A Rambling, Rustic Shack ~ A Dream "Space for a Wanderer"

What is it about a place that "draws you in" and when you see it, you just know you could be quite comfortable there for a time?  Last Thursday, after attending the Gay Carnival in downtown Provincetown, Nick and I started walking back down Commercial Street to the West End where the swimming pool at the Provincetown Inn awaited our hot, tired bodies.  The pavement was really hot and crowds of people were in the street and so we decided to walk back by way of the shore.  The tide was out and as we cut through an alley, we discovered the most romantic place....Captain Jack's.

Captain Jack's is a rambling, rustic, colorful building on a wharf stretching out over water.  From the deck, you can see an extraordinary view of the tidal flats and harbour.  Some of the units are rented and others are condos.  Later, I learned that Jack's Wharf was built as storage for fishermen at the turn of the 19th century.  Later, Eugene O'Neil used it for summer housing as well as a performance space for his Experimental Playwrights Theatre.  Still later, it became a speakeasy known as the Circus Bar.  Today, Captain Jack's Wharf is  a dozen condominiums and are rented out for a week or the madcap summer season.

(Photo from Wiki)

I loved the names on the various units...."Sunrise", "Windswept", "Hesperus-Spindrift".  There is even an "Australis" and a "Venus" and "Borealis".  I can just imagine what it would be like to stay in one of these cabins for the summer....listening to the sounds of the tide and feeling the cool ocean breezes as I slept.

Nick checking the place out.

"Bob, you have to see this end cabin.  You would love it!."  So I walked down to the end unit....and I fell in love.

Imagine, just imagine renting this last unit for the summer season.

Leaving Captain Jack's we speculated what it would cost to rent one of the units for a week and thought we should start saving our money and perhaps come next summer spend a week here.  The following day I got an email from Nick....she had already googled Captain Jack's and found out the far end condo was for sale......$995,000....a wee bit pricey for our pocketbooks.  But heck, maybe Tom Gerace could buy the place and be a Medici for all the writers and poets on Gather and provide them with a week stay here.  What a fine idea that is......what do you think?

LISTING INFORMATION Listing ID 20806640 Price $995,000 Bedrooms 1 Type Condo Sq. Feet 853 Baths 1 Half-baths N/A AMENITIES Parking Patio/Deck Water Views

Captain Jack's Wharf! $995,000 [Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States] More photos » 1 2 3 (Click photo to enlarge) Iconic Captain Jack’s Wharf in Provincetown! Charming, cozy and rustic, this desirable large double unit at the end of the wharf boasts an absolutely heavenly setting and the views are just incredible. Two-story great room has high vaulted ceiling, huge glass doors that open directly onto decks, which surround the unit on 3 sides. Just a spectacular retreat; imagine listening to the lap of the waves below from this very private setting. Parking. OFFERED BY: Rose Kennedy 508 487-1112 Thomas D Brown Real Estate Associates rosiebk@aol.com