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PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF OCEAN EDGE RESORT & GOLF CLUB S ometime in the 1880s, bank czar Samuel Nickerson stabbed the golden tip of his cane into a 48 -acre plot of land in Brewster on Cape Cod. This was it. This was where he would build a home for his son, Roland. Nickerson had returned east from the windy streets of Chicago, where he made a cool fortune as the founder and president of the First National Bank of Chicago. He would build Fieldstone Hall, one of the swankiest houses in town. Over a century later, that property has trans- formed into the Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club—still very swanky—which has won the AAA Four Diamond rating and a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. This summer, guests will enjoy the resort's extensive $40 million renovation, including the addition of 31 villas by the resort's private beach. But back to the Nickerson family. Fieldstone Hall, built in 1890, quickly became the social center of high society in Brewster, welcoming local and national dignitaries (including President Grover Cleveland) for lavish par- ties. The family used part of the land (which is now Nickerson State Park) as private hunting grounds and kept it stocked with beer and deer. Liveried servants stood vigil, and the carriage house was the size of a substantial A Grande Dame Finds New Life BREWSTER'S VENERABLE OCEAN EDGE RESORT & GOLF CLUB CELEBRATES THE PROPERTY'S HISTORY WITH A $40 MILLION RENOVATION. BY JESSICA LANIEWSKI The historic Nickerson Mansion, built in 1907, has become a premier resort destination. Haut e P roperty 112 BOSTONCOMMON-MAGAZINE.COM NEWS, STARS, AND TRENDS IN REAL ESTATE