Historic Preservation

3Feb 2017

Historical Commission: A Champion For Sandwich’s Past – Editorial

The Enterprise - Sandwich 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 titles. [...]

27Jul 2016

Wing School Update

By Paul Gately July 07. 2016 12:58PM Sandwich Historical Commission reiterates historic merit of '1927 Wing' 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 [...]

6May 2016

Historical Markers Part of Improvements Planned for Mill Creek Park.

Sandwich Okays Plan To Turn 'Restroom Park' Into Something More Memorable By TAO WOOLFE 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 news that volunteers wanted to spruce up [...]

6May 2016

A Name for the Park at 135 Main Street

by Cindy Russell 135 Main Street has been 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 of the [...]

14May 2015

Sandwich Historical Commission wants 1927 Wing exterior preserved

By Paul Gately May 14. 2015 1:02PM 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 it comes [...]

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