Nomination for Nye, Benjamin, Homestead

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NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 8-86) OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form EGEIVE NOV 2 2 1991 NATIONAL REGISTER This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1.

Name of Property historic name Benjamin Nye Homestead other names/site number 2. Location street & number city, town state MA 85 Old County Road Sandwich code 025 county Barnstable N/A N/A code 001 not for publication vicinity zip code 02537 3. Classification Ownership of Property X private public-local public-State public-Federal Category of Property X building(s) district site structure object Name of related multiple property listing: N/A Number of Resources within Property Contributing Noncontributing buildings sites structures objects Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register. 4.

State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Registerof Historic Places and meets theprocedural andprofessional requirementsset forth in 36 CFR Part 60. Inymyopinion,the propertyL does not meet the National Register criteria. See continuation sheet. dizB mu Danou Signature of certifyingofficial JudithB. 1115 91 McDonough, Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Commission, State Historic Preservation Officer State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. L See contintin sheet Signature of commenting or other official Date State or Federal agency and bureau 5.

National Park Service Certification I, hereby, certify that this property is: Lentered in the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the National Register. porex Suge 1-6-92 removed from the National Register. other, (explain:) 1899 for Signature of the Keeper Date of Action Benjamin Nye Homestead, Sandwich, Massachusetts 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Domestic: Single family dwelling Agriculture: Agricultural outbuilding Industry: Manufacturing facility Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) Recreation and Culture: Museum 7.

Description Architectural Classification (enter categories from instructions) Colonial: Postmedieval English Early Republic: Federal Materials (enter categories from instructions) foundation walls roof other Stone Wood Shingle Wood Shingle Describe present and historic physical appearance. The Benjamin Nye House, Sandwich, occupies a small, irregular lot on 0ld County Road, an historic inland byway in East Sandwich, a still-rural section of this Cape Cod community. The house is set back at an angle, about fifty feet from the road, and separated from it by ornamental plantings and a semicircular, unpaved parking area. The lot on which the house sits is essentially level (elevation 020 feet), dropping off at the northern and eastern sides toward a brook and pond (beyond the property boundary).

Landscaping on the property includes herb and flower gardens, scattered rose bushes, foundation plantings of English boxwood and rose of Sharon, and tulip and black locust trees. The house is believed to have been built in stages between the late 17th and the early 19th centuries, althoughthis supposition has yet to be tested with a close physical evaluation. The lot on which the house sits, less than a quarter acre, is a fragment of the 250-some acres once owned by Benjamin Nye and his descendants. It is bounded on its southeastern side by the narrow brook that once served as the water source for the Nye family's grist and fulling mills (brook not included). The brook links the Nye Pond to the present hatchery run by the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. Both sites were formerly part of the Nye family property.

The tracks of the Penn-Central Railroad, formerly the Cape Cod Branch Railroad, laid 1854, run less than 500 feet north of the property. . To the immediate northeast and east aresparsely developed residential areas and agricultural land once part of the Nye family farm. To the south, across the brook, stands the ca. 1889 Grange Hall; other 18th and 19th century houses have been identified in the area, and it is likely that a National Register-eligible district is present. In its present configuration, the house is a five-bay, 21/2-story, gable-roofed structure. The house has an asymmetrical facade, with entry door somewhat off center, bays unevenly spaced, and chimney set on the ridge line to the left of center. All these" features reflect the house's likely evolution from small, 1 1/2-story hall-and-parlor-plan cottage with interior chimney to its present appearance.

The house today consists of a main block, possibly begun as early as ca. 1680 and completed by ca. 1816, and asingle-story northeastern ell withsmal] attached shed. The ell was added ca. 1925. +Late 19th century photos indicate X See continuation sheet aa-mon Untted States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number / Page - Benjamin Nye Homestead, Sandwich, Massachusetts that the house once had a series of ells extending laterally from its northwestern side: first, a l 1/2-story gable-roofed addition (possibly a kitchen to serve the two branches of the Nye family known to have been living here during part of the 19th century); then single-story sheds. which more than doubled the house's width, joined it to a barn, also visible in photos. A white picket fence fronted the ells.

