Landmark

Heritage Plantation Windmill

Sandwich · Barnstable County

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About this site

Heritage Plantation Windmill is a landmark in Sandwich, Barnstable County. It is one of 6,558 landmarks documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.

The site sits at 41.7495, -70.5058 near Sandwich. The nearest cataloged historic site is Wing - Dexter House (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Heritage Plantation Stone Barn, Dexter, Charles O. Estate - Shawme Farm, and Saint Peters Roman Catholic Cemetery.

This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The windmill at Heritage Museums and Gardens in Sandwich is the Old East Mill, a wooden windmill originally built in Orleans, Massachusetts, in 1800 and later moved to the Sandwich grounds. It was extensively restored in 1999-2000 and stands among the roughly 100-acre gardens and museum collections established by Josiah K. Lilly III in 1969 on the former estate of rhododendron hybridizer Charles O. Dexter. Visitors may view the mill's interior on special open days.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

📍 41.7495, -70.5058 · Sandwich, Barnstable County

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