In 1911, W.R. Coe leased Planting Fields estate from the Byrne family. In December of 1913 he purchased the house and 353 acre estate for $625,000. Coe then began the specimen plantings and development of cultivated gardens, horticultural collections and rolling lawns that characterize the property today. W.R. Coe with his children at Planting Fields, c. 1915 The Coes also brought approximately $11,000 worth of furnishings and fixtures for their new house.

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