Sandy Neck Cultural Resources District

Sandy Neck Cultural Resources District is a historic district in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Sandy Neck is a long spit of land extending east–west on the northern shore of the lower portion of Cape Cod, sheltering Barnstable Harbor. This area has a fairly lengthy history of human occupation, including archaeological prehistoric and colonial historic resources. Archaeological research in the 1960s identified shell middens dating from the pre-contact Woodland Period.[2]

Sandy Neck Cultural Resources District
Sandy Neck Cultural Resources District is located in Cape Cod
Sandy Neck Cultural Resources District
Sandy Neck Cultural Resources District is located in Massachusetts
Sandy Neck Cultural Resources District
Sandy Neck Cultural Resources District is located in the United States
Sandy Neck Cultural Resources District
LocationBarnstable, Massachusetts
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne
MPSBarnstable MRA
NRHP reference No.87000305[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 10, 1987

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Current Research". American Antiquity (Volume 31, No. 4): 601. April 1966. JSTOR 2694414.


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