Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate

Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate

. The grounds are open every day, sunrise to sunset, without charge.

Today's estate began in 1902 when Dr. Arthur Tracey Cabot 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. In 1945, Cabot's niece, Eleanor Cabot Bradley, added ponds, a camellia house and greenhouse, and planted specimen trees. Additional land includes more than 60 acres of meadows and woods, with some convert|3|mi|km of walking trails.

External links

* [http://www.thetrustees.org/pages/282_bradley_estate.cfm The Trustees of Reservation: Bradley Estate]


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