Hoxie House
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Hoxie House in Sandwich, Massachusetts
is one of the oldest houses on Cape Cod
and one the oldest surviving houses in Massachusetts.
The saltbox house was built in the mid-seventeenth century and occupied around 1675 by Rev. John Smith and his family. In the mid-nineteenth century, Abraham Hoxie, a whaling
captain, purchased the property. The town of Sandwich acquired the home in the 1950s and restored the building.
Sandwich, Massachusetts
Sandwich is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 20,675 at the 2010 census. The Town Hall is located right next to the Dexter Grist Mill, in the historic district of town....
is one of the oldest houses on Cape Cod
Cape Cod
Cape Cod, often referred to locally as simply the Cape, is a cape in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States...
and one the oldest surviving houses in Massachusetts.
The saltbox house was built in the mid-seventeenth century and occupied around 1675 by Rev. John Smith and his family. In the mid-nineteenth century, Abraham Hoxie, a whaling
Whaling
Whaling is the hunting of whales mainly for meat and oil. Its earliest forms date to at least 3000 BC. Various coastal communities have long histories of sustenance whaling and harvesting beached whales...
captain, purchased the property. The town of Sandwich acquired the home in the 1950s and restored the building.