North Falmouth Village Historic District

North Falmouth Village is a narrow, tree-lined settlement stretching roughly one and one-quarter mile along Old Main Road, a short distance inland from Buzzards Bay. Most of its buildings date from the early to mid-nineteenth century, though the oldest houses, such as the Shubal Nye House, predate about 1762. One- and two-and-a-half-story wood-frame houses, many of them Capes in Federal and Greek Revival styles, line the road behind picket fences and granite posts. Other landmarks include the Congregational Church, the cemetery with over 1,000 headstones, the Megansett Grange, a former tavern and an 1891 railroad bridge. The village grew through farming, coastal trade and whaling, with ship captains from the Nye family living here, and later became a summer colony. Because little has changed since the early twentieth century, and because a local historic district has protected it since 1975, the village keeps the look of a quiet New England community.