Built After a High-Society Scandal, a $3.5 Million Gilded Age Mansion Hits ‘Millionaire’s Row’ in Massachusetts

A second Draper family estate has come to market on Hopedale's Adin Street, the Massachusetts road once dubbed "Millionaire's Row." The Crossways, at 105 Adin Street, shares the street with The Ledges, the Jazz Age castle built for Eben S. Draper Jr, and is newly listed for $3.5 million. "Along Adin Street stood a collection of named estates associated with the families who helped shape Hopedale," says listing agent Nicole Willey of TEAM Metrowest. "Formerly home to B.H. Bristow Draper and Queena Sanford Draper, The Crossways is a 1914 mansion with a direct connection to Hopedale's storied Draper legacy," Willey adds.Loading...A cozy sunroom on the estateFlylisted & Mack MediaLoading...The foyer and main staircase Flylisted & Mack MediaLoading...One of several living room spaces with original period detailingFlylisted & Mack MediaThat legacy came with a bit of drama. In 1907, Bristow, son of then-Lt. Gov. Eben S. Draper and brother of Eben S. Draper Jr., walked away from an engagement to a Boston society heiress to marry Queena, a New York chorus girl. His father cut him off, and Bristow took a job working 10-hour days in a Vermont cotton mill. The birth of a granddaugh...