by LYNN ACKERMAN Lyman Estate Greenhouse Manager
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HOW THE LYMAN ESTATE Became a Hotbed of Growth tepping inside the greenhouses at the Lyman Estate in Waltham, Massachusetts, is like being transported back in time. Indeed, they are among the oldest surviving structures 16
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of their kind in the United States. Historic New England is fortunate to have this horticultural gem in its collection of historic properties. Since acquiring The Vale (as the estate was christened), Historic New England has continued the cultivation tradition that the Lyman family began
in the late eighteenth century. Today, the Lyman Estate Greenhouses complex includes a grape house that was built in 1804 and the camellia house, erected in 1820. There is also a greenhouse dating to the 1840s that was used for growing cut flowers and now serves as a shop where visitors
