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Sandwich Mile Marker is a historic marker located at 178 Main St in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Built in 1920. It is a contributing property in a National Register historic district. A contributing property in the Town Hall Square Historic District Boundary Increase, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
Sandwich Mile 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 41.7558, -70.4937 near Sandwich. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fessenden, N. F. House (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Tinkham, M. House, Smith, William House, and House at 183 Main St.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Sandwich Mile Marker in Sandwich, Massachusetts, preserves the tradition of the old post-road distance markers that once guided travelers between Boston and the surrounding towns. Recorded to about 1920, it marks a point along a historic route through the community. It is a contributing feature of a National Register historic district.
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