Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate
| Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate | |
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| Location | 2468B Washington Street (Route 138) Canton, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42°11′58″N 71°07′15″W / 42.1994°N 71.1207°WCoordinates: 42°11′58″N 71°07′15″W / 42.1994°N 71.1207°W |
| Architectural style | Country |
| Size | 90 acres |
| Governing body | The Trustees of Reservations |
The Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate is a nonprofit country house and garden ground museum in Canton, Massachusetts. It is operated by The Trustees of Reservations. The grounds are open every day, sunrise to sunset, without charge.
[edit] History
In 1902, Dr. Arthur Tracey Cabot (b. 1852 in Boston to Dr. Samuel Cabot III and Hannah Lowell Jackson Cabot)[1] hired architect Charles A. Platt to design a country house with landscaping and outlying farm buildings. Its formal grounds include lawns, a walled garden, and a parterre. Dr. Cabot had seven siblings,[2] but no children.[3] The estate was passed on to his niece, Eleanor Cabot (daughter of his brother, Godfrey Lowell Cabot), who married Major Ralph Bradley in 1919.[4]
In 1945, she added ponds, a camellia house and greenhouse, and planted specimen trees. Additional land includes more than 60 acres (240,000 m2) of meadows and woods, with some 3 miles (4.8 km) of walking trails.
[edit] References
- ^ "Biographical History of Massachusetts: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State, Volume II". Massachusetts Biographical Society. 1913. http://books.google.com/books?id=AS4EAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT66&lpg=PT66&dq=Arthur+Tracy+Cabot+samuel&source=bl&ots=gmjrmL94HI&sig=X1dOJqSo021knSzOADXOXH3rKkw&hl=en&ei=diYyTt_IFafY0QHTg-CWDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Arthur%20Tracy%20Cabot%20samuel&f=false. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ "A Cyclopedia of American Medical Biography: Comprising the Lives of Eminent Deceased Physicians and Surgeons from 1610 to 1910". W.B. Saunders Company. 1920. http://books.google.com/books?id=GPssAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA187&lpg=PA187#v=snippet&q=married%20hannah%20lowell%20jackson&f=false. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ^ "Dr. Arthur Tracy Cabot. Special to The New York Times.". New york Times. November 5, 1912. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F60B1EFA385813738DDDAC0894D9415B828DF1D3. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ "Town & Country, Volumes 75-76". Town & Country. February 20, 1919. http://books.google.com/books?id=zAZUAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA8&lpg=RA2-PA8&dq=Cabot+bradley&source=bl&ots=UoeDws9ZGD&sig=BOA49NUtn8o8Tk3-v-ogSVwICqA&hl=en&ei=IhYyTsu7OMHl0QHsm_CQDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=cabot%20bradley&f=false. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
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