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| Excerpt from: Exploring Brewster:
Footsteps To The Past, by Myka-Lynne Sokoloff (1994, Brewster Historical Society) Illustrations by Jane A. MacKenzie |
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| The Dillingham House on Route 6A is possibly the oldest remaining
house in Brewster, and one of the oldest houses on Cape Cod. You will need to
peak at the Dillingham House from across the street, at the corner of A.P.
Newcomb Road. The high hedge that now grows in front of the house was not
always there. In fact photos from the late 1800's show this house could be seen
from the herring run near the Mill. When this house was built, A. P. Newcomb
was just a narrow dusty path connecting the house to the King's Highway where
Stony Brook Road is today. The house John Dillingham built is called a Saltbox. Although salt today comes in a cylinder, many years ago it was kept in a box shaped like this. The high front of the house faces south, letting the sun pour through the windows. The low steep slope of the back keeps the cold north winds out and probably helps the snow slide off the roof. |
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© Copyright 2001-2010 by Liz Perry, Brewster, Cape Cod, MA 02631 Fine Handpulled Collagraph and Monotype Prints, Paintings, Watercolors Created and hosted by Masscot Internet, West Yarmouth, (Cape Cod) MA 02673-8269 Comments and problem reports to: E-Mail Updated May 22, 2010. |