page_title: John Newcomb House
hierarchical_section_title: John Newcomb House
caption_attribution_description: The John Newcomb House of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, described by Henry David Thoreau as the "House of the Wellfleet Oysterman" in his book Cape Cod.
context_page_description: The John Newcomb House is a historic house in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. It is best known as the house described by Henry David Thoreau 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.
  The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
context_section_description: The John Newcomb House is a historic house in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.  It is best known as the house described by Henry David Thoreau 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.
caption: HABS photo c. 1930s
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