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Stockbridge is a town in Berkshire County in Western Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield , Massachusetts , Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 2,018 at the 2020 census. [ 1 ]
The downtown portion of Main Street is widely recognizable due to its use by Norman Rockwell in his 1967 painting, Main Street, Stockbridge at Christmas. The central portion of Main Street is a broad street with wide green lawns, anchored by a traditional New England town center containing a church and municipal buildings.
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Ted Williams and Billy Goodman are depicted in the painting but did not make the studio trip, so Rockwell used other images of them. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Rockwell selected a high school student, Sherman Safford from nearby Pittsfield, Massachusetts , to pose for reference photos of the rookie baseball player. [ 3 ]
The museum was founded in 1969 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where Rockwell lived the last 25 years of his life. [1] Originally located on Main Street in a building known as the Old Corner House, [2] the museum moved to its current location 24 years later, [1] opening to the public on April 3, 1993. [3]
The Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Massachusetts is one of the Historic Hotels of America [1] of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. [2] The main building of the inn offers 82 guest rooms. In addition to the inn itself, the hotel operates nearby guest houses and other properties as alternative lodging options.
During his time in Stockbridge, chief of police William Obanhein was a frequent model for Rockwell's paintings. [56] From 1961 until his death, Rockwell was a member of the Monday Evening Club, a men's literary group based in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. At his funeral, five members of the club served as pallbearers, along with Jarvis Rockwell. [57]