Nomination for Lenox Railroad Station

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NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 8-86) 225 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places FEB 2 1 1989 Registration Form NATIONAL This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibity for individual properties of lfistricts. See instructions in Guidelinas for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property historic name LENOX RAILROAD STATION other names/site number 2.

Location street & number HOUSATONIC STREET & WILLOW CREEK ROAD city, town state LENOX MA code 025 county BERKSHIRE LN/not for publication N/Acinity code 003 zip code 01240 3. Classification Ownership of Property private public-local public-State public-Federal Category of Property xbuilding(s) district site structure object Name of related multiple property listing: N/A Number of Resources within Property Contributing Noncontributing 0 -buildings sites structures objects Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 4.

State/Federal Agency Certification s the designated authority under theNational Historic PreservationAct of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that thi: *nomination -request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in th NationalRegister ofHistoric Places and meetsthe procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property * meets does not meet the National Register criteria. see continuation sheet. Valuie A Taemag 2/8/89 Signature of certifying official Date EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFIGER State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property does not meet the National Register criteria. See continuation sheet. Signature of commenting or other official Date State or Federal agency and bureau 5.

National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: Centered in the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the National Register. pay Suge 6-16-89 removed from the National Register. other, (explain:) Jor signalure of tho Kaopor Date of Action 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) TRANSPORTATION: RAIL RELATED Lenox Rail Road, Lenox, MA Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) COMMERCE: TRADE - WAREHOUSE 7. Description Architectural Classification (enter categories from instructions) LATE 19th & 20th CENTURY REVIVAL/TUDOR Materials (enter categories from instructions) foundation. walls GRANITE STUCCO OTHER/HALF-TIMBERING ASPHALT roof _ other- Describe present and historic physical appearance.

The Lenox Railroad Station, built in 1902 to replace one near the same site that burned earlier that year, is located in the Town of Lenox, Massachusetts, in central Berkshire County. Although presently in neglected condition and not functioning as a passenger terminal since 1958, the 1 1/2-story station remains on its original site and retains much of its original construction materials. The depot's exterior, except for roofing, is essentially unaltered from the 1902 construction, although some changes to interior spaces have The station, approximately two miles east of the center of Lenox, is located in the southeast corner of its linear 1/2-acre lot near the corner of Housatonic Street and Willow Creek Road. The site abuts the railroad tracks of the Springfield Terminal system immediately to the east. These tracks are technically owned by Guilford Transportation Industries.

Two freight trains pass the Lenox Station weekly. Woods Pond, a bulge in the Housatonic River, is further east of the station and tracks, as is October Mountain, rising over one thousand feet and the dominant feature of the natural landscape surrounding the property. Much of the land on this side of the Station is owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and maintained for wildlife preservation. parcel approximately one hundred yards east of the station, between the tracks and the river. On the west side of the Lenox Station, under separate ownership, is an expanse of gravel-covered dirt, creating a parking area with access directly off Willow Creek Road. Beyond this road, the 1andscape comprises unbuilt, natural woodland. is flatland characterized by uncut brush and littered with industrial debris.

There is also an extant siding system north of the property that accomodated private rail cars of wealthy summer colonists. These tracks are now obscured by dense vegetation. Immediately southeast of the Lenox Station, on the adjacent parcel there is a one-story, gable-roofed, painted cinderblock and aluminum industrial building (1968) used as headquarters for the Peter Francese Construction Company. This structure is within nineteen feet of the passenger shelter extending from the main terminal, but does not obstruct sight lines from the parking area to the station nor does it compromise integrity by imposing itself on the trackside elevation of the station. [xl See continuation sheet NPS Form 10-0004 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number .

Page - Lenox Reil Road Station Lenox, MA The 1 1/2-story Lenox Station is rectangular 1n plan, e1ghty-two by thirty-two feet, on a north-south axis. Covered and arcaded longitudinally hipped passenger shelters extend approximately sixty feet on both ends of the building. On the west front, a hipped-roof porte cochere, thirty by twenty-eight feet, provided shelter for arriving and departing passengers. The main part of the Station has a gently pitched, hipped roof whose deep overhang is supported by a series of braced wooden cornice brackets. The roof, probably originally slate with a six-foot pounded tin drip edge, is now covered with various colors of asphalt shingles, applied in a random pattern.

