2011: Looking Back, Looking Forward
A View From The Chair: December 2011 By Terry Blake Chairperson, SHC, 2011 Looking Back As 2011 draws to a close the Sandwich Historical Commission finds itself weighing the merits of two controversial issues and pursuing another that few people considered an issue at all. The request from the Sandwich [...]
Historical Preservation Awards
The Sandwich Historical Commission held an awards ceremony in 2019 to honor the preservation of a number of historic homes and buildings. Member William Daley hosted the event at Oak Crest Cove. Award Recipients Janet Chakarian (44 Water Street) Delphi Construction (Sand Hill Community Center 16 [...]
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)
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 [...]
Sandwich Historical Commission Reaffirms Stance: Save 1927 Wing
By Paul Gately Sandwich Broadsider/WickedLocal.com November 27, 2016 The Sandwich Historical Commission is not backing away from its strong stand taken in November 2015 that the town should make every effort to try and save the 1927 building from the wrecking ball at the Wing School complex along Water Street. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Preserving Sandwich’s Brady’s Island
By Paul Gately Sandwich Broadsider/WickedLocal.com | Feb 6, 2014 Brady's Island is part of that natural swath between the Mill Creek marsh to the east and the wetland on the edge of downtown Sandwich. It is an historical tract that existed long before they built Route 6A right through the middle [...]
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 [...]
Old Town Burying Ground Gets Restoration Work
Thirty-nine damaged and fallen gravestones in Sandwich's oldest burying ground received professional restoration in the fall of 2012. Work began in late September and continued into November in a contract initiated by Jennifer Madden of the Sandwich Historical Commission, with assistance from former commission member Kaethe Maguire and the cooperation [...]
Town seeks Old Kings Highway District input on Clark-Haddad fate
Staff Writer Sandwich Broadsider/WickedLocal.com | October 7, 2011 SANDWICH —Selectmen have directed Town Manager Bud Dunham to approach the Old King’s Highway Historical District to help determine the fate and future of the Clark-Haddad Building at Jarvesville. Dunham will present two key questions to the district: can the structure [...]
Historic Marker Program Leads To Unusual Discoveries
By Mary Stanley The Sandwich Enterprise | April 22, 2011
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