The Half Way House is a historic shelter for shipwrecked mariners on Andrew Harding Lane in
Chatham
Chatham may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions Canada
* Chatham Islands (British Columbia)
* Chatham Sound, British Columbia
* Chatham, New Brunswick, a former town, now a neighbourhood of Miramichi
* Chatham (electoral district), New Brunswic ...
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Massachusetts. This small shed-like structure was probably built in the late 19th century, and originally stood opposite the
Old Harbor U.S. Life Saving Station. It may have been one of a number of such shelters erected by the
Massachusetts Humane Society
Captain Joshua James, volunteer
The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, better known as the Massachusetts Humane Society was founded in 1786 by a group of Boston citizens who were concerned about the needless deaths resulting ...
to provide protection for shipwrecked mariners, and is probably the last of its type. It was blown down in a 1944 hurricane, and moved to a location on private property off Andrew Harding Lane.
The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Massachusetts Historic Commission Records indicate the building was demolished in 1991.
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See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
References
External links
Halfway House, at U.S. Coast Guard
includes photos
1920 establishments in Massachusetts
1991 disestablishments in Massachusetts
Buildings and structures completed in 1920
Buildings and structures demolished in 1991
Buildings and structures in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Chatham, Massachusetts
Demolished buildings and structures in Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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