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

In 1902, 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. Dr. Cabot had seven siblings, but no children. The estate was passed on to his niece, Eleanor Cabot, who married Major Ralph Bradley in 1919.
In 1945, she added ponds, a camellia 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.

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