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

In 1902, Dr. Arthur Tracey Cabot (b. 1852 in Boston to Dr.

Samuel Cabot III Samuel Cabot III (September 20, 1815 – April 13, 1885) was an American physician, surgeon, and ornithologist, as well as a member of the wealthy and prominent Cabot family. Early life Samuel Cabot III was born in Boston, Massachusetts on Sept ...

and Hannah Lowell Jackson 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 A walled garden is a garden enclosed by high walls, especially when this is done for horticultural rather than security purposes, although originally all gardens may have been enclosed for protection from animal or human intruders. In temperate ...

, and a

parterre A ''parterre'' is a part of a formal garden constructed on a level substrate, consisting of symmetrical patterns, made up by plant beds, low hedges or coloured gravels, which are separated and connected by paths. Typically it was the part of ...

. Dr. Cabot had seven siblings, but no children. The estate was passed on to his niece, Eleanor Cabot (daughter of his brother,

Godfrey Lowell Cabot Godfrey Lowell Cabot (February 26, 1861 – November 2, 1962) was an American industrialist who founded the Cabot Corporation. Early life Godfrey Lowell Cabot was born in Boston, Massachusetts and attended Boston Latin School. His father was S ...

), who married Major Ralph Bradley in 1919. In 1945, she added ponds, a

camellia ''Camellia'' (pronounced or ) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. There are more than 220 described species, with some controv ...

house and greenhouse, and planted specimen trees. Additional land includes more than of meadows and woods, with some of walking trails. The property was acquired through a bequest of Eleanor Cabot Bradley in 1991.

Gallery

File:Bradley Estate P1090527.jpg, Estate house with stone fences File:Bradley Estate trail 133440326.jpg, Walking trail File:Kitchen Garden at Bradley Estate 134126707.jpg, Kitchen garden

References

External links

The Trustees of Reservation: Bradley Estate
Cabot family The Trustees of Reservations Houses in Norfolk County, Massachusetts Historic house museums in Massachusetts Parks in Norfolk County, Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Canton, Massachusetts Protected areas established in 1991 1991 establishments in Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-struct-stub Gardens in Massachusetts