Old Atwood House Museum

Old Atwood House Museum is a museum in Town of Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Old Atwood House Museum is situated nearby to Chatham Windmill, as well as near the hamlet West Chatham.

Type: Museum
Also known as: “Atwood House Museum”
Address: MA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chatham Windmill and Eldredge Public Library.

Chatham Windmill

Windmill

Photo: Jerry Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Chatham Windmill is a historic windmill at Chase Park in Chatham, Massachusetts. Built in 1797, it is one of the state's few surviving wooden windmills, and also one of the few still in working condition. Chatham Windmill is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Old Atwood House Museum.

Eldredge Public Library

Library

Photo: Biruitorul, Public domain.

Eldredge Public Library is the public library of Chatham, Massachusetts. It is located at 564 Main Street, in a National Register-listed Romanesque Revival building donated by Chatham native Marcellus Eldredge. It was designed by Boston architect A. M. Marble. Eldredge Public Library is situated 3,400 feet northeast of Old Atwood House Museum.

Chatham Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Ted Kerwin, CC BY 2.0.

Chatham Lighthouse, known as Twin Lights prior to 1923, is a lighthouse in Chatham, Massachusetts, near the "elbow" of Cape Cod. The original station, close to the shore, was built in 1808 with two wooden towers, which were both replaced in 1841. Chatham Lighthouse is situated 4,200 feet east of Old Atwood House Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chatham and West Chatham.

Chatham

Photo: MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chatham is at the "elbow" of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, and includes the villages of North Chatham, South Chatham and West Chatham. Its beautiful beaches, harbors, coastal scenes and its interesting village shops make it a popular day-trip destination as well as a top-notch vacation area.

West Chatham

Hamlet

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

West Chatham is a census-designated place in the town of Chatham in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, West Chatham had a population of 1,619.

East Harwich

Village

Photo: Stephen Senter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

East Harwich is a census-designated place and village in the town of Harwich in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, East Harwich had a population of 5,250. East Harwich is situated 4 miles northwest of Old Atwood House Museum.

Old Atwood House Museum

Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Town of Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.67355° or 41° 40′ 25″ north

Longitude

-69.96512° or 69° 57′ 54″ west

Elevation

33 feet (10 metres)

Open location code

87HGM2FM+CX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 367781434

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

11821926

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