Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate

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The Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate (60 acres) is a country house with garden grounds located at 2468B Washington Street (Route 138), Canton, Massachusetts. It is now a non-profit museum operated by The Trustees of Reservations. The grounds are open every day, sunrise to sunset, without charge.

Today's estate began in 1902 when 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. In 1945, Cabot's niece, Eleanor Cabot Bradley, added ponds, a camellia house and greenhouse, and planted specimen trees. Additional land includes more than 60 acres of meadows and woods, with some 3 miles of walking trails.

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