The Lyman Estate, known as "The Vale," is one of the finest examples in the United States of a country estate laid out following the principles of eighteenth-century English naturalistic design. For more than 150 years, it was the country home to four generations of Boston’s prominent Lyman family. Salem, Massachusetts, architect Samuel McIntire designed the Federal-style mansion in 1793 for wealthy shipping merchant Theodore Lyman. The family enlarged the house in 1882 in the Victorian style and then remodeled it in the Colonial Revival style in 1917. The property contains historic greenhouses, a carriage house and gardener’s cottage, and thirty-seven acres of pleasure grounds, gardens, and woodlands. Visitors learn the history of the illustrious Lyman family as they explore the elegant mansion, which is used today as a venue for weddings, meetings, and private parties. The mansion’s architectural features include an elegant ballroom and graceful oval parlor, both pristine examples of Federal design.
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Lyman Estate
185 Lyman St., Waltham, MA, 02454
(617) 994-5912 - Venue Website
Venue Type:
Historic
Neighborhood:
Bentley College
Hours:
The mansion will be open for tours, the third Saturday of every month, beginning June 2012, 10 AM–1 PM. Last tour at noon. Lyman Estate Greenhouses and Grounds open Open
Wednesday – Sunday, December 15 – July 15, Wednesday – Saturday, July 16 – December
Related Locations:
Lyman Estate Greenhouses
Creator: HistoricNE
Creator: HistoricNE
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| 5/29 | 7:00p | Living with Your Old House: National Preservation Month Lecture Series |
| 6/1 | 10:00a | Lyman Estate Perennial Sale |
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