16 Liberty St., Philip Shevelin House

The Philip Shevelin House, built in 1851, is a Greek Revival front gabled home with clapboard siding, wide corner boards capped by a Tuscan style capital. The door surround has side lights surrounded by a entablature and pliaster columns. The earlier photo shows that at one point, the house was shingled and had 2 over 2 sash windows. The original windows were likely 6 over 6 sash as was common at that time period. 2 over 2 was not available until the turn of the 20th century.

Philip Shevlin was born in Ireland around 1812 and died in Sandwich in 1895. He worked at the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company from 1836 to 1889. The family first lived at 3 Freeman Street before relocating here. He was married twice and had two sons who lived to adulthood in Sandwich.