[2022, Dunlap]
Interiors photographed in 2022. [Dunlap]
East facade. [2022, Dunlap]
South facade. [2022, Dunlap]
Updated on 26 March 2026 | What looks from the outside like a spartan, mid-20th-century structure has a Fabergé Easter Egg of an interior. It’s an Arts & Crafts treasure house of saturated color and tangible pattern: trophy heads, glazed ceramics, stained glass, intricate woodwork, embroidered upholstery, and riotously patterned wallpaper. The décor is the work of the current owner, Michael P. Harpie, former chairman of the Provincetown Cemetery Commission. “His wonderful interior is reminiscent of the Land’s End Inn, where he worked before joining the Town Hall staff,” said Stephen Borkowski, former chairman of the Provincetown Art Commission.
Harpie purchased the property out of foreclosure in 2010 with Julian A. G. Dickson, a judge of the provincial court in New Brunswick. (Dickson sold his interest to Harpie two years later.) The previous owners were Thomas A. Edwards and his wife, Bethany Tasha-Edwards. Thomas had acquired the property in 1982 from his parents, John S. “Jack” Edwards and Antoniella I. (Scoppettuolo) Edwards, who had owned it since 1973. Jack Edwards was a founding member of the Provincetown Rescue Squad. He graduated from Provincetown High School, served in the Army Air Forces during World War II, and worked for 28 years at Duarte Motors, 132 Bradford Street.1 Jack’s father, John A. “Chef” Edwards, ran the Chef’s Lunch at 312-314 Commercial Street, forerunner of the Governor Bradford.
1 “John S. ‘Jack’ Edwards, 89,” Provincetown Banner, 9 June 2005, Page 1.
In memoriam
• Antoniella I. (Scoppettuolo) Edwards (1922-1998)
Find a Grave Memorial No. 162764602.
• John S. “Jack” Edwards (1915-2005)
Find a Grave Memorial No. 162764619.