CPA Projects

Historic Projects Funded by the Community Preservation Act

Since 2006, the CPA has provided $5,066,620 in historic preservation funding in Sandwich.

The following list of historic projects were funded by the Community Preservation Committee. For a full list, and details, see the Community Preservation Coalition’s site.

Sandwich Dexter Mill

Community Preservation Act (CPA) & Cape Cod Land Bank(CCLB)
List of Approved Appropriations – January 2025

(Does Not Include CPA Administrative Costs or Projects Not Implemented)

Date Voted Project CPA Purpose Amount
5/1/06 ATM Hoxie House Renovations Historic Resources $65,000
5/1/06 ATM First Church Architectural Services Historic Resources $8,500
9/25/6 STM Upper Shawme Dam Renovations Historic Resources $400,000
5/7/07 ATM Archives Master Plan Historic Resources $6,000
5/7/07 ATM Archives – Records Preservation Historic Resources $66,620
5/7/07 ATM First Church Building Repairs Historic Resources $200,000
5/7/07 ATM SHC – Town Cemetery Master Plan Historic Resources $60,000
1/14/08 STM Town Hall Restoration Historic Resources $2,050,000
5/5/08 ATM Upper Shawme Dam Renovations Historic Resources $340,000
5/4/09 ATM Town Hall Restoration Historic Resources $950,000
5/4/09 ATM Deacon Eldred House Improvements Historic Resources $50,000
5/3/10 ATM Vital Records Protection & Storage Historic Resources $93,000
5/3/10 ATM Greenville-Forestdale Schoolhouse Historic Resources $55,000
5/3/10 ATM Upper Shawme Dam Renovations Historic Resources $12,000
5/3/10 ATM Library Renovations Historic Resources $250,000
5/3/10 ATM Town Hall Restoration Historic Resources $100,000
5/2/11 ATM Old Town Cemertery Burial Stones Historic Resources $10,000
5/2/11 ATM National Register Historic District Signs Historic Resources $16,000
11/7/11 STM Vital Records Protection Historic Resources $25,000
5/7/12 ATM Town Hall Phase II – Bubbler Area Historic Resources $350,000
10/22/12 STM Vital Records Protection Historic Resources $17,000
5/6/13 ATM Old Town Cemertery Improvements Historic Resources $45,000
5/5/14 ATM Vital Records Protection Historic Resources $19,281
5/5/14 ATM Cedarville Cemetery Assessment Historic Resources $20,000
5/5/14 ATM Lower Shawme Dam Area Engineering Historic Resources $100,000
2/9/15 STM Dexter Grist Mill Repairs Historic Resources $60,000
5/4/15 ATM Sandwich: A Cape Cod Town Printing Historic Resources $15,000
5/4/15 ATM Civil War Memorial Placque Historic Resources $7,000
5/2/16 ATM Lower Shawme Dam Area Project Historic Resources $1,200,000
5/2/16 ATM Cedarville Cemetery Improvements Historic Resources $70,000
5/2/16 ATM Thornton Burgess Improvements Historic Resources $20,000
11/21/16 STM Clark-Haddad Building Restoration Historic Resources $1,157,252
5/7/18 ATM Nye Family Assoc. Property Repairs Historic Resources $75,000
11/3/18 STM Town Archives Preservation Historic Resources $17,000
5/6/19 ATM Rescind Burgess Improvements Historic Resources $-20,000
5/6/19 ATM Cedarville Cemetery Improvements Historic Resources $30,000
5/6/19 ATM Old Town Cemetery Improvements Historic Resources $4,100
5/3/21 ATM Friends Meetinghouse Improvements Historic Resources $136,315
1/13/25 STM Cemetery Restoration Historic Resources $187,772
5/1/23 ATM Town Records Preservation Historic Resources $13,000
5/6/24 ATM Sandwich Glass Museum Improve. Historic Resources $70,000
Subtotal Historic Resources Appropriations:   $8,350,840