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The Cushing Pergola

	In 1899 a rustic pergola made from cedar logs was placed between the flower and shrubbery garden. Two wisteria vines and two crimson rambler roses were planted to cover the rustic frame. In the spring of 1930 ten marble columns replaced the cedar pergola which was suffering from decay. The columns, purchased as salvage for five dollars a piece, came from the Cushing Estate in Belmont where they made up a two story Loggia. Herbert Browne, the Endicott’s architect, had acquired the columns for the Endicotts and designed the frame work that connected them. William Endicott wrote in his journal how their gardener had skillfully removed the wisteria from its cedar supports, laid the vine out on the lawn, and reattached them to their new frame. William went on to say that within three years the vines covered the entire trellis.

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