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Quaker Meetinghouse New Burial Ground is a historic burial ground located at 6 Quaker Rd in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Built in 1745. It is a contributing property in a National Register historic district. A contributing property in the Spring Hill Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
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.
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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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