West Chop
West Chop is a residential area located in the town of
West Chop has no obvious commercial businesses or stores, it used to have its own zip code (02573) and a seasonal post office, but these were closed during cutbacks to the USPS. It also has a private seasonal country club, the West Chop Club, and a nine-hole golf course, Mink Meadows Golf Club. There is also a small graveyard, the West Chop cemetery.
West Chop has been a popular summer resort area since the late 19th century, and has been the summer home to many notable residents, including
In the summer of 1888, a steamboat wharf was completed at West Chop with regular steamship landings from the mainland,[6] and throughout the 1890s the West Chop summer colony boasted two hotels, a bowling alley, a billiard hall, and tennis courts.,[7] although today only the club's tennis courts and small private docks remain.
Notes
- ^ Flemish-American heroes
- ^ 1914 Map of Vineyard Haven, Mass. - Section #2C: East of Main Street, South of Crocker Ave., North of Owen Park
- ^ Vineyard Gazette Online
- ^ a b c From Martha's Vineyard National Bank to Around West Chop
- ^ Martha's Vineyard Hotel, Martha's Vineyard Inn, Martha's Vineyard Bed and Breakfast, Thorncroft Inn, Marthas Vineyard Island, (800)-332-1236
- ^ "The Vineyard Gazette". 10 Aug 1888.
- ^ Hough, Henry Beetle. Martha's Vineyard, Summer Resort 1835-1935. (Tuttle Publishing Co., 1936)
References
- Hough, Henry Beetle. Martha's Vineyard, Summer Resort 1835-1935. (Tuttle Publishing Co., 1936)
- West Chop Lighthouse
- Maritime History of Massachusetts
- The Lighthouses of Martha's Vineyard Archived 2007-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
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