The Story of the K6 British Telephone Box

The Story of the K6 British Telephone Box

In the Brooks Estate Carriage House sits an interesting artifact: a bright red K6 British telephone box. Thanks to a grant from the Medford Arts Council, this telephone box will soon be more publicly enjoyed at Arts Collaborative Medford (ACM). ACM will clean and...
A Tale of Two Paintings!

A Tale of Two Paintings!

The paintings below are both by renowned American portrait-painter John Singer Sargent. Both paintings – one featuring Sarah Lawrence Brooks and the other featuring her daughter, Eleanor Brooks – were created in the Brooks Estate in 1890. The Sarah...
On the National Register of Historic Places

On the National Register of Historic Places

The Brooks Estate is on the National Register of Historic Places! The NHRP is the United States’ federal government’s official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or...