Anderson v. Old King's Highway Regional Historic District Commission

The Andersons own an old house on Grove Street in Sandwich within the Old King’s Highway Regional Historic District (historic district).2 Built in 1703 and known as Newcomb’s Tavern, the house was a Tory meeting place *610during the Revolution. It is located in Town Hall Square, a most significant part of the historic district. The structure, a wood-framed Colonial retaining many of its original architectural features, has a clapboard front and painted shingles on the sides and rear. Approximately one hundred years ago, an ell was added in the rear.

The Sandwich historic district committee (local…