Marker can be reached from Ocean View Drive. Marker is in Eastham, Massachusetts, in Barnstable County. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. The house was washed away by storm tides in 1978. In 1964 it was named a National Literary Landmark.

Even today Beston’s descriptions seem as enduring as the elements.īeston’s small cottage stood on one of the easternmost reaches of land in the United States, and was located at the end of Nauset Spit, hence the title, “The Outermost House.” The resulting book, “The Outermost House,” has become a classic chronicle of the rhythms of nature on the outer Cape. His nearest neighbors were the Coast Guardsmen on the hill behind you.Īs the seasons unfolded, Beston recorded his encounters with the waves, the winds, and the wild creatures of the beach and dunes. Here he lived a solitary year in the company of the ocean. On the dunes about a mile and a half to your right he built a cottage with two rooms and a fireplace.

It is in Eastham in Barnstable County Massachusetts Author and naturalist Henry Beston came to this shore in September 1927. This historical marker was erected by Cape Cod National Seashore. Even today Beston’s descriptions seem as enduring as the elements., Beston’s small cottage stood on one of the easternmost reaches of land in the United States, and was located at the end of Nauset Spit, hence the title, “The Outermost House.”, In 1964 it was named a National Literary Landmark. His nearest neighbors were the Coast Guardsmen on the hill behind you., As the seasons unfolded, Beston recorded his encounters with the waves, the winds, and the wild creatures of the beach and dunes. Author and naturalist Henry Beston came to this shore in September 1927.

The Outermost House by Henry Beston