Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate

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Coordinates: 42°11′58″N 71°07′15″W / 42.1994°N 71.1207°W / 42.1994; -71.1207
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Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate
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General information
TypeHouse
Architectural styleCountry
Location2468B Washington Street (Route 138)
Canton, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°11′58″N 71°07′15″W / 42.1994°N 71.1207°W / 42.1994; -71.1207
Governing bodyThe Trustees of Reservations
Dimensions
Other dimensions90-acre estate
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Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate

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.

History[edit]

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.

The property was acquired through a bequest of Eleanor Cabot Bradley in 1991.[5]

Gallery[edit]

  • Estate house with stone fences
    Estate house with stone fences
  • Walking trail
    Walking trail
  • Kitchen garden
    Kitchen garden

References[edit]

  1. ^ Biographical History of Massachusetts: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State, Volume II. Massachusetts Biographical Society. 1913. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  2. ^ A Cyclopedia of American Medical Biography: Comprising the Lives of Eminent Deceased Physicians and Surgeons from 1610 to 1910. W.B. Saunders Company. 1920. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  3. ^ "Dr. Arthur Tracy Cabot. Special to The New York Times" (PDF). The New York Times. November 5, 1912. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  4. ^ "Town & Country, Volumes 75-76". Town & Country. February 20, 1919. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  5. ^ "Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate: Property History". The Trustees of Reservations. Retrieved June 30, 2021.

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