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 [...]

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 [...]