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Boston Glass Factory Marker is a historic marker located at Factory St in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Built in 1950. It is a contributing property in a National Register historic district. A contributing property in the Jarvesville Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
Boston Glass Factory Marker is a historical marker in Sandwich, Barnstable County. It is one of 250 historical markers documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 41.7606, -70.4908 near Sandwich. The nearest cataloged historic site is House at 3 Factory St (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Sandwich Glass Company Worker Housing, House at 1 Factory St, and Saint John's Park.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
This marker in Sandwich recalls the glassworks that made the town famous. In 1825 the entrepreneur Deming Jarves founded the operation that became the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, choosing Cape Cod's Sandwich for its access to fuel and to Boston markets. The factory grew into one of America's most important glassmakers, celebrated especially for its early pressed glass produced with machinery Jarves helped pioneer, turning out vast quantities of tableware, lamps and decorative pieces. The works operated until 1888, and 'Sandwich glass' remains prized by collectors.
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