The John Newcomb House is a historic house in
Wellfleet, Massachusetts. It is best known as the house described by
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading Transcendentalism, transcendentalist, he is best known for his book ''Walden'', a reflection upon simple living in natural su ...
in the chapter on the "House of the Wellfleet Oysterman" in his 1865 book, ''Cape Cod''. The house is located in
Cape Cod National Seashore, on a sandy lane off Gull Pond Road to the east of Williams Pond in northern Wellfleet. The Cape style house is presumed to have been built by John Y. Newcomb (born 1762).
The house was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
References
National Register of Historic Places in Cape Cod National Seashore
Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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