{"nrhp_refnum":"88000202","name":"Shadow Brook Farm Historic District","other_names":["Brook Farm","Berkshire Country Day School"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Lenox West Rd., MA 183 near Bucks Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stockbridge","county":"Berkshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.34634450000004,"lon":-73.32766584830199,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-03-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Agriculture","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly thirty-acre model farm complex on Route 183 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, built from 1891 as the estate farm for the Shadow Brook mansion of financier Anson Phelps Stokes, Sr. It includes nine contributing buildings in the Tudor Revival style, plus two contributing structures.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the finest surviving model farms in Berkshire County, built in a unified half-timbered design. It reflects the Gilded Age estate culture of Lenox and Stockbridge. It is also tied to Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr., a national leader in education, civil rights, religion and social welfare, who used it as a summer home from 1906 to 1958.","narrative":"Shadow Brook Farm is a complex of half-timbered Tudor Revival farm buildings on Route 183 in Stockbridge, laid out as a quadrangle near Stockbridge Bowl. Construction began in 1891 as the model farm for Shadow Brook, the huge mansion of New York financier Anson Phelps Stokes, Sr. The farm supplied the family with milk, eggs, meat, vegetables and flowers. Its dairy, stables, cow barn, ice house, laundry and lodge were all built in one architectural scheme, and even an older cottage was altered to match. The design is attributed to Pittsfield architect H. Neill Wilson. From 1906 to 1958 the superintendent's house served as the summer home of Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr., an educator, clergyman and advocate for black education. Since 1964 a school has occupied the farm, adding buildings but leaving most original work intact. The property was recognized for its agricultural and architectural importance at the local level, and for the quality and number of its surviving structures among Berkshire estate farms.","period_of_significance":"1891-1938","architect_builder":"H. Neill Wilson (design attributed; presumed to have designed the farm in the same style as Shadow Brook)","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Since 1964 the farm complex has been used as a school (Berkshire Country Day School). It retains most of its original fabric, with some additions, and the boathouse and cottages are used as residences.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.722074-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/7941/63794114/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/88000202.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000202/4410590e88-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000202/4410590e88-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shadowbrook,_Lenox,_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shadowbrook,_Lenox,_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794114","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Brook_Farm_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7460447"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/berkshire-county/shadow-brook-farm-historic-district-88000202/"}