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).[2]

John Newcomb House
HABS photo c. 1930s
John Newcomb House is located in Cape Cod
John Newcomb House
John Newcomb House is located in Massachusetts
John Newcomb House
John Newcomb House is located in the United States
John Newcomb House
Nearest cityWellfleet, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°57′53″N 70°00′23″W / 41.96472°N 70.00639°W / 41.96472; -70.00639
Built1829
ArchitectJohn Young Newcomb
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.88001457[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 15, 1988

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for John Newcomb House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-22.