These additions--al] probably of late 18th-early 19th century construction--were taken down early in the 20th century, as was the fence. The present northwestern end of the main block, with two symmetrical banks of windows (three openings containing 12/12 sash, one with 12/8) today reveals no sign of the earlier extensions. Barn foundations do survive, however. The house rises 2 1/2 stories above a fieldstone foundation to a gable roof. Only its southeastern end, possibly a portion of the original house, sits on a cellar. The foundation has been patched in places with brick and mortar. The house is cedar shingle-sheathed, with a shingled roof. Plain cornerboards and a simple, narrow cornice enclose the main block.

The entryway, with pilasters and entablature as described below, is the main facade's single ornamental element and no doubt is the product of the Federal-period alterations and expansion of the property. Window openings are simply enframed, with slightly projecting sills. Fenestration, consisting primarily of 12/8 sash, appears to be original. The building faces southwest, toward the former mill pond across Old County Road. Its main elevation is five bays wide, with a central entrance. The entrance, set beneath a plain entablature with projecting lintel and framed by applied pilasters, contains a six-panel wooden door, its upper two panels filled with bull's-eye lights. A worn millstone, probably from the gristmill that was once part of the property, forms the front doorstep. At the second framed fite whe corn placed ddows have prat th sufroun s and contanns1 228 double-hung sash.

The main block is two bays deep. On the eastern, side elevation, all fenestration is 6/6. The western, side elevation contains two 12/12 sash on the main block's first story, one 12/12 and one 12/8 sash on the second story, a 6/6 sash window in the attic gable. The northeastern, rear elevation, from which projects the rear el), contains four window openings on the first story, al) with 12/ 2 sash, with, on the second story directly above, two 12/12 and two smaller 9/6 sash. The gable-roofed ell rests on a concrete foundation. Window openings on three sides contain a mix of 6/6 and 3/3 windows, arrayed singly and in pairs. A door on the southwestern side, where the ell extends beyond the body of the main block, provides exterior access from the kitchen via a short flight. of wooden steps.

(continued) ao-mau inited States Department of the interio dational Park servic National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Benjamin Nye Homestead, Sandwich, Massachusetts Section number _ Page . In interior plan and ornamentation, the house retains evidence of its early origins. Braced corner posts are visible in several rooms. The first floor consists of a hall-and-parlor arrayed on either side of a small entry with dogleg staircase; behind these large front rooms is a tier of three smaller rooms. Beneath the front staircase, a small closet reveals the chimney's snesth tne front scat reasee brick construction. Fireplaces in both first-floor front rooms have been modified, but some original panelling remains. Wide-board pine floors survive throughout the house, though in some rooms they have been covered by later flooring.

The rear rooms include the probable remnants of a lean-to kitchen, with Jarge fireplace and bake oven, and two sma) chambers on either side of (One is presently a bathroom.) A rear set of stairs leads from the former kitchen to the second story. Beyond the main block is the 1920s kitchen addition. The second-floor plan includes a large bedchamber with open fireplace on the southwestern end (above the hal] on the first floor) and a smaller chamber on the northwest corner. Another room, smaller still, lies at the northeast corner, while behind the largest room is a fourth room centered on the rear of the house (the former leanto) from which a straight, narrow staircase leads to the attic. Modern plumbing has been installed in two small bathrooms on the first and second floors.

At present, the house belongs to the Nye Family of America Association Inc., which since 1959 has been restoring and maintaining it, opening it seasonally as a house museum. The house has been furnished in a manner believed appropriate to a farm residence of the colonial and early national periods. In several rooms, stencil decorations and early wall coverings were installed (one is a reproduction from a sample paper found in the house). In the large bedchamber, paint was removed in one area to reveal the original pigment colors (first black, later covered with olive green). second floor's smaller bedchamber were also removed to reveal early framina methods and plaster walls.

(continued) o- man Untted States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Benjamin Nye Homestead, Sandwich, Massachusetts Section number _ / Page - Archaeological Description While no prehistoric sites are currently recorded on the property, it is possible that sites are present. Two sites are recorded in the general area (within one mile). The physical characteristics of the property, well drained soils in a protected valley bordered by a stream which flows from a nearby spring fed pond to Scortons Creek and Cape Cod Bay indicate favorable locationa) criteria for native settlement and subsistence activities. Given the above information, the size of the parcel (6,180 square feet) and, the relatively undisturbed nature of the land a moderate to high potential exists that sites are present.

