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Provincetown, Massachusetts
Historic three-room gay bar with P-town's biggest dance floor.
Built in 1798 as a fishermen's tavern, the Atlantic House — the A-House — is a contender for the oldest gay bar in the United States. Eugene O'Neill was arrested here in 1917 (a plaque marks the spot), and Tennessee Williams drank here every summer from 1946 until his death in 1983. Reggie Cabral bought the place in 1950 and made it openly gay nearly two decades before Stonewall. Today the A-House runs three rooms under one roof: the Little Bar, a cozy cruise bar with a jukebox that opens early in the day; the Macho Bar, Provincetown's original leather and Levi space; and the Big Room, one of the town's largest dance floors. Each room pulls its own crowd, so a single building covers everything from a quiet afternoon drink to late-night dancing. It's both a landmark and a working bar: the building at 6 Masonic Place has been pouring drinks for more than 225 years, and it's still the historic heart of P-town nightlife rather than a museum piece.
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