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Mount, The

A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. 21 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1888.

From the record

One of 183 National Register listings published here for Berkshire County · listed in 1971 · category: Building · a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • Address. S of Lenox on U.S. 7, Lenox
  • When was it listed? November 1971
  • Category. building
  • Architectural style. Georgian architecture
  • Architect. Ogden Codman, Jr.
  • National Register reference number. 71000900 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1888 to 1997

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Mount, The, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering Mount, The, surveyed 1888

Fires near this property

43 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Mount, The between 2003 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Other causes2
Natural2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 September 2020Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
18 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
13 September 2016Other causesunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
1 September 2017Naturalunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
4 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
31 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
7 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 May 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Every fire recorded in Berkshire County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Mount, The: 23 past producers, 15 producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cheever MinesIron, ManganeseProducerGoethite, Limonite
Cheever MinesIron, ManganesePast Producer
Cone Limestone MineIron, Magnesite, ZincPast Producer1827
Lee Lime CorpCalciumPast ProducerCalcite
Lee Marble Inc Qy & PlantMarble, DimensionProducer
Lee Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lee White Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
No 6 Quarry & Plnt Lane & SonStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
John S Lane and Son IncLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
North Adams Lime QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerStratabound

Every working recorded in Berkshire County

Maps showing this location

21 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Elm Court0.7 miles1985
Wheatleigh1.3 miles1982
Ventfort Hall1.5 miles1993
Trinity Episcopal Church1.6 miles1996
Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio1.7 miles2016
Lenox High School1.7 miles2004

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 71000900 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Berkshire CountyAll 183 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.