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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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