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Revolutionary War through Civil War

Early Lenox settlers had barely started to clear the enormous trees enough to raise crops, and set up the basic mechanics of running a town when the Revolutionary War started. As the county legal center from 1787 to 1868, Lenox attracted a relatively learned population that set the stage for its subsequent life as a resort.

266 East St., Bartlett Farm-c.1797

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From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This wood-framed Federal period house exhibits the classic characteristics of the type: gable roof, two stories, five bays, central…

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September 11, 2014
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13 Cliffwood St., Worthington House – 1815

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by Lenox Historical Society ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION This was originally a Federal-style house that has been altered over the years. The paired brackets under the eaves, round-arched…

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September 10, 2014
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9 Cliffwood St., Calvin Burnham House – c.1805

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Federal style building has two stories, an asphalt shingle roof and is intact. It is a 5-bay building…

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September 10, 2014
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169 Main St., Church on the Hill – 1805

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Federal style building has two stories, an asphalt shingle roof and is intact. It has a three-bay center…

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September 9, 2014
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114 Main St., Cook House – 1790

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarOne Comment

From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Federal style building has two stories, a standing-seam metal roof and has been significantly altered. There is a…

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September 9, 2014
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80 Main St., Harriet R. Hickok House – 1835

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Greek Revival style building has two stories, an asphalt shingle roof and has been significantly altered. It is…

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September 9, 2014
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48 Main St., Oliver Peck House – c.1835

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Federal style building has two stories, an asphalt shingle roof and has been altered. It has a three-bay center entrance and a pedimented front gable roof with…

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September 9, 2014
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27 Housatonic St., First County Courthouse – 1791

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This undetermined style building has two stories, an asphalt shingle roof and has been altered. It is a wood…

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September 9, 2014
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17 Housatonic St., Jacob Washburn House – c.1825

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From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Federal style building has two stories, an asphalt shingle roof and has been altered. It has brick construction…

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September 9, 2014
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73 Main St., James Robbins House – c.1807

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Federal style building has two stories, an asphalt shingle roof and has been minimally altered. There is a…

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September 9, 2014
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65 Main St., Lenox Academy – c.1802

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Federal style building has two stories, an asphalt shingle roof and is intact. It has a five-bay center…

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September 9, 2014
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18 Main St., Second County Court House – 1815

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Federal/Neo-Classical style building has two stories, a metal roof and is intact. It has a three-bay, center entrance…

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September 9, 2014
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7 Main St., Maj. Gen. John Patterson House – 1783

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Federal style building has two stories, an asphalt shingle roof and has been minimally altered. It is a 5-bay,…

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September 9, 2014
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6 Main St., Curtis Hotel – 1829

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil War2 Comments

Information from Surveys Completed 2011-2012 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Georgian/Colonial Revival style building has four stories, an asphalt shingle roof and has been altered. It is masonry construction with brick laid…

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September 9, 2014
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9 Franklin St., Franklin Washburn House – c.1850

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Gothic Vernacular style building which took its form from the Greek Revival houses of the 1830’s and 1840’s….

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September 9, 2014
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17 Franklin St., George Walker House – c.1840

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission NoteThis house as well as       are examples of another historic preservation problem — the house remains but is…

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September 9, 2014
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25 Franklin St., Freeman Gates House – c.1850

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Gothic Revival style building has two stories, an asphalt shingle roof and is intact. It is a 3-bay,…

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September 9, 2014
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94 Church St., Matthew Colbert House – c.1850

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Greek Revival/Gothic Revival style building has two stories, an asphalt shingle roof and is intact. The original part…

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September 9, 2014
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93 Church St. – c.1810

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Federal style building has two stories, an asphalt shingle roof and has been minimally altered. It is a…

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September 9, 2014
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86 Church St., Lenox District School House No.2 – c. 1850

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarOne Comment

  From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Greek Revival style building has one story, an asphalt shingle roof and has been minimally altered. It…

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September 9, 2014
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80 Church St., James Stanley House – c.1853

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: The original features of this mid-nineteenth century house have been removed or obscured by later alterations. This undetermined style…

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September 9, 2014
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65 and 69 Church St.

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: The original form of this vernacular house has been largely obscured by its annexation to its neighbor at 69…

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September 8, 2014
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27 Church St., First Episcopal Church – c.1816

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

Based on Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: The two story wood frame structure was built in the Gothic style of a New England frame with…

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September 8, 2014
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30 Church St., Timothy Mahanna House – c. 1856

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

Based on Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Gothic Revival style wood frame building has two stories, an asphalt shingle roof and has been significantly…

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September 8, 2014
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25 Church St., Methodist Church – c. 1833

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

  From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Greek Revival wood frame, front gable two story building with brick side wall chimney was built in…

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September 8, 2014
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21 Church St., William P. Walker House

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

Based on Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Greek Revival/Queen Anne style building has two stories, an asphalt shingle roof and is intact. It is…

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September 8, 2014
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16 Church St., John Whitlock House – c.1771

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

Information from Surveys Completed 2012-2013 by Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Colonial Revival style building has two stories, a slate roof and has been significantly altered. It is a…

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September 8, 2014
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42 Walker St., Richard Walker House – 1837

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil WarNo Comments

From Surveys Completed 2012-2013 by the Lenox Historical Commission  ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Greek Revival style building has two stories, an asphalt shingle roof, and is intact. It has 3-bay, and…

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September 6, 2014
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64 Walker St., Judge William Walker House, 1804

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil War2 Comments

From Form B’s Completed by Lenox Historical Commission 2012-2013 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Federal style building has two stories, a slate roof and is intact. There are 5-bay, and a hipped…

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September 4, 2014
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Revolutionary War Heroes: Major General John Paterson

By lenoxhistoryLenox Village, Revolutionary War through Civil War3 Comments

More than 225 men from Lenox participated in the Revolutionary War and those they left at home sacrificed as well.  So there was no shortage of heroes from Lenox.  However…

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August 27, 2014
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