The Boston Globe — Historic Cape Cod house on stilts still teetering on the edge

An aerial view of a home on pilings at the edge in Truro on Monday. DAVID L RYAN/ GLOBE STAFF

Jan 31, 2022

By Carlos R. Muñoz — Homeowners Kathleen and Thomas Dennis have been fighting to save the home from the sea because of deep erosion.

CAPE COD, MA —  The house on stilts that has been wobbling ever so close to disaster is still standing after this weekend’s blizzard.

The former US Coast Guard building at 133 South Pamet Road on Truro’s Ballston Beach has been there since 1850, back when the Coast Guard was still called the US Lifesaving Service. It once sat on turf overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Now it stands on pilings above the ocean surf, which is agonizingly clawing away at the sand beneath it.

The historic Cape Cod house is owned by Kathleen and Thomas Dennis. They are represented by attorney Benjamin Zehnder, who said he could not comment because of pending legal matters.

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