Researching Your House History
There are hundreds of historic houses in Sandwich. The Sandwich Historical Commission works with the Massachusetts Historical Commission to document information about historic properties, districts, and landmarks which is subsequently made available to the public via a database called the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System, better known by its acronym [...]
Cedarville
The Only Way to Get to to Barnstable by Don Bayley 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 [...]
Bird’s Eye View – The 1884 Poole Map
1884 Bird's Eye View by Poole (Click for Larger View) 4 - Sandwich Card & Tag Co. 5 - G. Howland's Lumber Yard 6 - Town Hall 7 - Sandwich Casino 8 - High School 10 - Sandwich Academy 14 - Novelty Block 15 - Central House 16 [...]
Town Hall Through the Years
(Compiled by Don Bayley) From "Historical Collections" by John Warner Barber, Worcester, 1839, p.53. In this John Warner Barber drawing from 1839, Town Hall, built in 1834, is prominently displayed. From Sandwich historian Russell Lovell: "This is the only view found showing the early Calvinistic chapel on the [...]
Aunt Sally and the Locust Grove Asylum
Skunks and racoons on the kitchen table? The House at 238 Route 6A in 2012 (photo by Don Bayley) The house at 238 Route 6A, The Old King's Highway, is falling down. It's open to the weather and the rain just pours in. In a year or so, [...]
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