There is also a high potential for significant historical archaeological remains within the property. Archaeological survey and testing can determine whether or not survivals of the 17th century Nye Grist mill exist on the property as well as the locations of privies and wells. Similar research can also determine the form and function of structures associated with foundations reported on the north end of the house. These remains are reportedly associated with connected barns, an ell to the main house and outbuildings or sheds. Trash pits are also likely on the property. (end) Benjamin Nye Homestead, Sandwich, Massachusetts 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: nationally statewide Xlocally D Applicable National Register Criteria Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Architecture Exporation/Settlement Industry JE Period of Significance ca. 1680-1941 Significant Dates ca. 1750 1816 Cultural Affiliation N/A Significant Person Architect/Builder N/A Unknown State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. The Benjamin Nye Homestead, Sandwich, housed a single family for seven generations and was the site of locally important milling enterprises from the mid 17th through the mid 19th century. The house 1s believed to have been built in several phases between ca.

1680 and the early 19th century and demonstrates a single property's evolution over a period of some 240 years. While the mills themselves are no longer extant, the Benjamin Nye Homestead retains integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship, teeling, and association with a significant family and with early Sandwich's once-primary agricultural life, and thus fulfils Nationa) Register Criteria A and C on the local level. Sandwich was first settled by Europeans in 1637 and incorporated in 1639. From the first, settlement followed along the major native trail spanning the Cape, most of which is present-day Route 6A but a section of which took a southern turn, along Old County Road, the location of the Nye house. Much of Sandwich's early development occurred west of the nominated property.

The first meetinghouse was constructed in 1638 in the Village of Sandwich, almost two miles west of the Nye property. A halfmile east of Sandwich Village was a group of houses called Spring Hill, which would also become the location of the Quaker meetinghouse. Other areas settled during the middle decades of the 17th century included areas along present-day Route 6A in East Sandwich and Scorton's Neck. By 1684, the east-west Cape Cod Bay route through Sandwich was known as the King's Highway. Between 1637and 1675, agricultural development grew steadily, with corn as the primary crop, followed by other grains such as oats, rye, abrgnd and wheat. Livestock, including sheep and cattle, were also raised. During the Tate 17th century, road improvements and an expanded population stimulated economic growth throughout Sandwich.

Inns and commercial eastablishments began to operate, particularly in North Sandwich and the Village of Sandwich, and grist and fulling mills appeared. One of the first mills was that of Benjamin Nye. Nye (1620-ca. 1704) was among the origina) settlers of Sandwich.! See continuation sheet Benjamin Nye Homestead, Sandwich, Massachusetts 9.

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Major Bibliographical References Previous documentation on file (NPS): preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested previously listed in the National Register previously determined eligible by the National Register designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 10.

Geographical Data Acreage of property Less than one acre UTM References A19 3|8,09,1,0 Zone Easting 14,62,04,2,0 Northing See continuation sheet Primary location of additional data: X] State historic preservation office Other State agency Federal agency Local government University Other Specify repository: Massachusetts Historical Commission Zone Eai Monhing Li See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description See parcel #H-8 of the attached assessors map See continuation sheet Boundary Justification The bounds of this property are those presently owned by the Nye Family of America Association, Inc., the descendants of Benjamin Nye See continuation sheet 11.

Form Prepared By Andrea Leonard, Nye Family of America Association and Betsy Friedberg, name/title National Register Director, MHC organization Massachusetts Historical Commission date November 1991 street & number 80 Boylston Street telephone_(617) 727-8470 city or town Boston state Massachusetts _ zip code 02116 ao- man United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Benjamin Nye Homestead, Sandwich, Massachusetts Section number - 8 Page - Nye's first gristmil] is believed to have been about a mile west of the nominated property, by a stream in the Spring Hil! area. While most of Spring Hill was settled by Quakers, Nye's religious affiliation remains unknown. may have been at this location as early as 1640, the year of his marriage to Katherine Tupper.

