Historical Marker

Sylvester, Richard E. Jr. Square Marker

Barnstable · Barnstable County

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About this site

Sylvester, Richard E. Jr. Square Marker is a historical marker in Barnstable, 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 41.6555, -70.2754 near Barnstable. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hyannis World War I, II and Korean War Veterans Memorial (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hawes, Capt. Jacob House, Park Square Grocery Store, and Crocker, B. F. House.

This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Richard E. Sylvester Jr. Square marker on Main Street in Hyannis dedicates a memorial square to a local serviceman, a common way Massachusetts towns honor individual war dead. It was placed in 1954 and stands within a local historic district.

📍 41.6555, -70.2754 · Barnstable, Barnstable County

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