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A gazebo or “Little Summer House” as the family called it was
designed by Joseph Peabody’s fourth son Francis and added at the
end of the long center garden path in 1840. The onion domed roof
ornamented with a guilded pineapple was perhaps influenced by
his voyage to Russia on his fathers ship Augustus
following his schooling at Dummer Academy. The little “Summer
House” graced the garden for 118 years were upon Louise
Endicott’s death was inherited by her nephew and moved to
Martha’s Vineyard where it still stands today.
In 1989, the Danvers Historical Society raised sufficient
funds to reproduce an exact replica of the “little Summer House”
and positioned it in the correct location. |
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