Two houses (MHC #54 and MHC #55), both with Nye family associations, may incorporate fragments of the origina Benjamin Nye residence, though no additional information on either the house or the mill is known. By 1685, Nye had relocated, leaving the house and mill to his eldest son, John. His second gristmill was sited along a brook that originated in a smal1, spring-fed pond south of the house and led eventually to Scorton's Creek, and from there to Cape Cod Bay. Shortly after building his new mill, Nye is believed to have built a sma) house that today may form a portion ot nominated property--is mentioned in Sandwich town records as early as 1681.) soe ngaled fed praperily nent oef ion tinta e a possib y 7 The Nye family gristmill would operate on the site for about 185 years, from ca. 1685 to 1867, by descendants of Benjamin Nye.

At some point in the 18th century, a fulling mill was added to the property. The latter mill was known to be operating through the 1830s. By the middle of the 18th century, the house is believed to have been a full-width, five-bay cape with shed leanto. The Nye family gristmill, now operated by Benjamin's second son, Jonathan (1649-1747), and his grandson Joseph Nye (1695-ca. 1749), was one of three identified mills in Sandwich. While Nye family members operated their mills, they continued farming on the property as well. While the specifics of Nye family agriculture are unknown, cattle and sheep raising continued extensively throughout the town during the colonial period (and were likely raised by the Nyes as well); salt hay, wheat, rye, oats, and corn were plentiful crops.

During the Federal period, during which time Benjamin Nye's great grandson Sylvanus (1744-1820) was operating the mill, maritime-related industry grew increasingly significant in Sandwich, but agriculture remained an important part of the local economy. According to an 1802 town history: The town in its general character is more agricultural . . - than otherwise, and more so than any other in the county... . [The inhabitants] generally occupy small farms, and till them to the best advantage, and with far less labor than a stubborn soil would require. All sorts of grain are raised with facility, and on spots of ground apparently the most unpromising to the eye of the husbandman. The great extent and excellence of the meadows and marshes in this place is a great source of wealth and improving husbandry.

By means of them, they are enabled to keep large stocks (continued) ao man Untted States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Ben jamin Nye Homestead, Sandwich, Massachusetts Section number. Page of cattle in the winter, and food for their subsistence through the remainder of the year, if necessary. It is computed that about 100 loads of salt hay are annually sold to supply the wants of neighboring towns to the westward of Sandwich. The township is excellent for the raising of sheep of the best kind, which run at Jarge in the forests and plains. (Wendel) Davis, "Description of Sandwich in the County of Barnstable, 1802," Massachusetts Historical Society Cocontissance surveyoReport forSandwicn, May195 quoted in MHC 1736 am 1o5, uges ing n ag rieu eurat opena eon period and location.

full two stories and the chimney was rebuilt to the present ridge line; by this time, also, a gable-roofed lateral el) had been added, joining the house to an adjacent barn. In 1841, the 18th century fulling mill was moved from the millpond and appended to the northeast corner of the house to serve as a kitchen. At some point in the 19th century, at least two generations of the Nye family occupied the house simultaneously. After Samuel's death, in 1867, the gristmil] was taken down, ending more than 185 years of milling on the property; no visible remains survive. The Nye farm remained in the family for seven generations, occupied by descendants of Benjamin Nye until 1910. At approximately the turn of the century, the barn and connecting ell are believed to have been taken down.

It is likely that agricultural practices of any substance also ceased on the property at this time, as family members pursued other activities, including employment at the Sandwich Glass Company and the Keith Car Works (manufacturers of railroad cars in nearby Sagamore). In 1910, Helen F. Holway (184)-1936), the last direct descendant of Benjamin Nye, sold the homestead and thirty-seven acres of land to a distant cousin, Ray Nye, a wealthy Midwestern industrialist.

(The remainder of Benjamin Nye's 250 acres had long since been divided among family members.) Thirteen years Jater, in 1923, Ray Nye deeded the property and the thirty-seven acres to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for "wildlife purposes." The Commonwealth's Division of Fish and Game (now the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife) has maintained a portion of the property, including the original mill pond, as a fish hatchery since that time. deteriorated during the Commonwealth's ownership. During the 1920s, the state demolished the former fulling mill that had served as a kitchen ell on the building's northeast corner since 1841. The present kitchen ell, and heating and plumbing, were added shortly thereafter.

