From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
This wood-framed house is two stories high, two bays wide, but with a 3-story pedimented tower angled out 45-degrees from its left front corner. The roof is hipped with projecting gabled bays and dormers, and clad with asphalt. It has a molded verge board. There is a brick center chimney. Corner boards, wood banding along the top of the second floor windows and bottom of first floor windows, water-table, and vertical bay-defining boards all reveal its Stick Style design. A wrap-around porch, from front to a right side ell, has a pediment with incised decoration above its entrance, four turned posts, two engaged turned posts, scroll sawn and incised braces and valances, and a railing with millwork balusters below arches. The front door is a 2-part Dutch type with a 9-light Queen Anne-style window over three panels. A 1-story lean-to is located behind the right-side ell. A 2-story canted bay window with projecting pedimented gable roof supported by scroll sawn corner braces below is located on the left side. There are a number of original 5-o-1 and 9-o-1 windows; others have been replaced. The foundation is of rough-faced cut stone.
NOTE: On the 1876 Beers Map, there are two properties labeled Mrs. M. Newton and J. S. Smith; the houses on which appear to have been demolished and replaced by this one.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE:
This property was owned by Mr. Ensign Loomis until 1855 when he sold it to Mr. James S. Smith who lived at the residence until 1888. Mr. Murry A. Brown bought the property in 1888 and sold it two years later to Issac J. Newton. Mr. Newton lived in the house until 1935 when he sold the house to Mr. Adelbert I. Newton and his wife, Beatrice. In 1943, Edward and Ora Burke bought the house. In 1989 the property was sold to Doralene Davis who sold it to Marc Rosenthal in 2000.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES:
1876 Beers Map
Town of Lenox Assessors Records
Registry of Deeds, Pittsfield
Lenox Town Hall records
McAlester, Lee and Virginia, A Field Guide to American Houses, p. 262-267
36 Cliffwood St., Churchill Satterlee House – c. 1880
From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
The style of this house is Italianate. It features a front gable roof (from which the brackets have probably been removed) with eave returns and pedimented dormers on both the right and left sides, also having eave returns. Slate shingles clad the roof and dormers. There are two interior brick chimneys and round- or Roman-arched attic windows. A 2-story canted bay window, with flared pent between first and second floors is set well back from the front facade. It serves as the terminus for a porch that extends across the front and wraps around to the right side. The porch has seven chamfered pillars and two pilasters, incised scroll sawn brackets and braces, a spindled balustrade and a standing seam metal roof. First floor windows on the front facade are very tall. Most of the windows are intact 2-o-2 double hung sashes. There is a 2-story rear ell. The stone foundation has beaded joints. The house has been resided with metal clapboard and the window blinds are decorative. The building now houses law offices, which are posted on a ground-mounted sign in the front yard. The yard contains mature deciduous trees and shrubs. Several bluestone slabs provide a walkway up to the porch entrance.
NOTE: This house is not depicted on the 1876 Beers Map, but the lot is labeled “E. Loomis.”
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE:
Orginally built as a summer home, it was named Syringa Cottage because the Latin word Syringa means Lilac. Lilac bushes surround the property. This cottage was the home of Mrs. Churchill Satterlee. In the 1950’s it was the office of Dr. Harter. Dr. Harter sold the property to Charles Alberti. In 1979, Mr. Charles Alberti sold the property to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Heller.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES:
1876 Beers Map
Assessor’s Reports
Lenox Town Hall Records
Mr. Philip Heller
Wood, David, Lenox Massachusetts Shire Town, p. 201
From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
The design of this house combines features of the Gothic Revival and Queen Anne styles. It is wood framed with a front gable roof clad in asphalt, with a decorative verge board with a wavy edge overlaid with a sawtooth board and spire at its peak. There is a large shed-roofed dormer on its right side. An exposed and painted brick side wall chimney is on the left facade along with a large, 3-story square tower with hipped roof. The front door surround has panels on its sides, with a transom over the door only. A front porch wraps around to the right side of the house; it has a hipped roof, 7 chamfered columns, and millwork railing. A 1-story ell on the right side, with a second front facing entrance, may have been a portion of the wrap-around porch that was enclosed to provide a vestibule. The 2-o-2 windows look to be original and have authentic window blinds.
