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367: 379: 76: 287: 62: 1038: 101: 355: 343: 1050: 582: 314:. This house was deemed too small for the Paines and their seven children. In October 1883, Richardson and Olmsted made their first visit to the property to discuss relocating the house and expanding it. In July 1884, Olmsted and Richardson produced sketches for a new site atop a rocky ridge with sweeping views to the southeast. In the spring of 1885, construction began while the Paine family traveled to Europe with 1027: 108: 83: 665: 283:. It is located at 100 Robert Treat Paine Drive. Since 1974 the estate has been owned by the City of Waltham and its grounds kept as a public park, and is believed to be the only residential collaboration by Richardson and Olmsted that is open to the public. 973: 968: 1105: 963: 596: 661: 641: 636: 631: 601: 651: 621: 523: 656: 646: 626: 606: 995: 616: 611: 1000: 948: 828: 782: 715: 878: 853: 813: 741: 710: 689: 958: 894: 863: 818: 803: 798: 953: 858: 848: 751: 868: 843: 833: 808: 761: 746: 736: 720: 694: 400: 904: 899: 873: 838: 823: 766: 318:, a family friend and pastor of Trinity Church in Boston. When Richardson died at age 47 in April 1886, the commission was close to completion. The terrace and some interior finishes were completed over the summer. 756: 516: 321:
Robert Treat Paine Jr. died in 1910, and the Paine family continued to occupy the house until the mid-1960s. In 1974 Theodore Lyman Storer donated the 113-acre (46 ha) property to the city of Waltham.
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summer house in Waltham. The house and its site were paid for by George Lyman, Lydia's father and owner of an adjacent summer residence, the
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Stonehurst, The Robert Treat Paine Estate: An American Masterwork by H.H. Richardson and F.L. Olmsted
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In 1866, Boston lawyer Robert Treat Paine Jr. and his wife Lydia (Lyman) commissioned architect
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Waltham, Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Waltham, Massachusetts
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Robert Treat Paine Estate is located in Massachusetts
Robert Treat Paine Estate is located in the United States
Waltham, Massachusetts
42°23′16.61″N 71°13′53.21″W / 42.3879472°N 71.2314472°W / 42.3879472; -71.2314472
Henry Hobson Richardson
Frederick Law Olmsted
Stonehurst
75000291
country house
Waltham, Massachusetts
Robert Treat Paine
Henry Hobson Richardson
Frederick Law Olmsted

Gridley James Fox Bryant
mansarded
Second Empire
Lyman Estate
Phillips Brooks
This Old House
Close-up of sitting area
Sundial detail on house
View from the patio
Forest trail on the grounds
List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places listings in Waltham, Massachusetts
"National Register Information System"

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