A well-known artist, Florence Hosmer (1880-1978) attended the Massachusetts College of Art, later serving on its faculty. Active in artistic circles, she operated a studio and tearoom on prestigious Newbury Street in Boston and spent summers at artist colonies in Peterborough, New Hampshire, Ogunquit, Maine, and Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Her paintings were displayed by the Copley Society and The International Institute of Boston, and are owned by the Essex Institute, Dartmouth College, Danforth Museum, and many private collections. Hosmer supported herself fully through her work. In 1959, she deeded her family home, the Hosmer House, its contents and 450 paintings to the Town of Sudbury, Massachusetts as a permanent memorial to her family.