MassachusettsA contributing property in the Spring Hill Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. Set in the uplands of East Sandwich on Cape Cod, this district preserves a working agricultural landscape of salt marshes, cranberry bogs, open fields, and mill ponds framed by Route 6A and Spring Hill Road. Its resources range from the mid-17th-century Wing Fort House through farmhouses, burial grounds, and cranberry-related structures, with a period of significance extending into the mid-20th century. The four cranberry bogs, with their dikes, ditches, and intake sheds, together with the surrounding farmsteads, document the town's long history of agriculture and cranberry cultivation. The scenic interplay of marsh, bog, and upland farmland is central to its historical and architectural value.
Quaker Meetinghouse New Burial Ground
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Quaker Meetinghouse New Burial Ground is a cemetery in Sandwich, Barnstable County. It is one of 67 cemeteries documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 41.7471, -70.4588 near Sandwich. The nearest cataloged historic site is Friends Meeting House (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Sandwich Friends Community House, House at 98 Spring Hill Rd, and Hoxie, Charles House.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Quaker Meetinghouse New Burial Ground on Quaker Road in Sandwich dates to about 1745 and is a contributing property in a National Register historic district. It served Sandwich's Society of Friends, one of the earliest and most enduring Quaker communities on Cape Cod, whose plain, uniform gravestones reflect the sect's rejection of ostentation. The burying ground sits beside the historic Friends meetinghouse that anchored the community.
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