4 Winslow St

Historic District Survey information for 4 Winslow St

Architectural Description: 4 Winslow Street is a 2-story, 5-bay former residence. The hipped roof has an interior corbelled brick chimney set at the peak. The main entry is a six-panel door with sidelights set in a projecting vestibule. The overhanging roof of the flat hood is supported by brackets. Brick stoop with metal railings. All windows are 6/6 wood DHS with louvered shutters.. Most detailing on the house has been either covered or removed in the course of recladding the house with aluminum siding. 1-story rear addition with secondary entry on south facade. Spiral stair to roof deck above.

Historical Narrative: As per Josephine Del Deo (1977): The Ryder family was one of the oldest of the Provincetown families. Its community involvement was deeply rooted beginning with the oldest member of the Ryder family, Benjamin, who settled in Provincetown in 1700. From Benjamin, a long line of Ryders (spelled "Riders" in the 18th century) is descended. At least twelve members of this family, including the first Benjamin Rider are buried in the oldest cemetery on Winthrop and Court Street (see Oldest Cemetery Album). "two hundred years of residence easily makes the Ryders one of the first families in America; and six generations to the manor born - four of which were in the land of the Pilgrims - gave the family the blue blood of the Puritans. Doctor Ryder was a Yankee of the Yankees, and from youth up he preserved and illustrated the best qualities of the race. Hanson, John Wesley, D.D. "William Henry Ryder, D.C." Deacon David Ryder, grandfather of William Henry Ryder, the Universalist minister about whom the biography quoted from above is written, was a deacon of the Congregational Church (see No. 53-P) in the first quarter of the 18th century. His son, Godfrey Ryder gave the land on which the Pilgrim Monument is now located to the Town. He also, some years, later, evidently, gave the land on which the Town Hall is now located in order that the new Town Hall night be built. In doing so, the house on Winslow Street was moved from Ryder and Commercial St. to its present location on Winslow Street. As per Tom Boland (1994): This house is shown on the map of 1836 and atlas of 1858. In 1907, it was owned by F M. Dearborn. Known as the Ryder House, its original occupants were members of the Ryder family, who came to Provincetown in the early 1700's and became one of the town's founding families. Today it is used as a guesthouse.

Bibliography and/or References: Hanson, John Wesley, D.D. "William Henry Ryder, D.C." Sections I-XIV, Universalist Publish House, Boston, 1891. "The Provincetown Advocate", May 1, 1872.

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Dwellings, Historic Districts--Massachusetts--Provincetown, and Winslow Street (Provincetown, Mass.)

 (Mass. Historical Commission Form B)