Long Hill is a estate in

Beverly, Massachusetts Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, and a suburb of Boston. The population was 42,670 at the time of the 2020 United States Census. A resort, residential, and manufacturing community on the Massachusetts North Shore, Beverly incl ...

and is managed by the Trustees of Reservations. From 1916 to 1979, the estate was the summer home of

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, author and editor of '' The Atlantic Monthly''. The estate contains a

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home with formal gardens, of hiking trails, woodlands, meadows and an apple orchard. The of cultivated gardens and of woodland grounds are open to the public daily. Until 2017, the Long Hill mansion was used as the main office of The Trustees. In that year, a new headquarters was established in Boston. In 2021, a $6 million project to renovate the house and restore the gardens was started.

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The Trustees of Reservations: Long Hill
The Trustees of Reservations Houses in Beverly, Massachusetts Parks in Essex County, Massachusetts Gardens in Massachusetts 1979 establishments in Massachusetts Protected areas established in 1979 {{EssexCountyMA-geo-stub