Paine Hollow Road South Historic District

Paine Hollow Road South is a small residential district in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, where seven mid-19th-century houses and their outbuildings sit among trees along the road leading toward Blackfish Creek. Most are 1 1/2-story, gablefront dwellings in the Greek Revival or Cape Cod tradition, with sidehall plans, cornice returns, and clapboard or shingle siding. Many were built around 1850 for members of the Paine family, who worked as fishermen, mackerel captains, and fish inspectors connected to the local wharf. One house, the Whorf-Paine House of 1867, was built by Zoeth Sparrow, and another was moved to the road from across the creek in 1866. The district was recognized for its architecture and for what it shows about the community's development, with family ties and shared stylistic details giving the group its unity. The form also points to a high likelihood of archaeological remains, including earlier house sites and privies and wells.