Mural by Jackie Reeves and Mary-Ann Agresti
Photo Gallery - click to enlarge
1884 Hyannis Map, Boston Public LIbrary Collection
Barnstable Patriot Newspaper Office
Hyannis Main Street Horse Cart
Barnstable High School, 1909, on High School Road, downtown
Hyannis Main Street Horse Cart & Crowell’s Dining Room
1919 July 4th Parade, Downtown Hyannis
Main St. Downtown Hyannis, Liggets Drugs
Downtown Hyannis, 1963
Hyannis Airport, 1939
Hyannis Airport, 1951
Hyannis Business District, East End, Megathlin’s Drugs
Hyannis Harbor Train Pier
Hyannis Public Library
Jenkins House, 1910
Louis Arenovski Store
Main Street Hyannis, Bare Trees
Main Street, Hyannis, Looking East
Maritime Academy, Hyannis
Mildred's Chowder House
Music Circus/Melody Tent
Hyannis Normal And Training Schools - center is now Town Hall
Toy Store, Hyannis
Parker House Gosnold Street
Looking West, Depot Hyannis, 1938
People Outside Iyannough House
RR Wharf Looking South - see all the sails?
Hyannis Normal School Summer School Beach
(a “normal school” was the name for a teacher training school back then)
Sears Dry Goods Store sold bathing suits, rugs, dresses and fabric.
Also “Dove Celebrated Underwear”!
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The Hyannis Historical Society thanks the Hyannis Public Library for dedicating space in the Ora B. Hinckley building for the Society's new workspace. Items of interest are being cataloged in what was the library's reading room before construction of the Eagleston building in the 1930s. Today, the Hinckley building also hosts Ora's Parlor, the library's bookstore.
The Octagon House of Hyannis
The "Octagon House" on South Street in Hyannis has a matching "Octagon Carriage House". Built of concrete in 1855 by Sea Captain Rodney Baxter, it was designed by Orson S. Fowler, who wrote a book in 1848 advocating for 8-sided houses, The Octagon House, A Home for All.(Order on Amazon). Fowler as a book seller and publisher was crucial in the original publication of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass.
The property is currently owned by the family of renowned pianist Dr. Susan Godoy, Baxter’s great granddaughter, who resided there until her death in 2020. Baxter was a deepwater and coasting captain who sailed throughout the world and was known for making fast passages. He sailed the schooner “American Belle” to Ireland in 22 days, to deliver corn and flour during the Great Famine in 1847.
Model of the ship "Hoogly" made by the ship’s carpenter for the Captain, William Penn Lewis of Hyannis and given by him to the son of Mr. Daniel B. Hallett and, in turn, presented by Mr. Daniel B. Hallett to the Hyannis Public Library in 1925.
Lustron House 1950
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The Lustron Corp of Columbus, Ohio built 2498 prefabricated homes between 1949 and 1951. This home stands at 370 Ocean Street in Hyannis, built of steel covered in enamel on a concrete slab. The homes took 2 weeks to complete and required little maintenance, priced at $9,500 - $11,000. The company served a critical need for housing after WWII, but could not compete with the price of traditional homes being built at that time.
