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Thornton W. Burgess Museum was a museum in East Sandwich, Massachusetts dedicated to the conservationist and children's book author Thornton W. Burgess (1874–1965). It was founded in 1974. [1] The museum was based in a Colonial-style house on Shawme Pond (the model for the "Smiling Pool" in Burgess's stories). [1]
This is a list of historic houses in Massachusetts.. Samuel Lincoln House, Hingham, built on land purchased 1649 by Samuel Lincoln, ancestor of President Abraham Lincoln Stephen Phillips House is over 200 years old and is located in the Chestnut Street District, in Salem, Massachusetts, United States.
The Benjamin Nye Homestead is a historic house museum in Sandwich, Massachusetts.The earliest portion of the 2.5-story timber-frame house was built in 1678 by Benjamin Nye, and has remained in the hands of his descendants for most of the time since then.
2. New England Corn Pudding. This dish walks the line between rustic and elegant — just like New England itself. The New England holiday staple works as a great side with glazed ham, and is made ...
Sandwich Glass Museum. Deming Jarves founded the Boston & Sandwich Glass Factory in 1825. Sandwich had proximity to a shallow harbor, was a possible canal site, and had local supplies of timber to fuel the furnaces. The glass works primarily made lead glass and was known for its use of color. Jarves received several patents for his improvements ...
Operated by Historic New England as a study museum Swift-Daley House: Eastham: Barnstable: Cape Cod: Historic house: website, includes Chester Ranlett Tool Museum behind the house, 18th-century period house, operated by the Eastham Historical Society Swift River Valley Historical Society Museum: New Salem: Franklin: Pioneer Valley: Local history
About 130 people visited the museum following the annual Warsaw Christmas parade. The historical society was founded in 2001 and the museum is in the old Commercial Hotel building at 102 E. Main St.
The Hoxie House (c. 1675) is a saltbox house located in Sandwich, Massachusetts. According to the Massachusetts Historical Commission, it is likely the oldest extant house "in the area". [ 1 ] The residence was owned by both the Smith and Hoxie families before being turned over to the town of Sandwich in 1959.