Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1887.
One of 202 National Register listings published here for Barnstable County · listed in 2012 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Dune Shacks of Peaked Hill Bars Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Cape Cod National Seashore | PILGRIM HT |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cape Cod National Seashore | HEAD OF THE MEADOW |
| 14 September 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 14 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cape Cod National Seashore | RACE POINT SOUTH BLOWOUT FIRE |
| 11 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cape Cod National Seashore | HERRCOVE |
| 6 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cape Cod National Seashore | ARTSDUNE |
| 4 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 3 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cape Cod National Seashore | BEECH FOREST FIRE_1738 |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne Class Studio | 1.2 miles | 1978 | |
 | Center Methodist Church | 1.5 miles | 1975 |
 | Provincetown Public Library | 1.6 miles | 1975 |
 | Provincetown Historic District | 1.7 miles | 1989 |
 | First Universalist Chruch | 1.7 miles | 1972 |
 | US Post Office-Provincetown Main | 1.9 miles | 1987 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 12000132 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Barnstable County | All 202 listed properties in this county. |
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