Thanks for the lead. I will look into it.

                                Bob Schuyler


At 09:10 AM 7/22/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>There is a story of the W.E. Baker Estates in Needham, MA.  You could
>probably get more information from the Needham Historical Society, but the
>site was established around the 1850's-1880's by a sewing-machine magnate
>William E. Baker as a sort of theme-park, possibly one of the earliest.  He
>collected all sort of antiquities and built all sort of amusements as
>attractions to customers.  MA governors were known to frequent the place.
>However, I believe - from my recollection- that this would fall into the
>category of "dying with builder" as I believe the site no longer exists.  It
>would be an interesting project to find any material remains of the
>attractions, but I doubt such an endeavor will take place.
>Hope this can help and that it's what you were looking for.
>Scott Wieczorek
>
>
Robert L. Schuyler
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