Atwood-Higgins Historic District: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Cape Cod National Seashore
Brown M and Laham LH. 2025. Atwood-Higgins Historic District: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Cape Cod National Seashore. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 650114. National Park Service. NPS Northeast Regional Office, Boston, Massachusetts / CRIS-CL Database
The Atwood-Higgins Historic District is located on Bound Brook Island, in the town of Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The 24-acre property, part of Cape Cod National Seashore, was donated to the National Park Service in July 1961 by George and Katharine Higgins. At its core is a collection of historic buildings that include the Atwood-Higgins House, gravel driveways, fences and gates laid out across two distinct level areas. These features, constructed between 1730 and 1960, are set amongst lawns and meadows dotted with trees and shrubs, and surrounded by woodlands. The Atwood-Higgins Historic District today offers an impression of rural New England, reflecting the Lower Cape’s colonial history, settlement, architecture, and tourism.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Brown, Margie Coffin; Laham, Lauren
- Date of Issue
- 2025
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CACO
- Keywords
- American Exploration and Settlement, Archeology-Historic-Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Atwood-Higgins Historic District, Atwood-Higgins House, Camp, Colonial (1600-1730), Colonial Exploration and Settlement, Creating Social Institutions and Movements, Exhibit, Exploration – Settlement, Expressing Cultural Values, Family House, Georgian (1730-1780), Historic Site, Peopling Places, Recreation, Thomas Atwood House, Tourism