# Codman House

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The **Codman House** (also known as **The Grange**) is a historic house set on a 16-acre (6.5-hectare) estate at 36 Codman Road, [Lincoln, Massachusetts](/source/Lincoln,_Massachusetts). Thanks to a gift by Dorothy Codman, it has been owned by [Historic New England](/source/Historic_New_England) since 1969 and is open to the public June 1–October 15 on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. An admission fee is charged.

The main house was originally [Georgian](/source/Georgian_architecture) in style and was built in approximately 1735 by [Chambers Russell](/source/Chambers_Russell), the de facto founder of Lincoln, Massachusetts. It was enlarged in the 1790s to its current three-story [Federal style](/source/Federal_style_architecture) by John Codman, brother-in-law of Chambers Russell III and executor of his estate. This was perhaps with some involvement of noted American architect [Charles Bulfinch](/source/Charles_Bulfinch). The interior is extensively furnished with portraits, memorabilia, and art works collected in [Europe](/source/Europe). Various rooms preserve the decorative schemes of every era, including those of noted interior designer [Ogden Codman, Jr.](/source/Ogden_Codman,_Jr.)

The former carriage house, built c. 1870 to a design by [Snell & Gregerson](/source/Snell_%26_Gregerson), is also located on the property.[2] Until the 1980s, it was original to its use as a stable and an early auto garage and contained many artifacts of both. A few of those artifacts continue to be on display in the carriage house including an early gas pump and a large machine powered lathe.

The grounds have been farmed almost continuously since 1735 and now also include an Italian garden, circa 1899, with perennial beds, statuary, and a [reflecting pool](/source/Reflecting_pool) filled with [waterlilies](/source/Nymphaeaceae), as well as an English [cottage garden](/source/Cottage_garden), circa 1930.

The Codman Estate was added to the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) as "The Grange" in 1974.[1]

## See also

- [National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Middlesex_County,_Massachusetts)

## References

1. ["MACRIS inventory record for Codman House"](https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=lin.11). Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-02.

## External links

- [Codman Estate information at Historic New England's web site](https://www.historicnewengland.org/property/codman-estate/)
- [Codman Estate rental information](https://www.historicnewengland.org/visit/property-rentals/codman-estate/)

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