An original chimney, red brick with the top three courses covered with a molded stucco cap, is located at the junction of the hip angles on the north end of the central section of the building. Two squat, hipped dormers puncture the roof slope on the west side and one on the east. All have a single, horizontally oriented window, divided by small diagonally partitioned-quarrels. The exterior of the passenger terminal is covered with stucco over wooden lath and decorated by exposed,painted, ornamental (false) half-timbering framing the windows and doors. Although in some disrepair the stucco is original and unpatched. The concrete foundation is also original. The west elevation is dominated by the one-story porte cochere sheltering the station's main entrance.

Underneath, the single-leaved wooden door, surrounded by quarreled sidelights and half-timbering, is similar to the one on the east front. Ornamental pillars supporting the porte cochere are original timbers set on three-foot-high fieldstone plinths. There is a baggage room door on this west side at the north end of the building. A trackside ticket booth with a bay window is the prominent architectural element on the east elevation. Here is also a cut-out section of the roof to accommodate a railway semaphore, and a series of double-hung windows with diamond panes in the top sash and pane below. There are two doors on this side providing access to the passenger platform, located at or close to grade level, as well as a baggage room door at the north end. On the south side there are windows, matching those in size and pane configuration on the other elevations.

Here the passenger platform has been enclosed since 1958 for storage and is used by the adjacent construction company. Building material for this enclosure is plywood, which is a reversible treatment. Continued NPS Form 10-000e (8-85) Unlted States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - 7 Page Lenox Rail Road Station Lenox, MA On the interior of the Lenox Station, the central waiting room is forty-eight by thirty-two feet with original off-white, Norman-inspired brick fireplace on the northwall. Behind the fireplace is the original baggage room, now also s repisce i8 ie orgmalt used for storage by the construction company. To the south of the waiting room were convenience facilities for passengers, they have long since been removed. Original wainscotting and plaster remain on the walls on the interior.

A drop ceiling of pressed board has been added in the waiting room, reducing the height from thirteen feet to less than nine. The original ceiling, open to the roof and braced like the passenger shelters, survives underneath. These few alterations appear to have been made in the last twenty years. The Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum has recently acquired the property and plans to restore the site for use as a tourist attraction and educational facility. Continued NP9 Form 10-9004 (8-35) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number. Page Lenox RailRoad Station Lenox, Mass. Archaeological Description While no prehistoric sites are currently recorded on the property, or in the general area (within one mile), sites may be present.

The location has favorable attributes, including the station's close proximity to the Housatonic River and Woods Pond, which may indicate a potential for native settlement and subsistence in this area. Historic archaeological potential likely exists for the Stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad line built in 1849 and the present station, built in 1902. Archaeological remains likely exist for this period relating to railroad and trolley transportation. These remains might include machinery, the actual rail beds, overall right of way locations, and station facilities (trash areas, outbuildings). OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Lenox Rail Road, Lenox, MA 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: nationally statewide Exlocally -D Applicable National Register Criteria Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) ARCHITECTURE TRANSPORTATION ENTERTAINMENT /RECREATION Period of Significance 1902-1920 Significant Dates 1902 Cultural Affiliation N/A Sipnificant Person Architect/Builder JAMES CLIFFORD'S SONS, LENOX, MASS. State significance of property, and justify criteria,criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. The Lenox Railroad Station possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. Erected in 1902 to replace an earlier depot (ca.

1850) that had burned, the building meets Criterion A of the National Register for its associations with Lenox's development as a highland resort community in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The station, an example of the Tudor expression of early twentieth century American Eclectic architecture, retains much of its original material and as such is a well-preserved and rather rare example of rural railway design of its region and era, thus meeting Criterion C. It is significant on the local level. In the late eighteenth century, the Berkshire region of northwestern Massachusetts was settled by an ethnic mixture; English and Welsh miners, who were drawn by the local ironworks; Italians and Slavs arrived to work in the paper and cotton industries; and French Canadians also settled in the region.

Because of cool summer temperatures and glorious mountain scenery, beginning in the late nineteenth century several notable American authors and legal scholars--Melville, Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Edith Wharton--came to the region as summer visitors to find the tranquility and solitude needed for their writing. Soon after, wealthy vacationers seeking relief from the heat of urban centers discovered the Massachusetts Berkshires. Known today primarily as a summer resort area and for its abundant cultural and natural attractions, the several communities in the region, of which Lenox is the major destination for tourists, began to draw the affluent summer crowd from New York suburbs in the late 1800s. Visitors usually arrived by rail with a considerable entourage and baggage.

