Jarves, John and Mary Waterman House

The John and Mary Waterman Jarves House at 3 Jarves Street in Sandwich village is an Italian Villa (Italianate) style house built in 1857-58, said to be the only centered-gable Italian Villa house on Cape Cod. The timber-framed, two-and-a-half-story house was built for John W. Jarves, son of Deming Jarves, who founded the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company. It is significant for its association with the internationally famous Sandwich glass industry and for its Italianate villa architecture.

Jarves, John and Mary Waterman House 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 41.7584, -70.4960 near Sandwich. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cape Canal Office (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Stutson, William House, Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church, and Commercial Building at 2 Jarves St.

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