In 1929, the Roadside Committee of the Lenox Garden Club purchased the Powers and Crockett Farms at 472 West Mountain Road. With that purchase they created the 300 acre Pleasant…
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Lenox native James Van Der Zee (1886-1983), was an African-American photographer whose studio portraits and other photographs document the lives of middle-class African-Americans. He gained fame for his photographs taken…
The private school era in Lenox goes on in various forms, but the private boarding school era largely came to an end in the 1970’s. The rise and fall of…
The Gilded Age Repurposed for Jazz The Countess de Heredia died in 1946 and in 1947 the magnificent mansion, Wheatleigh, that her father constructed in 1895 plus 25 acres was sold…
Tanglewood History Begins at the Hanna Farm Despite the dark days of the Depression, conductor-composer Henry Hadley worked with Gertrude Robinson Smith and others to put together the first Berkshire…
Today the Tanglewood Music Festival attracts 350,000 visitors a year. Although it is on the border with Stockbridge, it is a major contributor to the Lenox tourist industry as well…
The summer of 1934 is celebrated as laying the groundwork Tanglewood (even though it was a different orchestra in a different place), but the story really begins earlier. To get…
The Lenox Historic District was established in June 1975 by a vote at a special town meeting of 162 in favor, 20 opposed. It was one of the first Historic…
The Lenox Easter Fire The Easter Fire on Lenox Main Street on April 11, 1909 changed the face of Lenox Main Street and cost six people their lives. The area…
Started as a Stagecoach Stop Since the earliest days of the county Lenox’s Main St. has been a path-road-highway from the southern entrance to the county to Pittsfield. The site…
Lenox Water System – Meeting Challenges The clear, drinkable water we get from our taps is easy to take for granted. Lenox is fortunate to live in a region with…
A 1943 Town and Country article introduced an article on the beautiful summer home of George Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen with the headline “Mutiny in the Berkshires.” First Modernist House in…
Roselle Charlock gave a talk Oct. 30, 2014 at the Lenox Library which rounded out the information from Rick Goeld on Windsor Mountain School. Rosalie’s talk provided an introduction to her…
From 1950 to 1961 Bruno and Claire Aron owned what is now Ventfort Hall and ran it as a hotel for culture oriented travelers of all races and religions. Festival…
With its emphasis on experiential learning and letting the learner define the pace and structure of learning, progressive education techniques were/are particularly appropriate for young people who had trouble learning…
Serge Alexandrovich Koussevitzky was born July 26, 1874 to a poor Jewish family in what is now Tver Oblast Russia – about 155 miles northwest of Moscow. His parents were…
From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This is a two-story, three-bay wide house, three bays deep, in the Classical Revival style. It was constructed of…
From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This wood-framed Colonial Revival-style house is two stories tall and has six bays on its atypical asymmetrical front facade….
From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This is an Arts and Crafts-style house, the inspiration of which was rooted in English Cottage architecture. The 2-story,…
From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission Note: There were two buildings on this site – formerly 83 and 87 Church St. – now combined into one address:…
Based on Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: The original 19th century vernacular dwelling has been obscured by later additions and alterations. This undetermined style wood…
Based on Surveys Completed 2012-2013 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Colonial Revival style building has two stories with an asphalt shingle roof, 7-bays, a center entrance, and…
From Surveys Completed 2012-2013 by the Lenox Historical Commission ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Colonial Revival style building has two stories, an asphalt shingle roof and is intact. It has 2-bay, 2-story,…
From Form B’s Completed by Lenox Historical Commission 2012-2013 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This Classical Revival style building has two stories with an asphalt shingle roof. It has been altered. The front…