Endicott House

The MIT Endicott House is a conference center located in Dedham, Massachusetts, about 10 miles (16 km) south-west from downtown Boston.

"[1] Endicott House stands on a site previously occupied by "Rockweld," the home of American Civil War hero General Stephen Minot Weld Jr. Weld began designing the vast gardens during the 1880s, and hired the landscape architecture firm of Frederick Law Olmsted to advise him, although most of the designs were his own.

[1] Weld used the land to create a series of ponds, waterfalls, open vistas, and winding forest paths.

"[1] Over 500 different species of plants adorned the grounds by the 1920s, including trainloads of azaleas and rhododendrons that were imported from southern states.

Today the house retains much original character and artwork, antiques, oriental rugs, and Flemish tapestries donated by the Endicott family.