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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. |
