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Sandwich Academy Marker is a historic marker located at 18 Water St in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Built in 1971. It is a contributing property in a National Register historic district. A contributing property in the Town Hall Square Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Sandwich Academy 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 41.7552, -70.4982 near Sandwich. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hoxie House (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Burgess Memorial Bandstand, House at 18 School St, and House at 20 Water St.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Sandwich Academy Marker on Water Street commemorates the Sandwich Academy, one of the private secondary schools established in Massachusetts towns in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries before public high schools became widespread. Placed in 1971, it is a contributing feature of a National Register historic district in Sandwich, the oldest town on Cape Cod.
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