Sandwich Jarvesville National Register Walking Tour (South of Rte 6A section) Preview

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2 Pleasant St. (A/B), Jarvesville Store

Built in 1840, the Jarvesville Store, now a double dwelling house, at 2 Pleasant St., has a fieldstone foundation and shingles on the front facade. There are two entries, one on the front whicg is enclosed and one on the side. The windows are 6 over 6 sash.

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3 Pleasant St., The Franklin Nye House

Located at 3 Pleasant St., the Franklin Nye House was built circa 1835. It is a center chimney, side gabled Cape with center entrance, clapboard siding and 6 over 6 sash windows. Like many built in this area at this time, it has little suggestion of the Greek Revival period. A front entry porch was added later to the home.Franklin Nye purchased the land from Deming Jarves in 1833 and it appears on the 1857 Wallings map.

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10 (A/B) Pleasant St., The Edmund Fish House

The Edmund Fish House located at 10 Pleasant St., was built in 1849 as a double dwelling house. It is a side gabled Greek Revival home with a front porch and clapboards and 6 over 6 windows.

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12 Pleasant St., Charles Chapouil

The Charles Chapouil House was built circa 1850. It is a cross gable home with clapboard and a connecting porch on the front and side where there are two entrances. The foundation is brick and the windows are 6 over 6 sash.Mr. Chapouil was an industrious young man. At the age of 15, he came to live with his sister, Mrs. C.C.P. Waterman in Sandwich. Shortly after, he began working in the B & S Glass Factory Company Store. He advanced to the counting room and then served the company for the next 60 years as its bookkeeper.Mr. Chapouil married Miss Mahala Nye, who died in 1883. He married Miss Carrie M. Perry in 1884.

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17 Pleasant St., Captain Nelson Crocker House

The Captain Nelson Crocker House at 17 Pleasant St. was built circa 1830. A front gabled Greek Revival style home, it has substantial corner boards and a simple door surround with flat pilaster columns and entablature. The siding is shingled and the windows are 2 over 2, having replaced the original 6 over 6 sash. The door is a victorian replacement.Many of the houses along Pleasant St. were built before Liberty St. was opened in 1836. Deming Jarves purchased the Nathanial Nye Farm and divided the land into lots for worker of the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company.

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9 Summer St., Thomas F. Dean House

The Thomas F. Dean house, located at 9 Summer St. is a front gable home built in 1848. Having 1 1/2 stories, it sits on a fieldstone foundation and has 2 interior chimneys, a side porch and clapboard siding. It has Greek Revival style corner boards and a rear ell.

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10 Summer St., David Burgess House

The David Burgess House was built circa 1845. The home is a gable ended Greek Revival with one chimney, clapboard siding. The entry has sidelights and has a Greek Revival style door surround with simple flat pilasters and entablature.

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5 Summer St., G. Franklin Lapham House

The Franklin Lapham House has a door on the side gable end. However, it appears that there may have been a door on the gable end. It is a 1 1/2 story home with shingles and greek revival corner boards, a granite foundation, center chimney and 6 over 6 windows. Born in 1822, George Franklin Lapham or "Frank" as he liked to be called, started his apprenticeship at the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company in October of 1834 "to learn the art, trade and mystery of flint glass cutting". He was 14 years old. Upon Completion of his apprenticeship on October 29, 1841, he became a gifted engraver. By 1883 Frank was in charge of the Company's etching room. He remained with the Company until its closing in 1888.Mr. Lapham was married in 1844 to Miss Eunice Collins. Their son, George F. Lapham, Jr. was head salesman in the glass department at Jones, McDuffee and Stratton's in Boston.

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8 Summer St., Braddock R. Childs

The Braddock R. Childs House was built in 1849. Like many of its neighbors, it is a Greek Revival front Gable 1 1/2 story home with clapboard siding and a granite foundation. It has a Greek Revival style door surround with side lights, flat pilasters and a simple entablature. In keeping with the period, the windows are 6 over 6 sash. There is a small wall dormer on the right facade.

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3 Liberty St., The John Murray House

The John Murray House at 3 Liberty St. is a Front Gabled Victorian Eclectic style house with 2 over 2 windows and cedar shingle siding. The front of the house is asymetrical with a rectangular bay window to the left and the hooded front door to the right.John Murray purchased the land for the house in 1884 for $150 and built his house in 1885.

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7 Liberty St., William N. Bassett House

The 1843 William N. Bassett House at 7 Liberty St. was once the parsonage for the Methodist Church. A one and a half story side gabled half cape with a left side and rear addition. With clapboard siding, a brick foundation, and 6 over 6 windows, this home sits low to the ground.William Bassett was a carpenter, but his son, William H, was a glass factory worker. William N was married 3 times as his first two wives died. He was likely descended from the Bassett family who were prominent citizens and home owners in the early days of Sandwich.

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8 Liberty St., Jonathan Burr Marstins House

The Jonathan Burr Marstins House, built in 1842 is a one and a half story, shingled 3/4 Cape style home with a center chimney and rear addition. The upper story windows are casement while the lower story are 12/12 sash windows. The 12 over 12 arrangement is unusual for this time period and are likely replacement windows.

