Researching Your House History
There are hundreds of historic houses in Sandwich, and documenting these homes is the first step toward preserving them. Saving historic homes is vital for maintaining our town's cultural identify, fostering community pride, and providing a tangible link to the past that textbooks cannot provide. These structures also offer significant [...]
“Bird’s Eye View” The 1884 Poole Map
The 1884 Poole map of Sandwich is a highly detailed, pictorial lithograph drawn by A.F. Poole of Brockton, Massachusetts. The map includes street names, and significant buildings and landmarks are identified with numbers. The complete map and map key can be seen here. Pictured below is a close-up of a [...]
Town Hall Through the Years
Compiled by Don Bayley Sandwich Town Hall, built in 1834, is prominently displayed in this 1839 engraving by John Warner Barber: From Sandwich historian Russell Lovell: This is the only view found showing the early Calvinistic chapel on the site of the present First Church of Christ (the 'Elvis' Church). [...]
Aunt Sally and the Locust Grove Asylum
Skunks and raccoons on the kitchen table? The house at 238 Route 6A, The Old King's Highway, is falling down. It's open to the weather and the rain just pours in. In a year or so, it may be gone. Sad, because so much took place here -- so much [...]
The Sand Hill School
Deming Jarves The area around the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company in Sandwich became known as Jarvesville, named after the factory’s founder, Deming Jarves. As the number of glass factory workers grew, the company built housing for them as well as a company store and a school. In [...]
A Brickyard at Town Neck
By Don Bayley 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. 1857 map by Henry F. Walling showing [...]
The Titus Clock
In 1749, Reverend Abraham Williams became pastor at the First Parish Meeting House, bringing with him a 19-year old black slave named Titus Winchester. There are two versions of the "Titus" legend. One is that Rev. Williams offered his slave freedom but Titus preferred to wait until his master's death [...]
Plaques help mark Sandwich history
By Paul Gately Sandwich Broadsider September 7, 2018 The Sandwich Historical Commission’s historic marker/plaque program has reached the 154 mark, and more awards are on the way in a town where many homes are much older than 100 years. Read Full Article (Subscription required)
The 250th Celebration
Town Hall 1889 (Courtesy Sandwich Town Archives) Town Hall all decked out for the "Quarter Millennial Celebration," September 3, 1889. 1889: The two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of what is termed the incorporation of the towns of Sandwich and Yarmouth was fitly commemorated. September 3, 1639, being [...]
Atlas of Boundaries of Sandwich 1901
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The Acorn
The Acorn - A Steam-Sail Ship Once Owned by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company by William F. Daley COURTESY Sandwich Glass Museum In 1825, entrepreneur Deming Jarves arrived in Sandwich to build his glass making operations, the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company (B&S). It had an immediate impact [...]
A Very Special Memorial Day
William Eaton and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument By William F. Daley Over 100 years ago, the town of Sandwich celebrated a very special Memorial Day. On May 30, 1911 William Eaton, a wealthy business man from Brockton, donated a 30 foot Civil War Monument to the people of Sandwich. [...]
Of Sandwich, Seals and Sandwiches
By Don Bayley Town of Sandwich seal in wood and rope (Don Bayley photo) The Name "Sandwich" Sandwich, Massachusetts is named for the seaport of Sandwich, Kent, England. The name "Sandwich" comes from Old English (O.E.) Sandwic, and literally means “sand village,” “sandy place,” or “place on the [...]
Saving Graves
The Historical Commission's Jennifer Madden inspects a headstone at Cedarville Cemetery(CREDIT: Karen B Hunter - Enterprise) By Tao Woolfe Sandwich Enterprise | Oct 27, 2016 Decrepitude has seeped into Cedarville Cemetery—cracking and toppling ancient tombstones and beshadowing family markers with creeping foliage. But rest easy, old souls, [...]
Historical Commission: A Champion For Sandwich’s Past – Editorial
Editorial The Sandwich Enterprise | Feb. 3, 2017 Being the oldest town on Cape Cod, first chartered by the state way back in 1639—136 years before the first shots were fired in the American Revolution—there’s no wonder that Sandwich has two municipal committees with the word “history” in their [...]
Cemetery Work Hits Snag
By Paul Gately Sandwich Broadsider November 7, 2016 The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office has determined the long planned project to restore parts of Cedarville Cemetery off Route 6A cannot proceed as delineated by the town and as planned by the Sandwich Historical Commission. Sandwich Assistant Town Manager Douglas Lapp had [...]
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