Tupper Inn has mystery, history, and fascinating secrets: a secret panel escape route (below, left of fireplace), a closet that locks from inside, a hidden staircase, a sealed door, and more.  The elegant bed chambers are furnished with family antiques and have expansive views.  Breakfast is in the ancient keeping room where you will be surrounded by antiques and art.  Visit our Secret Garden in the foundations of the barn.
Sonja Johnson says:  Your breakfasts were awesome . . . in fact, we bragged about them all the way home!"

To book the Secret Panel Chamber, or to see photos and read more about it, click on the photo above.
Price:  $ 175 the first night, $125 the second, $150 for each subsequent night from May 15 to October 15.
October 16 to May 14: $125 per night.
"I would recommend your B&B to anyone traveling to the Cape. The location is perfect, the rooms spacious and comfortable and the breakfast was really special."  Janet from Cambridge

To book the Seth Pope Chamber, or to see photos and read more about it, click on the photo above.
Price:  $ 175 the first night, $125 the second, $150 for each subsequent night from May 15 to October 15.
October 16 to May 14: $125 per night.

“Owners really share their lovely historic home in Sandwich, MA!”
Reviewed August 27, 2011
As our home is in Sandwich in the old country, we enjoyed a visit to Sandwich, MA and especially our stay at Tupper Inn. We were greeted in the parking lot by the owners and shown up to our impeccable room - the Secret Panel Room. Beautifully furnished with antiques and lovely rugs, the bathroom was very nicely appointed. I'll leave the secret for you to find out about yourself - no spoiler here!!
The lady of the house was very helpful and hospitable and offered us a complete tour of the house showing us all the historic nooks and crannies - delightful.
We shared the breakfast table with other guests which was lovely. Breakfast of the day was freshly cooked blueberry pancakes with excellent chipolata sausages - as many pancakes as you would like! Juice and tea were also offered.
This b&b is very close to the Sandwich Glass Museum, the Hoxie House, Dexter's Grist Mill etc - all recommended and we ate dinner at the Belfry, delicious.
All in all a very comfortable stay and we were invited to leave our car in the car park there even after we had checked out. Most hospitable folk - enjoy!

The full breakfast is in the keeping room at any time until 10 AM.  Regular, vegetarian, vegan, lactose-intolerant, etc.--just tell us.  Sleep in or rise early--it's your vacation! 

Bride and groom honeymoon--champagne and chocolates in your room.

Scroll down to see photos of the rooms, the Ripley's Believe It or Not cartoon about Seth Pope, the builder of the house, and other sights.  Then, click on the menu items (above left) to find out more.

Give the gift of a stay at Tupper Inn through Contact Us (scroll up) or by phoning 978-376-6905.  It's a popular gift for weddings, birthdays, and anniversaries.
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In 1670, at age 22, Seth Pope came to Sandwich as a peddler.  The town fathers sent the constable to kick him out for fear they would have to feed and house him.  Poor Seth!  He was an ambitious young man, and he hotly declared that he would return someday and "buy up the town."  He showed them!  He became one of the richest men in Massachusetts Bay Province as well as a respected official by election and appointment. In 1675 he married Deborah Perry of Sandwich, but he wouldn't live in "that damn town."  When his son married Elizabeth Bourne of Sandwich, Seth bought up the heart of town for him, which included the grist, weaving, and fulling mills, and built the young couple a house on a rise of land overlooking the marsh--today's Tupper Inn. The mysteries are:  Why did John Pope or the next owner, Joseph Nye, build a secret panel escape route and a safe room?  The safe room is a small area under the staircase and within the chimney stack that can be locked from within.  Was it because Seth's brother and sister were killed during the Native American uprising, King Philip's War?  Was is because the Salem Village witchcraft scare had ended only 6 years before and had reached all the way to John Alden, Jr., who hid out in nearby Duxbury?  The Puritan minister of Sandwich was Roland Cotton, cousin of Cotton Mather, who spurred on the witchcraft trials despite being chosen to write broadsides advocating caution about using spectral evidence.  Or were they built by the next family to own the house, Joseph and Mehitable Nye, to protect their sons who were active Patriots during the Revolution?   And why is there a hidden staircase sealed into the wall?  Why is there a sealed door that is locked on the outside and hidden under an inside wall?   Who built the one-room house whose foundation is still in the cellar and when?  Seth Pope built the long five-bay structure that is the back half of the present house, but who added on the fancy front rooms that make the house a full upright colonial?  John Pope?  His son Seth?  Or the next owner, Joseph Nye?

This photo shows the boardwalk.  It's a 20-minute walk . . . or a 30-minute hand-in-hand stroll.  People dive from its bridge at high tide while others tie chicken to strings and catch crabs as these folks are doing.  Others continue their walk to the beach.  The boardwalk spans the creek and a grand expanse of marsh.  It's a transcendent experience.  Sandwich Village is the oldest town on Cape Cod (1637) and is lovingly preserved, full of cultural attractions and natural beauty.  If you are an old house enthusiast, you'll love walking past the surprising number of houses that date from the 1600's.  Sandwich also serves as an excellent base from which to explore Cape Cod and the Plymouth area.  Some of our guests spend a day whale watching from next door Barnstable or spend a day in Provincetown or Martha's Vineyard.  The Sandwich Glass Museum is three houses down from us on Tupper and Main and across the street from it is the historic 1834 Town Hall and the Dexter grist mill (once run by John Pope, the first owner of the house that is Tupper Inn). The 1675 Hoxie House (a must see!) and the downtown stores and restaurants are a short walk.  With every step, there's something to see, from the nearby site of the first Puritan church to the Thornton Burgess Museum. Click Photos, Links-Sandwich on the menu to see photos and a listing of Sandwich's beaches, museums, historic houses, and activities, as well as ghost and other stories.

We'll take your cue as to whether you'd like to chat or to keep to yourselves.  Either way is fine with us.  If you'd prefer to be completely private, let us know before you arrive and we'll leave you to yourselves.  We'll leave breakfast out for you and disappear.  On the other hand, if you'd like to chat with us about anything, we will be pleased to engage with you. 

Who lived here?  Descendants of Thomas Pope (three families of his descendants have visited us!), descendants of Ezra Perry, descendants of John Jenney, descendants of John Jenkins, descendants of James Hamblin (sometimes spelled James Hamblen, descendants of Benjamin Nye, descendants of Thomas Tupper, descendants of Thomas Tobey, descendants of Richard Bourne, descendants of Skiffe, descendants of Edmund Freeman, descendants of Frederick Sargeant Moody, and descendants of Thomas Burgess have all lived in the house. Seth Pope was the son of Plymouth Puritans.  William Spring owned the house and then sold it to Joseph Sargent Moody in the 1870's.  The Moodys owned it for 100 years and one of them ran a guest house; we have the guest book dated from 1915 to 1932.  Descendants of early settlers of Sandwich and Plymouth lived here.  Descendants of Thomas Dexter will be interested to know Seth Pope bought the land from Dexter's grandson (his greatx8 grandson, David, stayed with us!) To read about them click on The House's History and Mysteries.

"Tradition and atmosphere are intangible things.  They take centuries to build up and if you destroyed them you couldn't rebuild them in twenty-four hours."  ~Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Mr. Quin         Or at all. ~ Jana

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