Historic places in Great Barrington, Massachusetts

Great Barrington in Berkshire County has 13 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 10 buildings, 2 districts, 1 site. The first was listed in 1975 and the most recent in 2014. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, religion, social history. 1 is a National Historic Landmark: Du Bois, William E.B., Boyhood Homesite.

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Du Bois, William E.B., Boyhood HomesiteLandmark
Du Bois, William E.B., Boyhood HomesiteGreat Barrington, MA · Site
Dwight-Henderson House
Dwight-Henderson HouseGreat Barrington, MA · Building
Taconic and West Avenues Historic District
Taconic and West Avenues Historic DistrictGreat Barrington, MA · District

Every National Register listing in Great Barrington

  1. Du Bois, William E.B., Boyhood Homesite

    Listed May 11, 1976 · Site · National Historic Landmark (May 11, 1976) · National significance · Access information not verified

    BlackLiteratureEducationReligionSocial History

    The W. E. B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite (or W. E. B. Du Bois Homesite) is a National Historic Landmark in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, commemorating an important location in the life of African American intellectual and civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963). [Wikipedia]

    MA 23 · NPS record #76000947

  2. Dwight-Henderson House (also William Cullen Bryant House)

    Listed March 26, 1976 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    MilitaryArchitecture

    It is the second oldest house in Great Barrington, built in 1759 for Joseph Dwight, a brigadier in the colonial militia, by local builder Daniel Allen. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #76000237

  3. Taconic and West Avenues Historic District (also Berkshire Heights)

    Listed June 11, 1998 · District · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureCommunity Planning And DevelopmentReligion

    The Taconic and West Avenues Historic District is a largely residential historic district south of the downtown area of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    Roughly bounded by Main St., Maple, West, and Taconic Aves., and Castle St. · NPS record #98000680

  4. Clinton African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (Additional Documentation)

    Listed May 29, 2008 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureBlackReligionEthnic Heritage-BlackSocial History

    The Clinton African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a historic church at 9 Elm Court in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    9 Elm Ct. · NPS record #08000464

  5. Housatonic Congregational Church

    Listed April 18, 2002 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureReligion

    The Housatonic Congregational Church is a historic church building at 1089 Main Street in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    1089 Main St. · NPS record #02000377

  6. Mahaiwe Block (also Mahaiwe Theater; Mahaiwe Performing Arts center)

    Listed September 12, 2008 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureCommunity Planning And DevelopmentCommerceEntertainment/RecreationPerforming Arts

    The Mahaiwe Block is a commercial and theater building in the heart of downtown Great Barrington, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    6-14 Castle St. and 314-322 Main St. · NPS record #08000898

  7. Monument Mills (also Monument Mills Cotton Company-Mills #1, 2, &; 3)

    Listed November 29, 1983 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryCommerceEngineeringArchitectureInvention

    Monument Mills are historic textile mills at Park and Front Streets in the Housatonic village of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    Park and Front Sts. · NPS record #83003927

  8. Ramsdell Public Library (also GBR.267)

    Listed July 25, 2014 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureCommunity Planning And DevelopmentSocial History

    Ramsdell Public Library is one of two public library buildings of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    1087 Main St. · NPS record #14000440

  9. Rising Paper Mill

    Listed August 11, 1975 · Building · State significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryArchitecture

    The Rising Paper Mill is a historic factory at 295 Park Street North, in the Housatonic village of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    N of Great Barrington on MA 183 at Risingdale · NPS record #75000253

  10. Searles Castle (also Kellogg Terrace; Barrington House)

    Listed April 15, 1982 · Building · National significance · Access information not verified

    Landscape ArchitectureArtArchitecture

    The Searles Castle is a French chateau-style castle-style house in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    Main St. · NPS record #82004953

  11. Society of the Congregational Church of Great Barrington (also First Congregational Church of Great Barrington)

    Listed August 20, 1992 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureSocial History

    The Society of the Congregational Church of Great Barrington (also known as First Congregational Church of Great Barrington) is a historic church building and parish house located at 241 and 251 Main Street in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    241 and 251 Main St. · NPS record #92000999

  12. US Post Office-Great Barrington Main (also Great Barrington Main Post Office)

    Listed January 10, 1986 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    US Post Office–Great Barrington Main is a historic post office at 222 Main Street in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]

    222 Main St. · NPS record #86000163

  13. Wheeler Family Farmstead (also Capt. Truman Wheeler House)

    Listed September 6, 2011 · District · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureExploration/SettlementAgricultureMilitary

    The farmhouse has elements dating to the 1730s, including evidence of building methods used by Dutch settlers of the Hudson River valley, and has been successively modified in each of the following centuries, with the last significant work occurring in the 1920s. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #11000614

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Being on the National Register does not mean a property is open to the public. Many are private homes; please respect owners and view from public roads.