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Ashintully Gardens is a 120 acre (0.5 km 2) estate in Tyringham, Massachusetts that is maintained by The Trustees of Reservations land trust. The gardens, and the adjoining 594 acres (2.4 km 2 ) McLennan Reservation , were the gift of John Stewart McLennan Jr., and his wife Katharine.
Historic house museum operated by The Trustees of Reservations. The 1773 Sheffield Declaration was drafted in the house. In 1781 Elizabeth "Mum Bett" Freeman won her freedom in a case which led to the end of slavery in Massachusetts 8: P. J. Barrett Block: P. J. Barrett Block: April 1, 1982 : 70-76 Park St.
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.
Marble house George Russell's bedroom8. Rosecliff the exterior of Mrs. Chamberlain's house9. The elms the Russell House kitchens = the servant kitchens here10. Lyndhurst Mansion— You Might Also Like
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 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]
The main house of Ward Hall’s Greek Revival antebellum plantation mansion covers a staggering 12,000 square feet. By comparison, Henry Clay’s Ashland covers 8,184 square feet and the Waveland ...
Investigators are trying to determine how a woman got past multiple security checkpoints this week at New York’s JFK International Airport and boarded a plane to Paris, apparently hiding in the ...