NOTE: The house is sited on a large tract of land labeled “E. Loomis” on the 1876 Beers Map (no house depicted).
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE:
This house was first built by the Clifford family of Lenox. The Clifford family lived at this sold the house address until they sold the house to the Mole family. Mrs. Peter J. Piretti acquired the property in 1976.
From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox historical Commission
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
This house was designed as a modern interpretation of the English Cottage style that became exceedingly popular in the early 20th century and is essentially intact. It is a stucco-clad wood-framed house, two stories high and four bays wide. It has a steeply pitched cross-gable roof with slate shingles. The front facade is asymmetrically organized and articulated. A front gabled entrance pavilion has a painted brick kneewall and round-arched door surround with quoining and soldier course brickwork. Within this surround is a unique multi-pane sidelight-transom combination that echoes the arch of the surround and door itself. The front door has a full-length 15-light window topped by a fanlight. On the second floor above the front entry is a 3-part window with a large 12-light window flanked by 8-light casements. To the right of the entry pavilion is a painted brick front wall chimney; to the left is mid-floor level round-arched window (indicative of an interior stair landing). A recessed ell off the left side has a lower gable roof and massive brick chimney and is fronted by a shed-roofed porch. A slightly recessed wing off the right side of the main house has a roof that extends down to the top of the first floor on the front facade. A 2-story cross-gabled rear ell has two sections, with two brick interior chimneys. Eight-light casement windows are generally grouped into sets of four. There is a c.1883 wood-framed, front gable-roofed barn located behind the house. The house is sited well back from Cliffwood Street. The grounds are extensive, with open lawns, mature coniferous and deciduous trees. An in-ground pool is located behind the house; tennis courts occupy the outer portion of the left side yard. Curvilinear driveways have access to Cliffwood at two points plus via an alley running along the left property line. Chainlink fencing surrounds most of the property.
“For many years a partner with William A. Delano under the name of Delano & Aldrich, a firm which designed many buildings of note, both public and residential. Born and educated at Providence, R. I., Mr. Aldrich prepared for a career in architecture in study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Awarded his diploma at the latter school in 1900, he returned to New York and three years later began practice in association with Mr. Delano. After their first important commission, Walters Art Gallery at Baltimore (1904), the partners enjoyed an active and highly successful career, in which their best known works were: Union Club, Park Avenue, New York; The Colony and Knickerbocker Clubs in New York; Japanese Embassy at Washington, D.C., the new Embassy of the U. S. at Paris, France; School of Music at Smith College, Northampton, Mass.; Chapel and Dormitories, Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn.; Riggs Foundation Building, Stockbridge, Mass.; Russell Sage Music Building at Northfield, Mass.; Sterling Laboratories and Sage Hall, Yale University; Willard Straight Hall at Cornell University (1925); and their outstanding achievement, the new Post Office Department Building at Washington, D. C., completed in 1933.
“In the field of domestic architecture the firm won added distinction. The country estates and homes designed for many prominent persons were not-worthy for their good taste, dignity and charm. Outstanding examples of these were the Estate of the late John D. Rockefeller at Pocantico Hills, summer home of Otto Kahn at Cold Springs Harbor, Long Island, residence for Vincent Astor, Port Washington Long Island, Mrs. Dwight Morrow’s home at Englewood, N. J., and at Lenox Mass., residence for Osgood Field.
