Sconset

Eighteenth-century fishermen erected huts along the coast of Sconset for their hauls of cod and halibut.  Existing for hundreds of years as a fishing village, Sciasconset (known locally as Sconset) was "rediscovered" in the 1880's with the new railway from the town of Nantucket.  It became the summer favorite of vaudeville and stage stars and was often referred to as "the Newport of the Nantucketoise."