The always perfect lawn in Bristol

Submitted by SER1ALxK1LLA t3_10d7cir in RhodeIsland

So there’s this lawn on Main Street in Bristol that’s always done up picture perfect and I was wondering if anyone knew the whole story of it. I was told the old owner of the house was a landscaper and always made sure his lawn looked nice like it does now and since it’s always looked like that another landscaper took it upon themselves to honor that man and keep his grass looking picture perfect for him since it seemed to be pride and joy but I would like to know more if anyone knows anything, there seemingly isn’t a news article about it anywhere online that I could find using similar keywords and phrases

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possiblecoin t1_j4lcrvl wrote

There was an article about it in the Providence Journal years ago. Basically the son who inherited the house doesn't have the heart to sell it or live in it. It's basically a museum at this point, with his father's clothes still in the drawers, etc. Pristine but otherwise untouched. It's kind of sweet but also a little weird.

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beauford3641 t1_j4kqg8l wrote

Gotta be Caesar Brito's house on Hope Street, right at the light of Hope and Gooding Ave (the one with the letters CB on the fence). That's pretty much what I know about him. That house has always been perfectly landscaped.

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geffe71 t1_j4kzy1z wrote

The owner died and there is a trust to keep the house and grounds immaculate.

No one lives there, it’s a monument to him

Edit: Family can stay there for the 4th of July parade

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jensinoutaspace t1_j4mfoyi wrote

Brito's house. The house is abadoned but they keep it like a shrine to him.

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ToadScoper t1_j4pyekh wrote

It’s the Brito house, an abandoned house that’s kept up as a monument to the former owners by the son. When I was little there were several urban legends that the house was actually a mausoleum- allegedly the caskets were never buried but were kept in the parlor of the house. And no, that isn’t true for obvious reasons

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