“A distinguished member of the profession, Mr. Aldrich was admitted to the A.I.A. in 1907 and in 1916 became a Fellow. He was an active member of the New York Chapter, A.I.A., the Architectural League of New York, the Society of Beaux Arts Architects, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the National Academy of Art, and many social organizations. Mr. Aldrich remained a bachelor all his life. He spent many years visiting in Italy, a country for which he had deep affection, and his death occurred during a stay in Rome.” [Cited a New York Times obituary: 12/27/1940.][1]
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE:
This house was built as a summer home by Mr. and Mrs. George Folsom in 1884. Mr. Folsom was the law partner to President Grover Cleveland. Miss Frances Folsom married the President in the first White House wedding. She was 22 years old and President Cleveland was 50 at the time. In 1925 the original house was destroyed by fire and it was rebuilt the following year. The next owner was William T. Barnum sold the house to Mr. James G. Fletcher who was the Superintendent of the Lenox Public Schools. In 1948 Mrs. Bonnie Siegal sold the house to Mrs. Janet Upjohn Stearns. Mrs. Stearns sold the house to Louis and Doris S of Schroeter in 1970. In 1974, the Delvechio family bought the house and lived in it until 1986 when they sold it to Mr. and Mrs. Uwe Wascher.
Sylvie M. Nathanson of Sarasota, FL. acquired the property in 1991.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES:
Town of Lenox Assessor’s Report
Lewis, Arnold, American Country Houses of the Gilded Age, p. 13
Lenox Town Hall Records
Registry of Deeds, Pittsfield
Mrs. Christina Wascher
Wood, David, Lenox Massachusetts Shire Town, p. 201
Owens, Carol, The Berkshire Cottages, A Vanishing Era, p. 24
(copies of selected articles with original Form B)
[1] Henry F. Withey and Elsie Rathburn Withey. Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased). Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1970, (facsimile edition), pp. 13-14.
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, 4-bay house is constructed of clay tile and has a stucco finish. Bricks face the foundation. It has a gable roof clad with asphalt shingles. There are four large interior brick chimneys with caps. The entry porch has a steeply pitched gable roof with flaring eaves and exposed rafters, supported by massive wood pillars atop painted and stucco’ed brick knee-walls. The door surround has 2/3rds-length, 4-pane sidelights. A 2-story cross-gabled pavilion is on the right side of the front facade. Its roof extends down to the first floor on the right side with a shed-roofed dormer. The pavilion contains a secondary front entry flanked by 4-light windows and a 1-story gabled garage wing with two left-facing vehicle bays extends forward of it, attached with a breezeway. Behind this pavilion there is a small lean-to with porch and rear entry that extends from the rear right side of the main house (facing Yokun Avenue). There are two rear ells: One is two stories with a cross-gabled roof located near the center of the main gabled section. The second is a single story porch under an extension of the main roof with a dormer. Sets of three and four 8-light casement windows are located on the first floor front and side facades, while paired 4-o-4 double hung windows are on the second floor and on the first floor to the right of the entrance. The second floor windows have authentic window blinds.
There is a stone wall along the front property line of Cliffwood Street right-of-way with curved sections at the driveway entrance off of Cliffwood Street. The driveway circles around in front of the house with a treed median. There is a brick patio that extends along the rear of the house. An in-ground swimming pool is located in the rear yard. Yokun Avenue borders the right side and rear property lines.
This house was almost certainly designed by Seaver since Harding died in 1921.
NOTE: The 1905 Sanborn Map depicts the previous property, labeled “Homestead” with two accessory buildings at the corner of Yokun and Cliffwood streets.