(continued) ao- mau Untted States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Benjamin Nye Homestead, Sandwich, Massachusetts Section number _ 8 Page . In 1959, following lengthy negotiation, the state legislature voted to deed the house and a small parcel of surrounding land (6,180 square feet) to the nonprofit Nye Family of America Association. continues to be held today by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.) association numbers more than 2,500 members in the United States and abroad, and Benjamin Nye's descendants gather biannually at the property for family reunions. Since 1962, when the association gained title to the property, the homestead has been repaired, restored, and furnished; in 1973, the property was opened as a house museum, which continues seasonal operation.

At present, the property includes the house with ell and the small surrounding plot of 1and, the property is bounded by the brook that was the powersource for Benjamin Nye's mill. The house is regularly maintained, most recently (1990) with a reshingling of the cedar-clad roof. The Benjamin Nye Homestead's present appearance reflects centuries of growth to a saltbox by ca. 1750; to a ful] width, 2 1/2-story house by 1816; followed, in the 20th century, with the removal of now-unnecessary agricultural outbuildings, sheds, and outdated kitchens; and with the addition of a more modern kitchen wing by Such change is not. atypical of early houses on the Cape, and unaltered half capes are rare. Additional physical evidence and interior analysis would be necessary to justify the building's evolution and earliest origins more concretely.

However, while its date of original construction may remain to be proven, the Benjamin Nye House is undoubtedly an early example of Cape Cod domestic architecture, associated for centuries with one of Sandwich's earliest families, and is a well-preserved example of the adaptation of a single structure to one family's changing needs. (continued) ao-man Untted States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number- Page4 Benjamin Nye Homestead, Sandwich, Massachusetts Archaeological Significance Since patterns of prehistoric occupation in Sandwich are poorly understood, any surviving sites would be significant.

Prehistoric sites in this area offer the potential to further document prehistoric settlement and subsistence in the inner Cape area, one of the least known archaeologically locales on the Since the Nye property is close to estuarine and marsh areas, shel) midden sites may be present enabling seasonal studies of site/resource use as a result of the unique preservation qualities of middens. Sites in this area may also offer the potential for a study of the effects of sea level use of an inland riverine/stream side location. Historic archaeological remains described above have the potential to further document the homestead of one of Sandwich's first settlers, Benjamin Nye. Occupationa) related features (trash pits, privies, wells) can provide detailed information which can further help document the history of the Nye family who occupied the house throughout most of its history.

Definition of structural remains on the property can help reconstruct all components of the working farm including barns, outbuildings, an ell to the house and a possible no longer survive intact today. Each of the above resources will further contribute towards a comprehensive reconstruction of a working farm dating to the 17th century and a rare example of Cape Cod's 17th/18th century agricultural character. (end) ao-man United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number. Page Ben jamin Nye Homestead, Sandwich, Massachusetts 9. Major Bibliographic References Bradley, James, et al. Historic and Archaeological Resources of Cape Cod and the Islands: A Framework for Preservation Decisions. Boston: Massachusetts Historica) Commission, T987. Cullity, Rosanne and John Nye. A Sandwich Album.

Published by the Nye Family of America Association, Inc., 1987. Deyo, Simeon L. History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts. New York: H. W. Blake & Co., 1890. Freeman, Frederick. History of Cape Cod. Printed for the author by George C. Rand & Avery, Boston, Mass., 1860. Lovel), Russell A., Jr. Sandwich, andwich, Mass Massachusetts Historical Commission. "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Report: Sandwich." Boston, May 1984. Nye, David Fisher, ed. A Genealogy of the Nye Family. Compiles by George Hyatt Nye and Frank E. Best, published by the Nye Family of America Association, 1907. Nye, Katherine Watson, ed. A Genealogy of the Nye Family, Vol. IV. Published by the Nye Family of America Association, 1967. Sandwich, Town of, Records of Town Clerk, Sandwich Public Library, and Sandwich Archives, Sandwich, Mass. Smith, Mary Lou, The Book of Falmouth.

