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- The 1885 Sand Hill School
- A Bit About the Boardwalk
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- A Brickyard in Sandwich (as we mark the bicentennial of the War of 1812)
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- The Nye Museum, Old County Road and Cedarville
- Researching Your House History
- Sandwich’s Animal Night Club and the Locust Grove Asylum
- The Story of the “Old Titus” Clock
- Town Hall Through the Years
- Saddle and Pillion Graves
- What’s in YOUR backyard?
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- Blog Author Don Bayley
- Cape Cod Historical Links A great collection of links to historical information throughout the Cape
- East Sandwich Friends Meeting House
- Friends of the Sandwich Town Archives (FOSTA)
- Historic Properties Real Estate Scholarship
- How to Preserve Your Historic Home A great resource from the National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System (MACRIS)
- Sandwich Conservation Trust
- SANDWICH HISTORICAL COMMISSION WEBSITE
- Sandwich House Tour, December 11, 2011
- Sandwich Town Hall Preservation Award Sandwich Town Hall was granted a 2011 Preservation Award for Rehabilitation & Restoration.
- Sandwich's 250th Anniversary Excerpts from the 1889 Program Guide
- Sandwich's 375th Anniversary Join the Celebration!
- The Sandwich Town Archives
Sources
- "A Handbook of New England" 1917
- "ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATISTICS OF LABOR" For the Year Ending November 30, 1922
- "History of Barnstable County," 1890, by Simeon Deyo
- "History of Sandwich and Bourne, Plymouth Records" 1912
- "Nye Family of America"
- "Sandwich Glass" by Lenore Wheeler Williams
- "The Pressed Glassware of Old Sandwich"
- "Towns of New England and Old England"
- "Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of Sandwich and Bourne" 1889
- Cape Cod Gravestones
- Cape Cod Historical Links A great collection of links to historical information throughout the Cape
- Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System (MACRIS)
- The Sandwich Town Archives
- Town of Sandwich Historic Preservation Plan (PDF file)
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
A Brickyard in Sandwich (as we mark the bicentennial of the War of 1812)
In the area known as Town Neck, along the shore of Cape Cod Bay, a lens of fine clay suitable for brick-making was discovered, perhaps as early as 1790 when construction of houses and mills picked up in earnest. Russell … Continue reading
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