John Dillingham House
The John Dillingham House is a large Georgian house set across Lower Shawme Lake from the Grist Mill. John Dillingham (1710-1797) built the house in 1740, and it remained in the Dillingham family until the mid 19th century when it was bought by Anthony Chapouil Jr. (1804-1892). Chapouil came to Sandwich to work for the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company. Abigail Russell Gifford Bicknell (1839-1922), a descendant of Chapouil by marriage, inherited the property in 1900 and operated a tea room in the house. After her death in 1922, the house was purchased by Colonel H. P. Dunbar who renovated the house and constructed the three-bay carriage house. The house was purchased by the town in 1974 and sold, with a preservation restriction, to a private owner in 1993. The carriage house is now used as a tea room and aptly named The Dunbar Tea Room.
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