Geo.: Small: Mass.: Belmont: Cushing Estate: Photos
GUSN-195332
An exterior rear view, possibly taken in wintertime, of the John Perkins Cushing-Colonel Everett Chamberlin Benton House at 75 Oakley Road in Belmont, Massachusetts. J. P. Cushing named his estate "Bellmont" after a "gentle eminence at its center that provided views toward Fresh Pond and the Mystic River valley." The property was originally in a part of Watertown that later became Belmont, which was named after the estate. Asher Benjamin designed the Greek Revival house and five greenhouses with participation from Cushing. Construction began in 1840 and was completed some fifteen years later. Colonel Benton, a businessman who founded the Massachusetts Fire and Maritime Insurance Company and was a Republican politician, purchased the estate in 1904 and lived there until he died on February 5, 1924. This image may have been taken in wintertime as there appears to be snow on the roof.
houses
lawns (landscaped grass)
Greek Revival
exterior views
dwellings
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
DigitalID 000489
AccessID 666
Other identifier HNEDID-000489
1 photograph
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.02.01.USMA.0250.0050.006
1900s-1920s
Belmont (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Benton, Everett Chamberlin, d. 1924
Cushing, John Perkins, 1787-1862
Architectural photography
Item
Geo.: Small: Mass.: Belmont: Cushing Estate: Photos
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