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9 Liberty St., Thomas Blackwell House

The Thomas Blackwell House was built in 1842. The home is a side gabled, 1 1/2 story Cape with a low brick foundation and clapboard siding and a center chimney. The 12 over 12 sash windows may be a replacement for earlier windows that would have likely been 6 over 6. This property was once part of a 30 acre Nye farm that Deming Jarves, founder of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Factory, purchased in 1836.

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11 Liberty St., Francis Kern House

The Francis Kern House, built in 1845 is a front gable, Greek Revival style home has clapboard siding with a simple door surround of two pilasters supporting an entablature. There are side lights beside the door and two over one window sash. These were likely added at the turn of the 20th century as that size window was not available in 1845 in Sandwich and 6 over 6 sash would be typical for the age and style of this home. It is to be noted that several of the sidelights in the doorway are of etched Sandwich glass. The Kern's were a well known Boston and Sandwich Glass Company Family.On October 24, 1865, an article in the Barnstable Patriot references Mr. Francis Kern as having been the victim of theft. Mssrs. Semeon Handy and Thomas Eldredge had stolen a sheep and clothes right of the line!Mr. Kern came to Sandwich as a young man from Cambridge and served as an apprentice at glass-cutting in the Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. His brother Theodore was foreman in the department, He later attained the position of Foreman which he held for many years. He later purchased a farm in Spring Hill and he and his family moved to Medway.

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13 Liberty St., Nancy Riorden

The Nancy Riorden house is a side gable, Greek Revival full cape with clapboard siding and pedimented 2 over 2 windows (likely replaced 6 over 6 earlier windows). The door is surrounded by sidelights and has a molded fan in the tympanum over the door.

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16 Liberty St., Philip Shevelin House

The Philip Shevelin House, built in 1851, is a Greek Revival front gabled home with clapboard siding, wide corner boards capped by a Tuscan style capital. The door surround has side lights surrounded by a entablature and pliaster columns. The earlier photo shows that at one point, the house was shingled and had 2 over 2 sash windows. The original windows were likely 6 over 6 sash as was common at that time period. 2 over 2 was not available until the turn of the 20th century.Philip Shevlin was born in Ireland around 1812 and died in Sandwich in 1895. He worked at the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company from 1836 to 1889. The family first lived at 3 Freeman Street before relocating here. He was married twice and had two sons who lived to adulthood in Sandwich.

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17 Liberty St., Patrick Collins Jr. House

The Patrick Collins Jr. House at 17 Liberty St., built in 1848 is a double dwelling house. The house is a clapboard side gable with a center double entrance with side lights and a broken pediment above the door. The door surround is likely a later colonial revival addition to the home. There is a long shed dormer which was also likely added later in the 20th century. The windows are now 6 over 1 but were likely 6 over 6 originally. Mr. Collins was born in Ireland in 1815 and died in Sandwich in 1855. He also owned stores in Sandwich. Included in the photos is a letter to the Editor of the Register from June 8, 1855 which is a charming description of a stay here when it opperated as a rooming house. The author mentions that Deming Jarves, founder of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, regularly visited.

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20 Liberty St., Seth Thompson House

The Seth Thompson House, dated 1844, is a front gable, clapboard sided Greek Revival style home with two chimneys. The door has sidelights and carved pilasters supporting a simple entablature. The windows have 6 over 6 sash. Due to the slope of the lot, the right side of the house appears to be two full stories with a second door surround with sidelights and entablature. Mr. Seth Thompson was a cooper who worked for the Boston and Sandwich Glass Factory.

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24 Liberty St., Margaret and John Black House

The Margaret and John Black House at 24 Liberty St. is a gable fronted Greek Revival style home built in 1848. It has clapboard siding on the front with shingles on the side, 2 chimneys and an ell in the back. The foundation is cut granite and earlier photos show that the house had shingles. The door has molded trim with sidelights and pilasters supporting an entablature. The windows are 6 over 6

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21 Liberty St., Bethuel Nye House

The Bethuel Nye House, built in 1837, is a side gabled 1 1/2 story Federal half Cape style home with a door surround having two pilasters and an entablature. The windows have 6 over six sash and the home has claboard siding and a rear addition. There is also a gable fronted barn with claboard siding.

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27 Liberty St., Martin L. Kern House

The Martin L. Kern House at 27 Liberty St., was built in 1845. The home is a front gabled Greek Revival style with clapboard siding and a recessed front door with sidelights. Though the windows are now 2/2 they were likely changed at the turn of the century from 6 over 6 sash. The home has an ell extension to the rear.Martin L. Kern was born in 1807 and died in 1862 at age 54. He was a glassblower for the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company. He married Cyrene E. Hamblin b. 1829, died 1851. With Cyrene, they had 4 children, Ainsworth, Cyrene, Delia and Martha Ann and Martin Luther.He remarried Tabitha P. Hamblin in 1852 and together they had 3 more children, Luella, Herbert and Harriet.