Many of Lenox's new summer residents built grand estates called "cottages" and they were conveved to these estates by private rail car. When the Stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad (named for two of the Berkshire's prominent villages) was chartered in 1847, its tracks were built along the Housatonic River to serve the freight needs of the glass and iron industries headquartered around Lenoxdale. The somewhat isolated sfee comtingntionshegtnal 9.

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

Major Bibliographical References ANNIN, KATHERINE H. RICHMOND , MASSACHUSETTS. KICHMOND, MASSACHUSETTS: Richmond Civic Association, 1964. THE BERKSHIRE HILLS - A WORKS PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION GUIDE. NEW YORK: Funk and Wagnalls, 1939. THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE, PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS,JANUARY 27 AND SEPTEMBER 29, 1902. MCALESTER, VIRGINIA AND LEE. A FIELD GUDE TO AMERICAN HOUSES. NEW YORK: ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1986. MEEKS, CARROLL L. V. THE RAILROAD STATION: AN Architectual History. NEW HAVEN, CONN.: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1975. THE PITTSFIELD SUN, PITSFIELD MASSACHUSETTS, JANUARY 30 and OCTOBER 2, 1902. THE VALLEY GLEANER, ERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, VARIOUS DATES 1902. See continuation sheet Primary location of additional data: x State historic preservation office Other State agency Federal agency Local government University Other Specify repository: Mass.

Historical Commission Previous documentation on file (NPS): preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested previously listed in the National Register previously determined eligible by the National Register designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 10. Geographical Data Acreage of property LESS THAN ONE ACRE UTM References A 1 8 6414 5010 Zone Easting CLL 416 819 91510 Northing USGS QUAD: East Lee 1:24,000 Verbal Boundary Description B Zone D Easting Northing See continuation sheet X See continuation sheet Boundary Justification The boundaries include the immediate environs of the Lenox Railroad Station that maintain historic integrity and are associated historically with the extent of land of that station. See continuation sheet 11.

Form Prepared By name/title John Trowill, Curator; Karen Jessup, Editor; Betsy Friedberg, National Register Dir. organization Massachusetts Historical Commission dateNovember 1988 street & number 80 Boylston St .telephone 617-727-8470 city or town _ _ zip code 02116 MP& Form 10-900- (3-05) OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Lenox RailRoad Station Lenox, Mass. Page Lenox Station (ca. 1850), which was designed to serve passengers from Lenox Center rather than the local industry, was influenced by local topography and by a desire to insulate the surrounding community from undesirable industrial activity and the noise and pollution associated with railroads. station (1902) accommodated patrons of a spur line from the Berkshire Street Railway trolley to Lenox.

The Berkshire Street Railway line from Pittsfield ran roughly parallel to existing tracks of the Stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad. The 1902 station, then, became multipurpose, serving the Stockbridge railroad, the through trolley line and the trolley spur to Lenox. No through lines were permitted in the town proper. The Lenox spur was dubbed "Millionaires' Trollev" in recognition of many its patrons. The Tudor Revival design of the station was probably influenced by summer colonists who owned second homes in Lenox and who were familiar with this mode of architectural expression then commonly used for a large proportion of suburban housing throughout the country. Although the Station continued in its original use until 1958, by about 1920 most of the wealthy summer residents deserted the railroad and instead arrived for their summer sojourns to the Berkshires by automobile.

In terms of its architecture, the Lenox Station is one of three in the region built around 1900 on a similar plan and of comparable size and still extant. The other two, in nearby Stockbridge and Great Barrington, are under private ownership, in very good condition and used daily by commercial ventures, the former functioning as a restaurant and the latter as offices for an engineering firm. The Stockbridge Station, on Massachusetts Route 7, was designed by Stanford White and constructed of stone facing in 1893 to replace an earlier terminal of the stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad. The Great Barrington Railroad Depot (1900-1901) on Castle Hill Avenue is by an unknown architect in the Stick Style with brick and granite exterior walls. Al1 three, including the Lenox terminal, were originally erected under the auspices of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company.

Research to date indicates that the Lenox station is the only station, constructed by this railway company, that employed stucco and half-timber cladding and is its most ornate in terms of decorative embellishment. Continued NPS Form 10-000-e (8-00) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - 8 Page. 2 CMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Lenox RailRoad Station Lenox, Mass- Architectural drawings for the Lenox Railroad Station have recently been discovered by the non profit Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum. No designer is identified on the plans, dated 1902 and labeled with the name of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. It is likely that an in-house architect or engineer retained by the company was responsible for the station plans. Research continues to clarify this point.

