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The land, including the Marble Palace ruins, the farmhouse, and Ashintully Gardens, was donated with a reserved life estate for Katharine McLennan. Initially, 18 acres (73,000 m 2 ) were reserved for Katharine; she donated 12 acres (49,000 m 2 ) to the Trustees in 2003, retaining 6 acres (24,000 m 2 ) with garden access, upon which her cottage ...
The reservation is located on Coolidge Point, a peninsula once owned by—and named for—the Coolidge family. The reservation property includes the former site of the Coolidge's "Marble Palace", a Georgian-style mansion designed in 1902 by Charles McKim for T. Jefferson Coolidge, who was a great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson. [1]
Tyringham is located 16 miles (26 km) south of Pittsfield, 39 miles (63 km) west-northwest of Springfield, and 125 miles (201 km) west of Boston. Tyringham is located in the Hop Brook Valley in the Berkshire Hills. To the northeast of the valley, Baldy Mountain rises to a large plateau which stretches into the neighboring towns, and includes ...
The Shaker community was established in 1792, and flourished, acquiring more than 2,000 acres (810 ha) in Tyringham and adjacent towns at the height of the movement's popularity. The farmstead of William Clark on Jerusalem Road was the site of the main settlement, with a satellite settlement about .75 miles (1.21 km) further north.
McLennan Reservation is a nature reserve located in Otis and Tyringham, Massachusetts. The property is owned by The Trustees of Reservations through a series of endowments for preserving the land, the first in 1977. [1] The reservation is adjacent to another Trustees property, Ashintully Gardens.
Marble Sculpture Bought for $6 and Used as Doorstop Could Make over $3M at Auction. Kirsty Hatcher. November 8, 2024 at 11:46 AM. The bust, made by French sculptor Edmé Bouchardon in 1728, was ...
The small and quaint downtown area of Tyringham, Massachusetts is situated where this road merges with Jerusalem Road at the southeast end of the valley (Jerusalem turns northwards here). Just south of this intersection, in the center of the valley, lies the Tyringham Cobble one of the most notably shaped and prominent physical features of the ...
A staggering 72% of Jewish college students in the US feel "unwelcome" on their campuses, while more than half have been victims of antisemitism, a dismal new report shows.