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{{see also|List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts}}
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The Wing Fort House is recognized as the oldest home in New England continuously owned by the same family.<ref>http://wingfamily.org
</ref> Stephen Wing either purchased the homestead from the town of Sandwich, or the town granted him the property, around the time of his first marriage in 1646. His descendants continued to live in the home until 1942, when the last resident (Miss Cora M. Wing) sold the home to the Wing Family of America, Inc.<ref>Wing Family Annals, 1942, pp. 1-4</ref>
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Tradition states the home was at one time a fort to protect the earliest settlers from the Native Americans. The exterior of the "Old Fort" Room (which is the oldest part of the current structure) is composed of a double wall, which may have been filled in at one time. As the Cape Indians were found to be friendly, the town did not need any fort for protection.
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