198 Bradford Street. [2011, Dunlap]
198 Bradford Street. [Provincetown’s East End (1977), by Josephine Del Deo et alia, in the Massachusetts Commission Inventory of 1973-1977 / Provincetown Public Library]
198 Bradford Street. [2011, Dunlap]
198 Bradford Street. [2010, Dunlap]
198 Bradford Street. [2010, Dunlap]
198 Bradford Street. [2013, Dunlap]
Text last updated in 2015 | The artist Isaac Henry Caliga (1857-1944) of Boston and his wife, Elizabeth Howland (1877-1960), who came to town in 1912 to study with Charles W. Hawthorne, lived here. Their house originated as a fish shed built around 1880 by the H. & S. Cook Company. It was turned into a barber shop, opposite Town Hall, before being rolled out here. They had part of a Barnum & Bailey Circus snake-charmer’s wagon in the garden. The Rev. Robert Wood Nicholson, vicar of St. Mary’s, was a tenant. Howland’s sister, Ruth (Howland) DeWitt, remained here until her death in 1965. The property is now owned by Gaby Rilleau, whose father, Roger, was a renowned sandal maker. Rilleau believes the garage doors, which were painted in the style of Peter Hunt, may be the work of a Caliga-DeWitt family member who ran the Peasant Door shop.
Gaby Rilleau wrote on 1 February 2014: I love the photos of the house and the history you have on it. My husband has two cousins who lived there in the ’60s and early ’70s who are connected to the Caliga and Dewitt family. One of them ran a shop called the Peasant Door. I believe she painted the garage doors.
¶ Republished on 30 September 2023.
198 Bradford Street on the Town Map, showing property lines.