Endicott House
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The MIT Endicott House is a conference center located in Dedham, Massachusetts
, about 10 miles (16.1 km) south-west from downtown Boston
. The center consists of the Endicott mansion, a Normandy French-style chateau, along with a state-of-the art lecture facility known as the Brooks Center, and 25 acres (101,171.5 m²) of gardens, lawn, woods and ponds. Since 1955, when it was given to Massachusetts Institute of Technology
by the Endicott
family, it has been owned and operated by MIT. It is one of the oldest such facilities in the United States
. Endicott House serves as a meeting facility for many MIT departments and is the primary site of the Senior Executive Program of the MIT Sloan School of Management
. The house also hosts conferences and meetings for other educational, medical, governmental, and nonprofit organizations.
The historic Endicott House is equipped with modern conference amenities including state-of-the-art audio
and video
equipment).
. The Endicotts were involved in every step of building and decorating the home. They commissioned Italian painters to create the intricate designs on the living room's beamed ceiling and imported marble fireplaces for each room. Upon completion in 1934, Mr. & Mrs. Endicott moved in with their two children, Bradford and Priscilla Endicott, and Martha Endicott, Mr. Endicott's daughter by his first wife, Martha Barron, who had died in childbirth.
Mr. Endicott's father, Henry Bradford Endicott was the founder of the Endicott Shoe Company, which maintained a sales office in Boston and a manufacturing plant in Endicott-Johnson City, New York.
Endicott House stands on a site previously occupied by "Rockweld," the home of American Civil War
hero General Stephen Minot Weld Jr.
Today the house retains much original character and artwork
, antiques
, oriental rugs, and Flemish
tapestries donated by the Endicott family. The gardens are meticulously maintained and fresh flowers from the greenhouses grace the rooms during every season of the year.
Dedham, Massachusetts
Dedham is a town in and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,729 at the 2010 census. It is located on Boston's southwest border. On the northwest it is bordered by Needham, on the southwest by Westwood and on the southeast by...
, about 10 miles (16.1 km) south-west from downtown Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
. The center consists of the Endicott mansion, a Normandy French-style chateau, along with a state-of-the art lecture facility known as the Brooks Center, and 25 acres (101,171.5 m²) of gardens, lawn, woods and ponds. Since 1955, when it was given to Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
by the Endicott
Endicott
Endicott may refer to:In places:* Endicott, Nebraska, a village in Jefferson County, Nebraska, USA* Endicott, New York, a village in Broome County, New York, USA* Endicott, Washington, a town in Whitman County, Washington, USA...
family, it has been owned and operated by MIT. It is one of the oldest such facilities in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Endicott House serves as a meeting facility for many MIT departments and is the primary site of the Senior Executive Program of the MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
. The house also hosts conferences and meetings for other educational, medical, governmental, and nonprofit organizations.
The historic Endicott House is equipped with modern conference amenities including state-of-the-art audio
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
and video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
equipment).
History
Endicott House was designed by Charles Adams Platt and built for H. Wendell Endicott and his wife Priscilla Maxwell Endicott. Much of the grounds were designed by Frederick Law OlmstedFrederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted was an American journalist, social critic, public administrator, and landscape designer. He is popularly considered to be the father of American landscape architecture, although many scholars have bestowed that title upon Andrew Jackson Downing...
. The Endicotts were involved in every step of building and decorating the home. They commissioned Italian painters to create the intricate designs on the living room's beamed ceiling and imported marble fireplaces for each room. Upon completion in 1934, Mr. & Mrs. Endicott moved in with their two children, Bradford and Priscilla Endicott, and Martha Endicott, Mr. Endicott's daughter by his first wife, Martha Barron, who had died in childbirth.
Mr. Endicott's father, Henry Bradford Endicott was the founder of the Endicott Shoe Company, which maintained a sales office in Boston and a manufacturing plant in Endicott-Johnson City, New York.
Endicott House stands on a site previously occupied by "Rockweld," the home of American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
hero General Stephen Minot Weld Jr.
Today the house retains much original character and artwork
Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
, antiques
Antiques
An antique is an old collectible item. It is collected or desirable because of its age , beauty, rarity, condition, utility, personal emotional connection, and/or other unique features...
, oriental rugs, and Flemish
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
tapestries donated by the Endicott family. The gardens are meticulously maintained and fresh flowers from the greenhouses grace the rooms during every season of the year.