Harding and Seaver Architects
George C. Harding (1867-4/23/1921)
“Senior member of the firm of Harding & Seaver, architects of several noted public buildings in the New England area. Mr. Harding was a native and life-long citizen of Pittsfield, educated in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and had been active professionally since 1896. After working alone for a time, in 1902 he formed a partnership with Henry M. Seaver, and under the firm name acquired a wide and successful practice. His most important works include the following buildings: Museum of Natural History and Art at Pittsfield, 1907; the Y.M.C.A. Building, 1908; Lathrop Hall, 1905, and Memorial Chapel, 1914, at Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y.; Town Hall at Lenox, Mass., 1903, and Colby Academy at New London, N.H. Mr. Harding also designed a number of fine homes, one distinguished example being the country house of former Senator Crane at Dalton, Mass.”[1]
From MACRIS List – Sept. 16, 2008
Inv. No
Property Name
Street
City/Town
Year Built
LEN.25
Lenox Town Hall
6 Walker St
Lenox
1901
LEN.296
Slater, William House
249 Under Mountain Rd
Lenox
1901
LEN.23
Curtis Hotel
6 Main St
Lenox
1829
LEN.19
Hagyard, Frank C. Store
36 Main St
Lenox
1910
LEN.100
Hegeman, Annie May House
61 Cliffwood St
Lenox
1925
LEN.26
Lenox Fire House
14 Walker St
Lenox
1909
LEN.29
Peters, Leonard C. Block
46-50 Walker St
Lenox
1917
Henry M. Seaver (3/6/1873 –
The Edward A. Jones Memorial Building was designed by Pittsfield architect Henry M. Seaver. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1897 and began his own architectural firm in 1901.[2] By 1903 he had entered into a partnership with George C. Harding that lasted until Harding’s death in 1921.[3] During that period the firm designed the YMCA Building in Pittsfield; the Chapel at Colgate University in central New York; the Museum of Natural History and Art in Pittsfield; the Colby Academy in New London, New Hampshire; and the Lenox Town Hall.[4] After Harding’s death in 1921, Seaver kept the office open through 1933, during which time he designed the Jones building at the House of Mercy. Other buildings for which he was responsible in this period include the R.J. Flick Residence; an addition to the Berkshire Life Building in Pittsfield; and an addition to the Pittsfield Boys Club Building. He was also an associate architect on the Pittsfield High School Building.[5]
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE:
The home was built by Miss Annie May Hegeman in the 1920’s after the Homestead property was divided. The house stayed in the family until 1973 when William and Aleid Channing sold the home to Charles and Beverly Capers. The Capers sold the house in 1977 to Haldor B. Reinholt and in 2002 it was acquired by Eugenia D. Reinholt.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES:
1905 Sanborn Map
Lenox Town Hall Records
Mrs. Haldor Reinholt
Lenox: Massachusetts Shire Town, David Wood p. 187
[1] Henry F. Withey, AIA and Elsie Rathburn Withey, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased)(Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1970) p. 264.
[2] Berkshire Athenaeum/Pittsfield Library, History Department, Architects file.
[3] Henry F. Withey, AIA and Elsie Rathburn Withey, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased)(Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1970) p 264.
[4] Massachusetts Cultural Resource Inventory System (MACRIS) online at: <http://mhc-macris.net>
[5] Berkshire Athenaeum/Pittsfield Library, History Department, Architects file.
From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Commission
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
This is a 2-story, 5-bay, center entrance, wood-framed house designed in the Colonial Revival style. It has a hipped roof with asphalt shingles, modillions on the eaves, dentil bands on the cornices throughout, and several dormers. Porches have standing seam metal roofing. There are six large brick chimneys. It is clad with wood clapboard and shingles with corner pilasters. Fluted pilasters delineate the central entrance bay—a front gabled dormer is centered above, while a porte-cochere extends forward of it. The porte-cochere is supported by fluted Ionic columns and fluted pilasters. A 2-story, slightly recessed ell off the right side has gabled wings off its front and rear. A 2-story turret is nestled between it and the main section. It has a curved porch with three Doric columns that extends forward to be flush with the front facade. There is a double gabled dormer on the right side. The left facade has a Palladian window at mid-floor level (indicating a stair landing on the interior) that is flanked by two 1-story canted bay windows. Centered on the roof above is a hipped dormer. A glazed sunporch off the rear is topped by smaller gable-roofed second story room. Intact 6-o-6 windows have substantial molded headers and authentic wood window blinds. The foundation is stone. A circular driveway that runs in front of the house and under the porte-cochere is accessed from Yokun Avenue. An in-ground swimming pool is located behind and right of the house and garage. The property is heavily wooded with mature coniferous, deciduous and ornamental trees and shrubs, particularly along the property boundaries.
