Waltham

The Robert Treat Paine Estate, known as Stonehurst, is a country house set on 109 acres , designed in collaboration between architect Henry Hobson... Richardson and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. It is located at 100 Robert Treat Paine Drive, Waltham, Massachusetts. 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. In 1866, Boston lawyer Robert Treat Paine, Jr. and his wife Lydia Lyman Paine commissioned architect Gridley James Fox Bryant to build a mansarded Second Empire 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 Lyman Estate. 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.
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The Lyman Estate 37 acres , formerly known as The Vale, is a historic country house located at 185 Lyman Street, Waltham, Massachusetts. It is now... owned by the nonprofit Historic New England organization. The grounds are open to the public daily for free; an admission fee is required for the house. The estate was established in 1793 by Boston merchant Theodore Lyman on 400 acres of grounds, and was the Lyman family's summer residence for over 150 years. It consisted originally of the mansion and its lawns, gardens, greenhouses, woodlands, a deer park, and a working farm. Today the grounds contain a number of specimen trees, a 600 foot brick peach wall, and late 19th century rhododendrons and azaleas introduced by the Lyman family. The fine Federal style mansion, of 24 rooms, was designed by Salem architect Samuel McIntire and completed in 1798. Its grand ballroom, with high ceiling, decorative frieze, large windows, and marble fireplace, was used for formal parties. A smaller oval room was used for family gatherings. The estate's first greenhouse was constructed before 1800 and is thought to be the oldest in the United States.
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Gore Place is a historic country house located at 52 Gore Street, Waltham, Massachusetts. It is owned and operated by the nonprofit Gore Place... Society. The 45-acre estate is open to the public daily without charge; an admission fee is charged for house tours. A number of special events are held throughout the year including an annual sheepshearing festival and a summer concert series. The mansion was built in 1806 as a summer home for Massachusetts lawyer and politician Christopher Gore. In this house the Gores entertained various notables including the Marquis de Lafayette, Daniel Webster, and James Monroe. The dowry from Gore's 1785 wedding to Rebecca Amory Payne helped pay for their first purchase of Waltham land. They gradually enlarged their holdings to 400 acres . In 1793 the Gores built a wooden mansion to replace an earlier farmhouse on the site. A large carriage house built at the same time remains to this day. In 1796 President George Washington appointed Gore to a diplomatic position in England, where the Gores lived for eight years. In 1799, their wooden mansion burned down, and they began to plan a new mansion for the site.
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Charles Street Workers' Housing Historic District is a historic district at 128–144 Charles Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. The district was... built in 1865 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
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Abner Genece is an award-winning actor of Haitian descent Genece was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, but was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio and Miami,... Florida. He studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and has made numerous appearances on television in such series as "Malcolm & Eddie" and "The District." However, he has received his most acclaim for his work in the theatre. He received an NAACP Theatre Award for his portrayal of Haitian leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines in the first installment of "For the Love of Freedom," playwright Levy Lee Simon's trilogy about the Haitian revolt. Genece was also honored with a Maddy Award for his lead performance in "Othello.
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