From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:

This Colonial Revival style building has two stories, an asphalt shingle roof and has been altered. It is a 2-bay wood frame with a front gable roof with eave returns. It has wood clapboard (front) & shingle (sides) siding. There are corner boards and an original 2-o-2 attic window. There are paired windows on the second floor. A full front porch was added c.1895 and there is a rear porch with a shed roof.

HISTORICAL NARRATIVE:

Originally owned by William Jenne, a Lenox builder who may have built the house himself. The house is notable for having survived the 1909 Easter fire, which destroyed much of this block, including three houses just south of this one on Church St.

It was first depicted on the 1893 Sanborn Map.

The property was purchased by Richard W. Wise in 1994.

BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES:

Sanborn Maps

Registry of Deeds, Pittsfield 250.432

Lenox Assessor’s database 2012