NOTE: This property was once part of Dr. R. C. Greenleaf Jr.’s estate per the 1876 Beers Map.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE:
The home named “Rocklawn” was built in 1886 by Mr. & Mrs. William Bacon as a summer residence.
The Chain of Title forward is as follows:
1922 Mr. & Mrs. George Higginsons Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Whipple.
1969 Mr. & Mrs. Desmond Tivy
1977 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Skinner
1986 David Hurwitz and Carolyn Dubrofsky
1990 Eugene P. Nesbada
1996 Reid White
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES:
1876 Beers Map
Lenox Town Hall Records
Lenox: Massachusetts Shire Town, David Wood, p. 199
50 Cliffwood St., Catherine McDevitt House – c. 1873
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
The style of this house is undetermined, and can simply be referred to as Vernacular Gothic (built in the Gothic Revival period). It is wood framed, two stories high, clad in wood clapboard with a 3-bay with a pedimented center entrance front façade, hip and gable roof and rectangular double-hung sashes with crowns and sills.
The house is oriented to the south (right side yard). It has a gable roof (based on its orientation) with asphalt shingles. There is a small brick center chimney.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
The property was once owned by Ensign Loomis. In 1873 he sold it to Miss Catherine McDevitt. In 1882 the home was sold to Mr. Victor Schmitt. In 1936 the house was sold to Barbara Byrne. In 1960 she sold the house to Mr. & Mrs. Robert Field. In 1986 the house was owned by Collen Engle and Susan Peters. They sold the house in 1987 to Georgina M. S. Jaquiss.
The property was purchased by Mark H. Usow in June of 2000 and then by Thomas Wessel in July of 2001.
The name of this house should be “The Catherine McDevitt House”. However, the house is not depicted on the 1854 Clark Map, which labels a large property across Cliffwood Street as “E. Loomis.” It appears that Loomis sold off lots on the East side of the street for development after this time.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES
1854 Clark Map, 1905 Sanborn Map
Middle Berkshire Registry of Deeds, Pittsfield, Ma
From Surveys Completed 2011-2012 by the Lenox Historical Society
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
This Tudor Revival style building has two stories, a wood shakes shingle roof and is intact. It has arched roofed dormers; a stucco front wall chimney on projecting front ell; 3 stone interior chimneys; a small front entrance vestibule with a steeply pitched gable; sets of 3 windows with transoms, some diamond-paned leaded glass windows; early gambrel-roofed extensions; a 1-story conservatory ell with French doors off left (east) side; and a faceted 2nd story oriel on the south side. It is landscaped with many mature trees & shrubs; wood picket fence & row of evergreen trees along Greenwood St. right-of-way and arched arbor at the entrance. There is a stone retaining wall supporting a patio at 1st floor level on rear (south) side of house.
This does not appear to be the original 1820 style building – Tudor Revival style is the result of much more recent renovations in early 1900’s.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE:
Hillside was built by Mrs. Hartman (Grace) Kuhn of Boston in 1870, and used by her during the ‘season’. Mrs. Kuhn, who also purchased Butternut Cottage, owned the entire lot along Main St. from Greenwood to the Kingsland House (at the junction of Main and Cliffwood Streets). By 1890 the house was being rented to Mrs. Cruger of New York, and around 1911 it was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Ross Whistler, who renamed it Hidden House. Today it is “Whistler’s Inn” owned by Richard and Joan Mears since 1978.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES:
The Book of Berkshire, Clark W. Bryan ( N.Y.L Clark W. Bryan & Co., 1886) p. 45
The New Book of Berkshire, Clark W. Bryan ( N.Y.L Clark W. Bryan & Co., 1890) p. 45
Lenox: Massachusetts Shire Town, David H. Wood (Lenox: Town of Lenox 1969) p.194
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 has been altered. It has a two-bay; wood frame; front gable roof; large brick center chimney; wood clapboard siding; front entry porch with steeply pitched gable roof with decorative trip in gable supported by four chamfered pillars; balcony above front porch with geometric railing; door surround with two-light transom; double entrance doors. It has a two-story box oriel on front facade (base tapers in from top to bottom). There is a large two-story rear ell with gable roof and interior brick chimney. There is a two-story rear lean-to at inside corner on right side of main house and rear ell. There is a two-story recessed, cross-gabled wing on the left side with shed-roofed porch on front, three turned.
