Martha’s Vineyard Gingerbread Village

The Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association, located in the town center of Oak Bluffs, offers a rare experience for visitors. Consisting of hundreds of artistic, colorful, one-of-a-kind gingerbread cottages, it contains the most perfectly preserved collection of Carpenter Gothic style architecture in the world. These truly unique Victorian "gingerbread" cottages are just a stones throw from the famed Tabernacle.

The Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association continues as a tribute to the Methodist revival meetings that began back in 1835 and continued through the Civil War era. Thousands flocked to the meetings on Martha’s Vineyard and over time, they built the Victorian Gingerbread village of cottages in the same spot they had once pitched canvas tents. Famous dignitaries such as Harriet Beecher Stowe and President Ulysses S. Grant were visitors to the cottages more than 100 years ago.

The outdoor Tabernacle and park-like grounds are open to the public. The gingerbread cottages are privately owned, but the residents enjoy showing off their beloved summer cottages and answering questions.

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