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A part of the Olmstead firm’s plan, farm buildings which were
adjacent to the house in 1894 were moved to the east. A new elm
lined roadway led from the circular drive to the compound of
farm buildings. Plantings along this roadway artfully screened
any evidence of the buildings from the grounds adjacent to the
house. In a letter to his sister Mary in England William
Endicott the younger describes the Olmstead project. “The moving
of the barns has added much to the beauty of the place and they
are nestled prettily down in the wood with a warm sunny
exposure. The laying out of the avenue about the house has added
immensely to the beauty of the place. Also the lines are just
right; the road is splendidly built and ought to last forever.”
Today the barn road leads visitors to Endicott Park, a 150
acre portion of the original estate now owned by the Town of
Danvers. |
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