James Clifford's Sons of Lenox were the builders, according to descendants of the firm's owners, their office records have been destroyed. The Tudor Revival design selected for the Lenox terminal reflects the Eclectic movement in American building practice that post-dated the Victorian era.

Stylistic inspiration for Eclecticism was dominated by relatively pure translations of the architecture of various European countries, a trend that si doninaeed untrs, preno that began in the closing decades of the 1800s as European-trained American deusesers were hired by wel1-to-do clients to create their landmark Tudor Revival architecture was one of several subtypes of Eclecticism and was founded in early English building traditions ranging from Decorative detailing of the period was drawn from medieval sources, the English Renaissance, and from the modern Craftsman tradition.2 Applied, as opposed to structural, half-timbering was common to this style, although stuccoing was relatively rare and used mostly in modest buildings before the pervasive use of brick and stone veneering in the 1920s.

Most Tudor-inspired buildings in America were characterized by a steeply pitched roof and here the Lenox Station is atypical. More characteristic are its tall narrow windows with multi-pane glazing. The Lenox Railroad Station, as an important surviving architectural artifact of its community, contributes to our understanding of the development of the town of Lenox and the Berkshire region as a turn-of-the-twentieth centry highland resort community and cultural enclave. substantially unaltered and handsomely articulated example of the Tudor Revival mode of American Eclecticism and exemplifies the rare use of stucco and half-timbering for rural American rail teminals of its region and era. Continued NPS Form (9-35) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - 3 Page OMB Approvel No.

1024-0018 Lenox RailRoad Station Lenox, Mass. Archaeological Significance Since patterns of prehistoric occupation are poorly understood, any surviving sites would be important. Sites in this areamay have the potential for a greater understanding of coastal versus upland site distribution and native subsistence and settlement in the interior Housatonic drainage and western Massachusetts Berkshire Mountains. Historic archaeological remains described above can contribute to a greater understanding of how these modes of transportation functioned and who used Transportation-related remains might also provide important engineering details for the location of railroad routes, their construction and maintenance.

Continued MPS Form 10-000- (3-65) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 4 OMB Approry Na. 1024-0018 Lenox RailRoad Station Lenox, Mass. FOOTNOTES 1. Virginia and Lee McAlester, A Field Guide to American Houses (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986), p. 319. 2. Ibid., p. 356. HPS Furm 10-430-4 Serdy United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 10 Page Lenox RailRoad Station Lenox, Mass. Verbal Boundary Description The nominated property includes: 1. Parcel No. 2 conveyed by George W. Taylor and Joseph A. Consolni to the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum, Inc. (Book 1175, page 1172) which contains the Lenox Railroad Station in its entirety save for the porte-cochere located on parcel No. 1 owned by G. W.

Taylor and J. A. Consolini and the passenger platform overhang which extends onto the property of the NY-NH and Hartford RR Co.. 2. An easement and right of way granted by G. W. Taylor and J. A. Consolni to the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum, Inc. (Book 1175, page 1172) to use and maintain a vehicular access from Willow Creek Road across parcel No. 1 to parcel No. 2, 20 feet wide. Right, privilege and easement granted by G. W. Taylor and J. A. Consolini to the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum, Inc. (Book 1175, page 1172) to own, maintain and repair the porte-cochere's portion of the railroad station which extends onto parcel No. 1. See attached copy of assessors' map, Town of Lenox, Massachusetts (Book 1175, page 1172) and copy of deed dated September 23, 1988 (Book 1175, page 1172) from G. W. Taylor and Joseph A. Consolini to the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum, Inc granting parcel No.

2 bounded on the west by parcel #1 and Willow Creek Road; on the east by Boston and Maine Railroad right-of-way; on the north by Parcel #11, owned by the Boston and Maine Railroad; and on the south by Parcel #1 and Housatonic Street. OMB Acproval No. 10240018 SCALE:1'=20' LEGEND rod vat inoll arnars of poreele 70.24 PLAN PAPCAL OF LANDIN LENOX, MA. NOOK MIS, PRGEIITE ToMe CONrArEDI TO:DARASNITA SCANIG PALL MUUEUN,ING. - PrAMION TO DINIDÉ TMIS PRoeARTY LANOXZONING NOARD 8375 ...zD N.V - N Lenox Railroad Station Berkshire County, MA Nes ror 198000 Jnited States Department of the Interio Vational Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number. Page _ OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD NRIS Reference Number: 89000225 Lenox Railroad Station Property Name Date Listed: 6/16/89 Berkshire County MA State Multiple Name This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in accordance with the attached nomination documentation exclusions, or amendments, in the nomination documentation. sethot fa signaturo of the Keepe ====== =================== Amended Items in Nomination: 6-16-89 Date of Action Section #7: Materials 'oncrete is the correct material for the foundation, as indicate in the text but contrary to he listing of granite under th materials section. This information was confirmed by Ann Tait, Acting National Register Director, MASHPO, by telephone.

