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The Wellfleet Center Historic District is a historic district in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. It encompasses resources that exemplify the development of the community, beginning in the late 18th century, as a thriving commercial maritime center, and then its rise as a summer resort community in the late 19th century. Buildings in the district include Cape-style houses from the mid-18th century, 19th century commercial and institutional buildings in the town center, and the 1880s summer estate of Lorenzo Dow Baker. The district is roughly bounded by Cross St., Holbrook Ave., Main, E. Main and School Streets, and Duck Creek, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Wellfleet is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, and is located halfway between the "tip" and "elbow" of Cape Cod. The town had a population of 3,566 at the 2020 census, which swells nearly sixfold during the summer. A total of 70% of the town's land area is under protection, and nearly half of it is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Wellfleet is famous for its oysters, which are celebrated in the annual October Wellfleet OysterFest.

The Mayo Beach Light was an early lighthouse on Cape Cod. Deactivated in 1922, the second tower was moved to California and re-erected as the Point Montara Light in 1928.

The First Congregational Parish Historic District encompasses the oldest church building in Truro, Massachusetts and adjacent historic resources. The congregation was established in 1711, and is now occupying its third church, a Federal/Greek Revival building erected in 1827. The tower houses a bell cast by Paul Revere. Adjacent to the church and part of its setting is the Congregational Cemetery, whose earliest recorded burial is in 1810, and has been associated with the church since its construction. The cemetery contains a memorial erected in 1841, commemorating the loss of 57 Truro residents and seven ships in a gale on October 3. 1841.The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

The Chequesset Inn was a 62-room hotel in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. It is credited with beginning the development of the town's tourism industry.

The Rowell House is a historic house in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. A small 1.5-story Cape-style house, it was probably built c. 1713, and is one of the oldest houses in Wellfleet. It has three bays, with a large chimney behind the leftmost bay. The house was owned early in the 19th century by the Rowell sisters. And then passed onto the next generation.The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

The Ahearn House and Summer House are a pair of houses at 450 Pamet Point Road in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. The smaller "summer house" is an early 19th-century cottage, while the main house is a subsequent construction; both are important examples of period architecture in the community. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

The Saunders–Paine House is a historic house at 260 Paine Hollow Road in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. This 1+1⁄2-story Federal style Cape was built c. 1830, and is a well-preserved local example of the style. The first known owner was Charles Saunders who married Mary Cole Paine, whose family gave the area its name. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Herring River is a river in Wellfleet, Massachusetts that includes a tidal estuary. As of 2014, there are plans and funding in place to restore the river, after the construction of a dike across the river in 1909 as a mosquito control project severely hampered the health of the estuary.

The Townsend House is a historic house at 290 Paine Hollow Road in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. The 1+1⁄2-story full Cape style wood-frame house was built in 1804, probably by Doctor James Townsend, whose descendants owned the house well into the 20th century. The most notable resident was Samuel Campbell, an English engineer who worked with Guglielmo Marconi on the transatlantic wireless facilities in Wellfleet. The house is notable as a particularly little-altered example of the style, with details typically only found in houses of wealthier owners. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

The Paine Hollow Road South Historic District is a residential historic district roughly along Paine Hollow Road, and Raywid Way in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. It consists of a cluster of seven 19th-century residences centered just north of Paine Hollow Road's junction with Pleasant Point Road and Baker Road, including one house on Baker Road and one on Rayvid Way. All seven houses were built by members of the locally prominent Paine family in the mid-19th century, and are predominantly Greek Revival in their styling.The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

The Hinckley's Corner Historic District, also known as Paine Hollow, is a historic district including three properties located at 0, 25, and 40 Way #112 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. This small cluster of properties are a representative of the outer Cape's life in the 19th century. All three houses are fairly utilitarian 1-1/2 story Cape style houses, with only modest traces of late Georgian or Federal styling. The oldest house, the Jonathan Young House at 40 Way #112, was built c. 1790-91, and was owned for a significant portion of the 19th century by members of the Hinckley family. This property includes a 19th-century barn, a c. 1920 structure whose uses have included a retail store and an art studio, and a c. 1950 garage. The John Lewis House at 25 Way #112 was built c. 1820, and has a Federal style fanlight over the main entrance. Its property includes a garage/guesthouse built c. 1924, originally to house a Model T firetruck, and an oysterhouse built 1827-28.The third house is the Robert Paine House at 0 Way #112; it was also built c. 1820, and is the most-altered of the three, with additions on either end. It stands on a larger property (neary 5 acres, compared to the 1-2 acre lots on which the others stand), and includes a small shed built c. 1820 and a boatbuilding shop built c. 1915. This house is further notable for housing a worker who helped build the Wellfleet Marconi Station in the early 1900s.The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.