page_title: Samuel Smith Tavern Site
hierarchical_section_title: Samuel Smith Tavern Site
caption_attribution_description: Excavation of the Samuel Smith Tavern Site, Great Island, Cape Cod National Seashore, Wellfleet, Massachusetts This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 77000108
context_page_description: The Samuel Smith Tavern Site is a historic archeological site in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. It encompasses the remains of a late 17th-century tavern operated by Samuel Smith, owner of Great Island, which shelters Wellfleet Harbor. The tavern site is located within the Cape Cod National Seashore, and is accessible via the Great Island Trail. The site was excavate in 1969–70, recovering thousands of artifacts, including clay pipes, drinking artifacts, a harpoon, and a chopping block fashioned from whale vertebrae.
  The tavern site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
context_section_description: The Samuel Smith Tavern Site is a historic archeological site in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.  It encompasses the remains of a late 17th-century tavern operated by Samuel Smith, owner of Great Island, which shelters Wellfleet Harbor.  The tavern site is located within the Cape Cod National Seashore, and is accessible via the Great Island Trail.  The site was excavate in 1969–70, recovering thousands of artifacts, including clay pipes, drinking artifacts, a harpoon, and a chopping block fashioned from whale vertebrae.
  The tavern site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
caption: Smith Tavern excavation, c. 1970
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