John Pope house(?), Seth Pope

110 Tupper Inn is a house of mystery. 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's one of the few people in the world who was able to fulfill the wish to "show 'em." 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 (John Pope - 1675) married Elizabeth Bourne of Sandwich, Seth bought up the heart of town for him, which included the gristmill and a fulling mill; he built the young couple a house on a rise of land overlooking the marsh--today's 110 Tupper Inn. The mystery is, which house did Seth build? Was it the tiny half cape whose foundation is in the cellar? Was it the long five-bay structure that is the back half of the present house? Or was it the fancy front rooms that make the house a full upright colonial? (We could fit the foundation of the half cape into the Secret Panel chamber). http://www.110tupperinn.com/index.html