Jericho Historical Center
90 Old Main Street
West Dennis, MA 02670
This historic full cape house built in 1801, and occupied by the Baker family until 1955, contains 19th century furnishings, textiles, paintings and keepsakes. Exhibits in the Barn Museum focus on farming.
2024 Schedule -
The Jericho Historical Center will reopen on Saturday, July 13th, 10 am to 3 pm. After this event, it will be open from July 16th to August 29th on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 4 pm. Special events will be publicized via posters, emails, DHS Newsletter, the Home Page of this website, and they appear in the 2024 DHS Calendar.
Tools and equipment from the 1800s are displayed, as well as remains of the salt works industry and a carriage that raced at Riverside Trotting Park. The General Store is a reminder of the important role such gathering places played in the community’s economic and social life. Of special interest is the cranberry exhibit which tells the 200-year-old story of cranberry cultivation; an industry that began in Dennis in 1816!

Upcoming Events
The Jericho Historical Center
begins the 2025 Season with
"The Women Who Restored Jericho".
Learn about the contributions Virginia Gildersleeve & Elizabeth Reynard
made to Cape Cod, the nation and the world.
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