Julian de Cordova

Julian de Cordova (January 2, 1851 – November 23, 1945) was an American businessman and art collector.

He donated the land on which the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum now stands in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

de Cordova became a successful tea broker, wholesale merchant and investor.

[3] The family summered in Lincoln, Massachusetts, where in 1910 they remodeled their home of twenty-seven years to resemble a European castle.

[1] In 1930, de Cordova donated his home and 22 acres (8.9 ha) of land to the Town of Lincoln on the condition that a museum be founded upon his death.