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Quissett
Harbor
Item # 34
Watercolor
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| Location: |
Woods
Hole, Falmouth, Cape Cod, MA |
| Description: |
One
of the most picturesque harbors in New England, a haven for
sailors since at least the 1800's, Quisett Harbor got its name
from a shortening of the Indian words "Quamquissett"
or "Wequamquissett."
Starting in the late 1600's as a farming community, Quissett,
by the late 1700's and early 1800's, had also become known for
its salt and shipbuilding industries.
One of the well-known buildings at the harbor is the Quissett
Harbor house. Two houses which had been owned by the Jenkins
and the Hammonds were joined in 1874. In 1881, Stephen Carey
bought the building and it was operated as a plain and simple
hotel until the 1970's. The Jenkins house still remains on the
property. |
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