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 [...]
Cedarville
by Don Bayley The Only Way to Get to Barnstable Today's Old County Road in East Sandwich follows the original route of the Old King's Highway which followed native American trails meandering along the southern edge of Scorton Marsh. Until about 1847, there wasn't a road where Route 6A is [...]
Sandwich-By-The-Sea (1914)
Historical Sketch of the Famous Old Town Published by: The Sandwich Historical Society 1914 View Book
The 300th Celebration
The Tercentennial – 1939 Paul Wing Float, 1939 Corner Main and Jarves, August, 1939 Barbara Bassett inside on right Photos above courtesy of Jim Pierce 1939 Parade: 10 Men of Saugus Dinner at the Casino, 1939 Photos courtesy of Jim Pierce and Sandwich Town Archives [...]
The 275th Celebration
It was 1914: Sandwich celebrated its 275th Anniversary and the opening of the Cape Cod Canal. Canal 100th & Sandwich 275th celebration Pennant - 1914 Parade in Post Office Square for Sandwich’s 275th Anniversary and the Opening of the Cape Cod Canal July 29, 1914 Cape Cod Canal [...]
The 375th Celebration
WHAT A YEAR IT WAS! A recap of the Sandwich 375th Anniversary Celebration –by Don Bayley Teams with themes such as the Dewey Decimators, Downton Abbey and Sweet Tarts started it off with a bang. It was the Spring of 2013 and “Team Trivia Night” was one of several [...]
Dexter Grist Mill
The Dexter Grist Mill is one of the most photographed sites on Cape Cod. This working grist mill that overlooks Lower Shawme Pond which is bordered by the Town Hall, herring run, picturesque colonial homes, and a cemetery with gravestones dated back to the 1600s. Freshly ground cornmeal packaged in [...]
Heritage Museums & Gardens
Heritage Museums & Gardens is located on 100 acres of magnificent grounds and trails on the banks of Shawme Pond in Historic Sandwich. The gardens feature internationally important collections of rhododendrons, including those created by Charles Dexter, who did his ground-breaking plant hybridizing work here. Additional horticultural areas of interest [...]
Deacon Eldred House
The former home of the Thornton Burgess Museum on historic Shawme Pond was built in 1756. It is now a privately owned residence.
Sandwich Glass Museum
For over one hundred years the Sandwich Glass Museum, incorporated as the Sandwich Historical Society, has promoted a broad understanding and appreciation of Sandwich town history, with particular emphasis on the unique contribution of the glass industry to the local community, the region, the nation, and the world. Visit [...]
Hoxie House Museum
This classic Saltbox was presumably built circa 1675 and is most likely the oldest Saltbox on Cape Cod. It was the home of the town’s second minister, Rev. John Smith, his wife, Susanna, and their 13 children. It is named for Abraham Hoxie, a Sandwich whaling captain who bought [...]
Wing Fort House Museum
The oldest house in New England owned and occupied continuously by the same family for over three centuries. Built in 1641, this house was traditionally called the Fort House because of its possible use as a refuge from Indian attack. In 1646 it became the home of Stephen Wing, [...]
Benjamin Nye Homestead Museum
The beautiful natural setting of the Benjamin Nye Homestead & Museum surrounded by several other 18th century colonial homes makes it unique. The house was built by Benjamin Nye, one of the first fifty men to settle in Sandwich. Given permission by the town to erect a mill by [...]
Sandwich Town Hall
Built in 1833-4, the first floor was originally rented out as commercial retail space, just as Boston’s Fanuel Hall is today. Eventually, as fortunes changed in the town, the first floor was taken over by town administrative offices and the second floor ball room was relegated to use as [...]
The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument
101 years ago, the town of Sandwich celebrated a very special Memorial Day. On May 30, 1911 William Eaton, who started working in the B&S Glass Factory at the age of 8, donated a 30 foot Civil War Monument to the people of Sandwich.
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