DISTRIBUTION: National Register property file Noninating Authority (without nomination attachment) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY Lenox Railroad station NAME: MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Berkshire DATE RECEIVED: 2/21/89 DATE OF 16TH DAY: 3/23/89 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 3/07/89 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 4/07/89 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: 89000225 NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N OTHER: N PDIL: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SER DRAFT: Y NATTONALE PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT LRETURN REJECT 4/1/59 DATE ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM./CRITERIA_ REVIEWER_S DISCIPLINE CUrelut DATE eefaat History DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N CLASSIFICATION count _resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION FUNCTION historic current DESCRIPTION architectural classification X materials descriptive text SIGNIFICANCE Olease clarity which thecorreetoundatios material- concete or granite.

Period Areas of Significance--Check and justify below Specific dates Builder/Architect statement of Significance (in one paragraph) summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other BIBLIOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHICAL DATA acreage UTMS - verbal boundary description boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION assessoi, mup inluden _sketch maps Luses maps photographspresentation OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date Sun UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: RESUBMISSION PROPERTY Lenox Railroad Station NAME: MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Berkshire DATE RECEIVED: 5/03/89 DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: 89000225 NOMINATOR: STATE DETAILED EVALUATION: Y V ACCEPT RETURN _REJECT - 6/16/8%DATE ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: 6/17/89 Suitid commente have been addressed.

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/CRITERIA AcceptAxé REVIEWER_ ISCIPTINE erceretual Histore DATE 116/8 DOCUMENTATION see attached conments y/Dsee attached SIR JN CLASSIFICATION count _resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION FUNCTION historic current DESCRIPTION architectural classification materials descriptive text SIGNIFICANCE Period Areas of Significance--Check and justify below Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) _summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria _justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance _justification of exception other BIBLIOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHICAL DATA acreage UTMs _verbal boundary description boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION sketch maps OTHER COMMENTS USGS maps _photographs Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone _presentation Signed Date Property Name: Lenox Station Address: Housatonic St.

& Willow Creek Rd. Community: Lenox, MA Photographer & Date: John Staber, Sept. 1987 Location of Negative: John Staber/BSRM Photograph Number: 1 of 4 Description of View: From Track Side, Looking Southwest Lenox Station Hausatonio St. ; Win JohnStaber, photogi 9/1987, date John Staber. negatire /BSRm Track Side-1ooking Property Name: Lenox Station Address: Housatonic St. & Willow Creek Rd. Conmunity: Lenox, MA Photographer & Date: John Staber, sept. 190/ Location of Negative: John Staber/BSRM Photograph Number: 3 of 4 Description of View: West Side Lenox Station Housatonic St ý wsll Lenox, Johen Staber, photagra, 9/87' , date John Staber /BSRM, n West Side vrew Property Name: Lenox Station Address: Housatonic St. & Willow Creek Rd. Community: Lenox, MA Photographer & Date: John Staber, Sept.

1987 Location of Negative: John Staber/BSRM Photograph Number: 4 of 4 Description of View: East Side Lenox Station Housatonie St; Willow John Staber, Photoqra 9/1987, date John Staber/ BSRM, ne East side view Missing Core Documentation Property Name Lenox Railroad Station County, State Berkshire, Massachusetts Reference Number 89000225 The following Core Documentation is missing from this entry: _ Nomination Form X Photographs (#: 2) _ USGS Map February 14, 1989 COMMISSIOTA OPILN BENT E LIBERTATO OVIETEM FEB 2 1 1989 NATIONAL REGISTER Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed you will find the following nomination forms: Linwood Historic District, Northbridge : HPCA # 11131 MA Lenox Rail Road Station, Lenox Joseph K.

Manning House, Medford Fort Hill Historic District, Northampton Al1 have been voted eligible by the State Review Board and have been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. Owners were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30-75 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. Comments received to date are attached to the nomination form. Sincerely, sitry TMeOKELg Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission Enclosures BF/rc Massachusetts Historical Commission, Valerie A. Talmage, Executive Director, State Historic Preservation Officer 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470 Office of the Secretary of State, Michael J. Connolly, Secretary