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MUSEUMS & HISTORIC SITES
EASTHAM WINDMILL, (17) Stop and see an actual WORKING windmill. Located on Wind- mill Green across from Town Hall, this piece of Eastham history is one of the few remaining windmills on Cape Cod. An early colonial artifact, the windmill operated for over two-hundred years (until 1896) as a vital economic resource. The mill was built around 1680 in Plymouth Colony byThomas Paine and shortly before the Revolu- tion he moved the mill across Cape Cod Bay to Truro. In 1793, a prominent Eastham resident, Seth Knowles bought the mill and moved it to Eastham overlooking Salt Pond. It was moved once more to its present spot on Windmill Green, in 1808. The windmill operated until the turn of the century. Recognized for its American historical signi cance, it was sold to the Village Improvement Society where it served as a library. In 1936, the now Town owed mill underwent extensive refurbish- ment and has been open to the public ever since. July & August, Monday – Saturday 10am – 5pm, Sunday 1 – 5pm. NRHP*
* National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
EASTHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY • BY MEL TULIN
NAUSET LIGHTHOUSE • BY ANDREA DANIELS
OLD SCHOOLHOUSE MUSEUM (12) (opposite the Salt Pond Visitor Center on Nau- set Road) is a post Civil War one- room school house which served Eastham for over 70 years. Built in 1869, this historic schoolhouse displays various objects from the town’s history including everything from daily life to a Life Saving Service for shipwrecks that commonly occurred just miles
off Nauset beach. www.easthamhistoricalsociety.org NRHP*
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THINGS TO DO