Published by the Falmouth Historical Commission, 1986. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME: Nye, Benjamin, Homestead MULTIPLE NAME : STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Barnstable DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 11/22/91 12/18/91 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 12/02/91 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 1/06/92 REFERENCE NUMBER: 91001899 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: OTHER: N PDIL: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N SLR DRAFT: Y NATIONAL: N N COMMENT WAIVER: N VACCEPT _RETURN _REJECT 1/6/42 ONTE ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM./CRITERIA.

REVIEWER_ DISCIPLINE Archu entunal sistory 76/92 DOCUMENTATION see attached comments see attached SLR CLASSIFICATION -count resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION FUNCTION _historic current DESCRIPTION architectural classification materials descriptive text SIGNIFICANCE Period Areas of Significance--Check and justify below Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) _summary paragraph _completeness _clarity _applicable criteria justification of areas checked _relating significance to the resource _context _relationship of integrity to significance _justification of exception _other BIBLIOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHICAL DATA _acreage _UTMs _verbal boundary description _boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION _sketch maps _USGS maps photographs OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone _presentation Signed Date BENNAMIN NYE HOMESTE 8SOLD COUNTY ROAD SANDIVICH, MA 02537 WINTER 199| Ms 63 Le0r Ost #2 WEST ELEVATION BENJAMIN NYE HOMESTE ESOD COUNTT ROAD BSAUDNICH, MA O2$37 WINTER 1991 Ms.

Andr 63 Leonard Re Osterville, #| SOUTH ELEVATION BEWAMI NYE HOMES ESCUD CONTY ROAD SANDIVICH, MA O2S37 WINTER 1991 M 63 L00 $3 SOUTHEAST ELEVATO BELLAMIN NYE HONE ES OLD COLNTY DOAD SANDWICH, MA 02537 WINTER 1991 Ms. Roud 63 LeomaríS Oster #4 SOUTH. NEST ELEVATIC BENJAMIU NTE LOMESTE 85 OLDCONTY ROAD SAHDIVICH, MA 02537 WINTER 1991 Ms 63 Leoe Ost *5 NORTH.

EAST ELEVATION M292 232 18 BENJAMIN NYE HOMESTE 85 OLD CONTY ROAD SANDNICH, MA 02537 63 L WINTER 1991 #6 NORTH ELEVATION BELJAMIU NTE 232 16 HOMESTEAD ESOLD CONTYROAD SALDVICH, MA 02537 WINTER 1991 $8 EAST ELEVATION 63 BELAMIU NYE HONESTEN 8S OLD COUNTY ROAD SANDVICH, MA 02537 WINTER 1991 63 Lec #9 WEST ELEVATION Benjamin Nye Homestead 85 Old County Road Sandwich, MA 02537 Photo #l of 1 - Front and side Photographer: Walter Fleming 1985 22 Chapaquoit Way East Sandwich, MA 02537 Location of Negative: Unknown BENKAMIN NYE HOMESTEAD ES OLD COUNTT ROAD SANDIVICH (BARNSTABLE COUNTT) MASSACHUSEITS 02537 1985 PHOTOGOAPHER:IVALTER FLEMINE 22 CHAPAGUOT VAT E.SANDWICH, MA 02$37 SOUTH. EAST ELEVATION AL R EGEIVE NOV 2 2 1991 NATIONAL REGISTER COMMISSIONA November 13, 199} Ms. Carol Shul) Nationa) Register of Historic Places National Park Service P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 Dear Ms.

Shul]: Enclosed please find the following nomination: Benjamin Nye Homestead, 85 Old County Road, Sandwich (Barnstable County), Massachusetts, 02537. There have been no owner objection for the property listed above. The nomination has been voted eligible by the State Review Board and has been signed by myself, as the State Historic Preservation Ofticer. Owners were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30-75 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. No comments have been received to date. Sincerely, mdit-B. In Donong unith B. McDonough Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Commission State Historic Preservation Officer enclosure cc: Aadrlyn Conaed1, Chafrperson Sanirica Aisoorica Commission Robert T. Boon, Chairman, Sandwich Board of Selectmen Massachusetts Historical Commission, Judith B.

McDonough, Executive Director, State Historic Preservation Officer 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470 Office of the Secretary of State, Michael J. Connolly, Secretary