Preservation News

24Mar 2014

Preserving Sandwich’s Brady’s Island

By Paul Gately Posted Feb. 6, 2014 @ 1:21 pm Updated Feb 6, 2014 at 1:25 PM 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 [...]

19Mar 2014

Preservation, Not Demolition!

Paul Gately, March 19. 2014 2:24PM 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. across from the Wing School. Committee Chairman Bill Collins said the so-called demo-request has [...]

28Jul 2013

Sandwich building could become new cultural center

By George Brennan, capecodonline.com gbrennan@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 take [...]

10Jun 2013

Public/private effort may chart Sand Hill School future in Sandwich

SANDWICH BROADSIDER Posted Jun 10, 2013 @ 06:00 AM 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 [...]

8Oct 2012

Old Town Burying Ground Gets Restoration Work

Thirty-nine damaged and fallen gravestones in Sandwich's oldest burying ground are getting professional restoration this fall. Work was begun in late September and is likely to continue into November, 2012 in a contract initiated by Jennifer Madden of the Historical Commission, with assistance from former commission member Kaethe Maguire and [...]

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