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ASA Bushnell Estate - Osterville, MA
The Casual Gourmet, Cape Cod's Foremost Caterer and Event Planner is accorded 'Preferred Status' at the Asa Bushnell
Estate in Osterville, MA.
Please contact us or call 1.508.775.4946 for direct assistance in planning your Cape Cod wedding, rehearsal dinner, or unique Cape Cod event. We'd be delighted to help you find the perfect location.
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History of the Asa Bushnell Center
During the year of the Stock Market Crash in 1929, construction began that spring on a beautiful brick-faced mansion in Centerville, Massachusetts known as the “Cornish Estate.” Forty-four years later the Eastern College Athletic Conference moved its cramped headquarters from New York City to Cape Cod to that same location.
The building was completed in the spring of 1930 at a total cost of $180,000. Slightly more than $100,000 went into the house itself, with an additional $40,000 to $50,000 spent on site preparation and landscaping. With the exception of several large trees, every tree on the property was planted after construction. The “Old Hundred House,” a rambling Captain’s Home which at that time was over 100 years old, was moved from its location on the South Main Street corner of the 6.5 acre plot of land to its present location farther down on Craigville Beach Road.
The architect for the present-day Bushnell Center was John Barnard of Boston, and the construction was done by the firm of Howard Marshall, also of Boston. The style of the home is patterned after George Washington's Mount Vernon, complete with the big white pillars on the front side overlooking the water.
Among the highlights of the construction are: all of the door hardware was made by hand for the home; the brass light fixtures are copies of Williamsburg fixtures, and all were handmade in Boston’s North Bennett Street Industrial School; underneath the carpeting, the floors are solid oak; the woodwork and windows are all natural pine; there are eight wells on the property and there is also a converter system so that either the well water or town water may be used; the house has six heating zones, 17 rooms, eight bathrooms, an incinerator and a large basement formerly used as a five-car garage.
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From casual afternoon celebrations by the beach to elegant evenings at some of the finest Cape Cod Wedding locations, The Casual Gourmet will match your every wish with a distinctive wedding plan. Whether you dream of sea breezes and sand dunes, or candlelight and champagne, we can steer you to the perfect venue, craft a menu to suit your taste, and guide you through each step of planning a Cape Cod Reception that is uniquely yours.
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