1922-1999, undated, predominant 1922-1925
Photographs and printed materials are housed in a flat storage box on shelf HAV-01-403-Z-L-401. Architectural drawings are housed in oversized folders in flat file drawer HAV-01-403-Z-G-306. The book Sherborn: Images of the Past was catalogued and placed into the larger bibliographic collection. As such, it is not housed with the rest of the Walter M. Cabot collection.
GUSN-358246
This collection contains materials related to the Walter M. Cabot House located in Sherborn, Massachusetts. These materials include architectural materials from architect Joseph Everett Chandler and landscape architects the Olmsted Brothers such as blueprints, elevations, floor plans, and landscape plans; thirteen photographs of the completed house taken by renowned architectural photographer Paul Weber; and a printed magazine and book discussing the history and architecture of the house and Sherborn. The collection is arranged and three series and two subseries. Original folder titles were maintained when available. In instances where no title was found, they were assigned by the processor and are indicated by brackets in the container list.
black-and-white photographs
blueprints (reprographic copies)
elevations (orthographic projections)
floor plans
landscape architecture
architectural drawings (visual works)
magazines (periodicals)
books
landscaping plans
mounts (secondary support)
blueprints (reprographic copies)
elevations (orthographic projections)
floor plans
landscaping plans
signatures (names)
albumen prints
2.67 linear foot (1 flat storage box and 2 oversized folders)
An electronic finding aid is available through Historic New Englands Collections Access Portal. A paper finding aid is available in the Library & Archives.
This collection was a gift to Historic New England from George Fiske, Jr. He and his wife, Elaine, bought the Walter M. Cabot House in 1981.
AR039
Walter M. Cabot House collection
2012
AR039
This collection contains original architectural drawings, landscape plans, and photographs of the Walter M. Cabot House located in Sherborn, Massachusetts. It also contains two printed materials, a magazine and book, related to the history of the house and Sherborn.
Gift
1922-1999, undated, bulk 1922-1925
Gift of George Fiske, Jr., 2012
Sherborn (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
New York City (New York state)
Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Dover (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Fiske, George, Jr. (Compiler)
Weber, Paul J. (Photographer)
Chandler, Joseph Everett (Architect)
Olmsted Brothers (Landscape architect)
mounts (secondary support)
blueprints (reprographic copies)
elevations (orthographic projections)
floor plans
landscaping plans
signatures (names)
albumen prints
Fiske, George, Jr.
Weber, Paul J.
Chandler, Joseph Everett
Cabot, George, 1752-1823
House Beautiful Magazine
Olmsted Brothers
Photograph
Architecture
This collection is available for research.
Materials were rehoused for long-term preservation.
The photographs in this collection were originally mounted on heavy paper and signed. Prior to being acquired by Historic New England, the photographs were removed from their original mounts and dry mounted to matte board. Photographer Paul Weber's signatures were cut off and stored in an envelope with the rest of the collection.
Prior to acquisition by Historic New England, the blueprints and landscape plans were treated.
Photographs were interleaved with acid-free paper.
(c1999-). Sherborn, Massachusetts :images of the past.. Phoenix Pub.,.
Collection
Photographs and printed materials are housed in a flat storage box on shelf HAV-01-403-Z-L-401. Architectural drawings are housed in oversized folders in flat file drawer HAV-01-403-Z-G-306. The book Sherborn: Images of the Past was catalogued and placed into the larger bibliographic collection. As such, it is not housed with the rest of the Walter M. Cabot collection.
Accruals are not expected.
No materials have been removed from this collection.
Materials are entirely in English.
Item identification. Folder #. Walter M. Cabot House collection (AR039). Historic New England, Library & Archives.
This collection was processed by Susan Johnson, intern, 2012. Processing was reviewed and finding aid created by Jordan Meyerl, Archives Cataloguer, 2022.
This finding aid is Second Edition DACS-compliant.
Trade card for Paul J. Weber, photographer, 68 Kenwood Street, Dorchester, Mass., undated
Joseph Everett Chandler diaries collection
The Walter M. Cabot House is located at 23 Hollis Street in Sherborn, MA. The Georgian Revival home with Federal elements was designed by architect Joseph Everett Chandler (1863-1946) and built in 1924 for Walter M. Cabot, Esq. The landscape and gardens were designed by the Olmsted Brothers. The house occupies the site of the Barak Leland House, which was built in 1750 and consumed in a fire in January 1915. Cabot bought the property in the early 1920s. The Cabot family descends from George Cabot (1752-1823), the American merchant, cotton mill owner, and politician from Salem, Massachusetts. The photographs of the Walter M. Cabot House were taken by renowned architectural and landscape photographer Paul J. Weber circa 1925. In 1981, the house was sold to Elaine and George F. Fiske, Jr.
Gordon, E. W. (1981, September). 23 Hollis Street. sherbornma.org. https://www.sherbornma.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif1201/f/uploads/hollis_023.pdf.
Russell, E. H. (1929, April). A House of New England Tradition: The House of Walter M. Cabot, Esq. House Beautiful, 455-458, 502, 504, 508.
Shaughnessy, A. C. (1974). Area 8. In A. Shaughnessy (Ed.), A Guide to Sherborn (pp. 53-59). 300th Anniversary Committee.
The collection is arranged in 3 series, which are arranged into subseries as follows:
Series I. Architectural drawings, 1922, 1924-1925, undated
Subseries I. Blueprints, 1922
Subseries II. Landscape drawings, 1924-1925, undated
Series II. Photographs, circa 1925
Series III. Printed materials, 1929, 1999
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact info@historicnewengland.org.
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