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Osterville
Osterville is one of seven villages within the town of Barnstable, and it is
located on the southern side of the town on Nantucket Sound. The area
was originally inhabited by the Cotochese Native People, who regularly
harvested the local oysters along the shores of the three sheltered bays.
English settlers arrived in 1639, and soon named it Oyster Island Village.
By 1648, a negotiation with the Cotochese on behalf of Plymouth Colony
turned Oyster Island Village over to the colonists. The name was eventually
changed to Oysterville, and then, around 1815, it became known as
Osterville.
Osterville is a quiet, mostly residential community with a small and charming
commercial district. One of its longest-standing businesses is the Crosby
Yacht Yard, which dates back to 1850 and still offers a full range of boat and
marine services and custom-crafted sailboats. Crosby is known worldwide
for its catboats and Wianno sailboats, including the Victura, John F.
Kennedy’s 25-foot Wianno Senior sloop. The Osterville Historical Museum is
close by with a permanent collection of decorative arts, furniture, ceramics,
and full-sized wooden boats, and grounds that include an eighteenth
century herbal garden and a nineteenth century ornamental garden.
Just off Main Street is Armstrong-Kelley Park, a historic park with a rare tree
arboretum, specialty gardens, and hillside trails owned and maintained by
the Cape Cod Horticultural Society. Dowses Beach on East Bay has a rock
jetty and soft sand and Joshua’s Pond on Tower Hill Road has a residentsonly beach that is perfect for sunning and swimming.
Perched on a bluff overlooking Nantucket Sound, the private Wianno
Club began in 1916 on site at the Cotocheset House, a shinglestyle hotel built in 1882. The main clubhouse is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places and is one of a few surviving nineteenth
century hotel buildings in this style of architecture.
The Mass Audubon’s Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuary on Bumps River
Road is an inland paradise of tree-lined trails, a fragrant Atlantic White Cedar
stand, freshwater ponds, vernal pools, American holly trees, and numerous
birds, amphibians, and reptiles.
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Osterville is home to the exclusive private Wianno and Oyster Harbors clubs,
each of which have their own private beaches, golf courses, and tennis
facilities. Homes in Osterville include summer oceanfront properties to large
historic estates, reflecting the overall affluence of the area.
Cape Cod Academy is a top-ranked coed college preparatory school for grades kindergarten through 12. In
addition to rigorous academics, this desirable private school offers its students opportunities to participate in
a variety of artistic endeavors and engage in numerous sports on extensive fields, courts, indoor gym facilities,
and an outdoor swimming pool.
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