelope repairs, ironwork conservation, and public access improvements.
Phone: (774) 763-6453
Monomoy Point Light
Built in 1849 on remote Monomoy Island, this cast-iron lighthouse and keeper’s house are preserved within Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge. The site highlights coastal wilderness management and the stabilization of historic maritime structures exposed to open-ocean weather.
Phone: (508) 945-0594
Scargo Tower
This 30-foot cobblestone observation tower (1901) crowns one of the Cape’s highest drumlins in Dennis. Its masonry shell and spiral stairs are a case study in small-scale stone construction and public-viewpoint resiliency.
Hoxie House (c. 1640)
One of Massachusetts’ oldest surviving houses, Hoxie House preserves 17th-century timber framing, wide-board floors, and central chimney massing. Town-led restoration demonstrates period-accurate carpentry and envelope conservation along Shawme Pond.
Phone: (508) 888-4361
Sturgis Library (Oldest Library Building in the U.S.)
Housed in a 1644 meetinghouse adapted in the 1860s, Sturgis Library showcases early Cape timber architecture and careful preservation of clapboard, sash, and stonework. Its archives serve municipal planners and preservationists alike.
Phone: (508) 362-6636
Old Harbor Life-Saving Station Museum
Built in 1897 and moved by barge in 1977 to Race Point Beach, this restored station interprets early lifesaving technology and coastal rescue. The project exemplifies large-scale relocation, sand management, and maintenance of shingle-style wood structures.
Phone: (508) 255-3421
Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge (1935)
This vertical-lift bridge spans the canal with 544-foot towers and a 135-foot lift span, engineered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It remains a regional infrastructure landmark, integrating heavy steelwork, counterweights, and navigational clearance requirements.
Phone: (508) 833-9678
Dexter’s Grist Mill
Operating since the 17th century on Town Brook, Dexter’s Grist Mill illustrates hydropower, stone-on-stone milling, and careful upkeep of timber frames and waterworks. Seasonal demonstrations connect historic craft with modern preservation practice.
Phone: (508) 888-4361
Wing Fort House
Claimed as the oldest house in New England continuously owned by one family, the Wing Fort House (East Sandwich) presents original framing, fieldstone chimney work, and saltbox massing. The property aids craftspeople studying early finishes and joinery.
Phone: (508) 833-1540
Sandwich Glass Museum
Housed near the site of the 19th-century Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, this museum features industrial heritage exhibits and live glassblowing. The complex is a study in adaptive museum design and vaulting for fragile collections.
Phone: (508) 888-0251
Cape Cod Maritime Museum
On Hyannis Harbor, the museum preserves wooden boatbuilding traditions and maritime artifacts of the Cape. Exhibits and active restoration projects highlight structural timber techniques, fastenings, and conservation of working craft.
Phone: (508) 775-1723
Salt Pond Visitor Center (Cape Cod National Seashore)
Opened under the NPS Mission 66 program, Salt Pond Visitor Center serves as the Seashore’s main orientation hub with exhibits on coastal geology and culture. The mid-century building demonstrates durable coastal siting and public-facility maintenance.
Phone: (508) 255-3421
Marconi Wireless Station Site
Atop the cliffs of South Wellfleet, Guglielmo Marconi’s early 1900s transatlantic wireless station pioneered long-distance radio. The eroding bluff and surviving elements offer lessons in coastal retreat, monitoring, and interpretation of vanished infrastructure.
Phone: (508) 255-3421
Three Sisters Lighthouses
These compact wooden towers, once aligned on Eastham’s coast, were relocated inland and restored by the National Park Service. Their preservation highlights wood-structure stabilization, shingle maintenance, and historic site interpretation.
Phone: (508) 255-3421
Provincetown Public Library (Former Center Methodist Church)
Set within a 19th-century former church, the library preserves a vaulted sanctuary reimagined as public space, complete with a half-scale fishing schooner model. The adaptive reuse exemplifies structural reinforcement and interior conservation for civic life.
Phone: (508) 487-7094