Design is not Stick Style; details cited in original B form are common to both Gothic Revival & Queen Anne styles.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE:
This house was built for Thomas Post, listed in the 1885 directory as lawyer, Justice of the Peace, Postmaster, telegraph operator and farmer. He was also a State Senator and “trusted counselor of all this region.”[1] He owned the entire lot up to Hubbard Street. He was in part responsible for the development of the Maple-Ash-Reynolds Street area, as he sold off his land in house lots in the 1890’s and early 20th century. Post, who had his law office in the Lenox Library (the second county courthouse), lived there until his death in 1913 when the property was inherited by his widow, Elizabeth.
After subsequent changes in ownership the building was sold to Timothy E. Blair in 1998. It is currently divided into six apartments.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES:
Lenox Assessor’s Report
County Atlas of Berkshire, Mass., F.W. Beers, 1876
Atlas of Berkshire County, Mass., Barnes and Farnham, 1904
Sanborn Maps: 1898, 1905, 1911
Gazetter of Berkshire County, Mass. 1727-1885, Hamilton Child, 1885
Lenox Assessor’s database 2012
[1] New England Magazine, “The Church on the Lenox Hilltop and Round About It,” Frederick Lynch, October 1900, vol. 23, p. 210
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 minimally altered. There is a three-bay, center entrance; wood frame; gambrel roof; and large exposed brick chimney on both end walls of the original house. It has wood clapboard and shingle siding. The front façade (facing Main St.) has three steeply pitched gable dormers. The large addition off the right side of the original house has an end wall chimney and second floor balcony on the right side. There is a series of three gambrel-roofed sections along rear ell off of which is a cross-gambrel wing with a large brick end wall chimney and a one-story extension off its left side, basement exposed with access at ground level. There are some original 6-over-6 and 2-over-2 windows.
LANDSCAPE: There is an allee’ of trees along the entrance driveway which curves northward from Main Street ending in two interlocking circular drives, with adjacent parking areas. There are large bluestone walkways up to front and left side entries, with stone retaining and planter walls. It is a large property with open lawn, many mature trees and shrubs, ornamental, hardwood and evergreen trees and a wood picket fence along Main St. right-of-way.
The 1861 date for the original house suggests that the gambrel roof (as well as the steeply pitched gable dormers) is not original or that this is a much earlier house.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVE:
The original portion of this house was built by Susan and Eliza Williams on the site now occupied by 101 Main Street. Eliza Williams lived here until 1873 when the house was purchased by Mrs. Kuhn who had built “Hillside” around 1870. Eliza Williams may have continued to live in the house as a tenant, as she is listed in the 1885 directory as having a house and lot on Main Street.
In 1905, the house was sold to Caroline Katherine Carey (Miss Kate Carey), who moved the front portion of the house to its present location, adding on an extensive wing containing servants’ quarters and a storeroom, and apparently remodeling the entire house. Miss Carey used part of the first floor servants’ wing as a carpentry shop, where she built doll and bird houses. Upon her death in 1945, the property was deeded to Trinity Church, who in turn sold it to Joseph Reynolds. In 1951, it was sold again to Maria Veselik, who renamed it Garden Gables and opened it as an Inn and gift shop.
In 1988 it was owned by Lynn Mekinda, Mario Mekinda as of 1998 and is owned (as of 2006) by Vittori Properties LLC.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES:
Lenox Assessor’s Report
Registry of Deeds, Pittsfield, Mass. 172.44, 276.319, 219.425
Conversations with Mary E. Higgins Delasco (daughter of Miss Carey’s coachman) and Maria Veselik
