West Chop is a residential area located in the town of

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and on the east by Vineyard Haven Harbor. A lighthouse, West Chop Light, stands at the north end of the chop. It is accessible by car from

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by two roads, Franklin Street and Main Street. West Chop has no obvious commercial businesses or stores, it used to have its own zip code (02573) and a seasonal post office, but these were closed during cutbacks to the USPS. It also has a private seasonal country club, the West Chop Club, and a nine-hole golf course, Mink Meadows Golf Club. There is also a small graveyard, the West Chop cemetery. West Chop has been a popular summer resort area since the late 19th century, and has been the summer home to many notable residents, including

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engineer Gen. George W. Goethals,

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president and U.K. ambassador

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,From Martha's Vineyard National Bank to Around West Chop
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James H. Douglas Jr., and composer George Chadwick. In the summer of 1888, a steamboat wharf was completed at West Chop with regular steamship landings from the mainland, and throughout the 1890s the West Chop summer colony boasted two hotels, a bowling alley, a billiard hall, and tennis courts.,Hough, Henry Beetle. ''Martha's Vineyard, Summer Resort 1835-1935''. (Tuttle Publishing Co., 1936) although today only the club's tennis courts and small private docks remain.

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* Hough, Henry Beetle. ''Martha's Vineyard, Summer Resort 1835-1935''. (Tuttle Publishing Co., 1936)
West Chop Lighthouse

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