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Nicholas J. Lutz (21 February 1835 St. Louis-lès-Bitche, France - 31 March 1906 Somerville, Massachusetts) was a French glassmaker who received his training at the Cristalleries de St. Louis, and later emigrated to the United States where he settled in White Mills in Pennsylvania, later working at the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company.
Sandwich is home to numerous art galleries, as well as rare book and antique stores. Many of these attractions are found within the Town Hall Square Historic District and Jarvesville Historic District within the town. Sandwich is also home to a major portion of Otis Air National Guard Base, including half the land that the runways are on.
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.
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.
Heritage Museums and Gardens (100 acres), formerly the Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, is located at 67 Grove Street, Sandwich, Massachusetts.The public garden, with its nationally significant collection of rhododendrons hybridized by Charles Dexter, over 1,000 varieties of daylilies and extensive hosta collection, is complemented by three gallery buildings containing a world-class collection ...
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Illustration of the manufactory in Sandwich from the American Magazine, 1835 Sandwich glass. The Boston and Sandwich Glass Company was incorporated in 1826 to hold the glass factory built a year earlier in Sandwich, Massachusetts, by Deming Jarves. The factory was closed in 1888 amid disputes with a newly formed glassmakers' labor union. [1]
Sandwich 1654 Currently is open to the public and still grinds corn. [75] Retire Beckett House Salem c. 1655 [51] Currently serves as the museum store at the House of Seven Gables after being moved to that location. [76] Keyes House Westford: c. 1656 [51] 16 Francis Hill Road [77] [78] Thomas Dane House Concord: c. 1657 [51] 47 Lexington Rd ...