Mission House - Stockbridge, MA
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Mission House along Main Street in Stockbridge, MA
Waymark Code: WM4V3N
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/30/2008
Views: 22
The Mission House is an historic house located at 19 Main Street, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It is a National Historic Landmark owned and operated as a nonprofit museum by the Trustees of Reservations.
The house was built near its current location in 1739 by Reverend John Sergeant, a graduate of Yale University, who had established a mission for the local Mohicans. It was improved in the 1760s with an elaborate front doorway, still extant. The Sergeant family inhabited the house until 1867. It subsequently fell into disrepair, but in 1926-1927 was restored and moved to its present location. Its gardens were created between 1928-1933 by noted landscape architect Fletcher Steele.
Today the house contains an excellent collection of eighteenth-century American furniture and decorative arts.
Street address: 19 Main Street Stockbridge, MA USA 01262
County / Borough / Parish: Berkshire
Year listed: 1968
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1700-1749
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Recreation And Culture
Privately owned?: yes
Season start / Season finish: From: 05/25/2008 To: 10/15/2008
Hours of operation: From: 10:00 AM To: 5:00 PM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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