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 Olmsted. 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.
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