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Final Study Report Mashpee Historic District Page 10 of 15 The Mashpee Baptist Church at 27 Great Neck Road North GMC 16),built in 1937, is a 6-by-3- bay, 1 V2 story, side-gable building. An enclosed vestibule houses the main entrance on the facade (east elevation) of the building, in the second bay from the north. The entrance is comprised of paired vertical wood doors set within a round-arch opening: A secondary entrance is located in the fifth bay from the north. A handicapped accessible entrance, located on the rear of the building, is accessed by a ramp that extends along the north elevation of the building. Windows are a combination of 8/8 and 6/6 double-hung sash,and fixed sash stained glass panels. A cupola is located on the ridge of the roof on the north end. Plain cornerboards serve as the only trim. This building has an asphalt shingle roof and a concrete foundation, and has recently been resided with cedar shingles. A wood sign is located on the front lawn of the church. A driveway leads to a parking area at the rear of the building. The Mashpee Baptist Church was built on the same site as the original building of 1888 that burned in 1935: A Civil War/ World War I Memorial (MHC 907) stands to the northeast of the church. It is a large piece of uncut stone that stands approximately 4 feet in height and has a wide base that narrows near the top. Set into the stone on its east side is a large bronze plaque inscribed in low relief lettering, with the names of 14 men below the inscription: "MASHPEE REMEMBERS/ 1861 THE CIVIL WAR 1865." Following this are the names of 14 men below the inscription "1917 THE WORLD WAR 1918." The Mashpee Town Seal is centrally located on the plaque. h The Lysander Z Amos House/Old Post Office at 28 Great Neck Road North (MHC 31), built ,y. circa 1875, is a one-and-one-half-story, Greek Revival-style building-sheathed in cedar shingles and set on a brick foundation. It is L-shape in plan with a 3-by-3-bay, end-gable main block, complemented by a 2-by-2-bay, side-gable ell on the north elevation. A one-story, hip-roof porch with square posts is located on the north elevation of the ell. A large, two-story, end-gable addition extends off the rear of the building. The main entry, located in the northernmost bay of the facade (west elevation), is comprised of a paneled door topped by a pediment with dentils, and approached by two concrete steps. Windows on the main block are 1/1 double-hung sash N while those on the ellare 2/2 double-hung sash. Most of these windows have retained very narrow dripcaps. A lancet arch window, currently boarded over, is located in the gable of the west elevation. A full width, shed-roof dormer lines the gable of the north ell. A wide cornice with returns and comerboards trim the building. An exterior brick chimney is located on the k north elevation. Large oak trees line the east edge, of the property, along the road. The north and east sides of the property are lined by split rail fencing. The Lysander Z. Amos House/Old Post Office was built by Henry C. Pocknet, who marred Harriet Lyons in 1871, daughter of Charlotte Tobey and Marcus Lyons. Henry and Harriet's { daughter Christine married William Sturgis; their daughter May Anne born in 1898 marred Charles A. Peters. One of Charles and May Anne's children was Hazel, born in 1924, who married Wilbur Oakley. Henry Pocknet sold the house to Amos in 1884. The house also served b, as a store in the 1880s and 1890s and as a manufacturing place for barrels. Amos, the son of Matthias Amos, married Flora Bearse. Their son Edmund continued the operation of the Post Office. .N I" 1