The Crossways is officially on the market. Listing agent Nicole Willey of TEAM Metrowest priced the 10,269-square-foot estate at $3.5 million, marking its first public sale since the Mastroianni family acquired it in 1960. The property sits on Adin Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts, a location long known as "Millionaire's Row" due to the concentration of industrialist wealth.
The home’s architecture reflects its Gilded Age origins. Built in 1914, the structure features a 39-foot ballroom with cherrywood floors, coffered ceilings, and decorative plaster moldings. These period details remain intact alongside modern updates, including hydro-air heating and updated electrical systems. The 2.36-acre lot includes formal Italian gardens, an in-ground pool, and a hot tub.
The estate’s history is inseparable from the Draper family scandal. B.H. Bristow Draper, son of Lt. Governor Eben S. Draper, married Queena Sanford, a New York chorus girl, in 1907. The union led to his disownment and a stint working 10-hour shifts at a Vermont cotton mill. The family reconciled after the birth of their first child, allowing Bristow to reenter the Draper Corporation, where he eventually served as president until his death in 1944.
Hopedale’s economy was once driven by the Draper Corporation, the largest maker of automated cotton looms in the United States. The Crossways sits near The Ledges, a Jazz Age stone castle built for Bristow’s brother. The town, located 35 miles southwest of Boston, continues to blend its industrial legacy with modern recreational spaces like the 180-acre Hopedale Parklands.