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Stockbridge was the home of Elizabeth Freeman, a freed slave, late in her life. The former slave engaged the attorney Theodore Sedgwick to file a freedom suit on her behalf, based on the statements in the new state constitution in 1780. In the case with a slave named Brom, the county court ruled that they were both free under the constitution.
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The Berkshire Botanical Garden, is a 24-acre (9.7 ha) botanical garden in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States. [1] Its collections contain over 3,000 species and varieties, with an emphasis on plants that thrive in the Berkshires.
The Elm–Maple–South Streets Historic District is a historic district encompassing part of the historic downtown of Stockbridge, Massachusetts.The most prominent parts of Stockbridge lie within the Main Street Historic District, which abuts this district to the north.
West Stockbridge is 11 miles (18 km) south-southwest of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 50 miles (80 km) west-northwest of Springfield, 132 miles (212 km) west of Boston, and 36 miles (58 km) southeast of Albany, New York. West Stockbridge is situated along the Williams River, a marshy tributary of the Housatonic River. To the northeast, West ...
The area now known as Interlaken, [2] is located in northern Stockbridge, between Stockbridge Bowl (originally Lake Mahkeenac) and Lake Averic (also known as Echo Lake), which is the town of Stockbridge's water supply. Massachusetts Route 183 transects the community north to south. The road roughly parallels Larrywaug Brook, the outflow of ...
United States historic place Mission House U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark U.S. Historic district Contributing property Show map of Massachusetts Show map of the United States Location Stockbridge, Massachusetts Coordinates 42°16′59.6″N 73°18′57.1″W / 42.283222°N 73.315861°W / 42.283222; -73.315861 Built c. 1742 Architect John ...
America's Gilded Age, the post-Civil War and post-Reconstruction era, from 1865 to 1901 saw unprecedented economic and industrial prosperity. As a result of this prosperity, the nation's wealthiest families were able to construct monumental country estates in the Berkshires in Massachusetts.