MassachusettsA contributing property in the Town Hall Square Historic District Boundary Increase, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. Centered on Town Hall Square where Main Street meets the mill stream at Shawme Lake, this district forms the historic civic and commercial heart of Sandwich, one of the oldest towns on Cape Cod, settled by English families beginning in 1637. Its buildings span from about 1640 to 1960 and include Cape Cod-style dwellings, civic and religious landmarks, and industrial resources such as the Dexter Grist Mill and dam, reflecting the town's agricultural, maritime, and manufacturing history. Sandwich owed much of its 19th-century fame to the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, founded in 1825, and the district is significant for its political, industrial, social, and residential development as well as its fine representative architecture and archaeological potential.
Sandwich World War I Memorial
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Sandwich World War I Memorial 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 41.7579, -70.4965 near Sandwich. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hunt and Gibb Store (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Commercial Building at 157 Main St, Commercial Building at 2 Jarves St, and Thayer House.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Sandwich World War I Memorial is a historic memorial in Sandwich, Massachusetts, recorded as dating to 1922. It commemorates the town's servicemen of World War I (1917-1918), the conflict that first sent large numbers of American troops to Europe. It stands as a contributing feature of a National Register historic district.
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