Our Home’s History Is Our History
A View From The Chair: April 2012 By Terry Blake Chairperson, SHC, 2012 We have two direct connections to history: our family and our home. Family members pass and leave us with cherished memories, but our beloved homes tend to outlive us. They are what remain of those who lived [...]
How well do you know Sandwich?
By Bill Dayley Cpt. Abraham Hoxie House Here is an interesting home with a very interesting story. This home was built for Captain Abraham Hoxie (1808-1888) who was the best known whaling captain in Sandwich. He commanded more than a dozen different vessels and retired to Spectacle Pond [...]
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 [...]
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)
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 [...]
SHC reiterates historic merit of ‘1927 Wing’
By Paul Gately Sandwich Broadsider/WickedLocal.com | July 07, 2016 The Sandwich Historical Commission takes issue with sentiment expressed by some selectmen that the 1927 section of the Henry T. Wing School might not be worth preserving and instead probably should be torn down. Commission members July 6 reiterated their support [...]
Improvements Planned for Mill Creek Park
Sandwich Okays Plan To Turn 'Restroom Park' Into Something More Memorable By Tao Woolfe The Sandwich Enterprise | May 5, 2016 A gift of flowers, benches and greenery popped up among the political brambles when a volunteer group offered to beautify a scruffy grove across from Sandwich Town Hall. The [...]
A Name for the Park at 135 Main Street
by Cindy Russell The land at 135 Main Street was privately owned from 1639 until 1963 when Town Meeting voted “to purchase a certain parcel of land located at Main Street, at Town Hall Square, owned by Manuel and Leona R. Jacinto for $14,000. Bill Daley and Don Bayley, members [...]
Sandwich Historical Commission wants 1927 Wing exterior preserved
By Paul Gately Sandwich Broadsider/WickedLocal.com May 14. 2015 When it comes to preserving parts of the past in general -- and the old 1927 section of the Wing School off Water Street in particular -- the Sandwich Historical Commission thinks it is better to be pro-active than re-active. When [...]
Optimism Flows At Forum About Wing’s Future
By James Kinsella Cape Cod Times | April 20, 2015 One hundred and thirty people get ready to watch a presentation about the condition of the Henry T. Wing School on April 13 at town hall. The Wing building no longer will be used as a public school at the [...]
Sandwich grist mill wheel needs replacement
By Paul Gately Sandwich Broadsider/WickedLocal.com | Nov 1, 2014 Sandwich Assistant Town Manager Douglas Lapp says it has become imperative to replace the wheel at the historic Dexter Grist Mill downtown next to Town Hall. Lapp said the work is needed to avoid the mill being shut down for a [...]
Preservation, Not Demolition!
Sandwich barn will come down but perhaps preserved in key pieces By Paul Gately Sandwich Broadsider/WickedLocal.com | March 19, 2014 This is the course being considered by the historic district committee as it deals with Kevin Hamlin’s request to demolish the centuries-old barn on his property at 45 Water St. [...]
Sandwich building could become new cultural center
By George Brennan capecodonline.com | July 28, 2013 SANDWICH – An old building where the children of glass-factory workers once went to school could get new life as a cultural center. Selectmen have agreed to allow the town’s Historical Commission to spend up to $15,000 to determine what it would [...]
Public/private effort may chart Sand Hill School future
Staff Writer Sandwich Broadsider/WickedLocal.com | Jun 10, 2013 SANDWICH — When it comes to deciding the fate and future of historic properties around Sandwich, the town has had limited success in recent years; Town Hall restoration aside. What to do with the Forestdale Schoolhouse, Deacon Eldred House on Shawme Pond [...]
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