{"nrhp_refnum":"88003126","name":"North Egremont Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Shun Toll Rd., Rt. 71, Hillsdale Rd., and Mill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Egremont","county":"Berkshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.20059150000003,"lon":-73.4419565967604,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A crossroads village historic district in North Egremont, Egremont, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, centred on the junction of Route 71 and Prospect Lake Road. It consists of houses, farm and craft outbuildings, three churches and a school, dating mainly to the first half of the 19th century.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is a well-preserved example of a hill-town crossroads village built around an economy of agriculture, processing and crafts. Its small-scale buildings show regionally important house forms and simple interpretations of the Federal and Greek Revival styles. It is significant at the local level under criteria A and C.","narrative":"North Egremont is a crossroads village in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts, close to the New York border. The district covers land along Route 71 and Prospect Lake Road, with the Green River forming its eastern edge. It contains 53 contributing buildings, along with structures, sites and an object. Most are small, one- to two-story frame houses in simple Federal and Greek Revival styles, and many farmsteads keep their barns. Craft and trade buildings include a mill house of 1794, a blacksmith shop, a cabinet shop and the North Egremont Store of 1848-1849, which is still operating. Three Protestant churches and an 1880 school represent community life. The oldest firmly dated building is the Joshua Millard House, with 1764 and 1798 components. The village is valued as a well-preserved example of a settlement type common in Massachusetts hill towns, tied to an economy of agriculture, processing and crafts. Later buildings are mostly modest and minimally intrusive.","period_of_significance":"1720-1890","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"New England Colonial; Federal; Greek Revival; Romanesque Revival; Classical Revival; Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The North Egremont Store is described as still operating, and the historic functions of dwellings, store, churches and school continue as current functions.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.65497-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/12/7941/63794112/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/88003126.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88003126/ea738c2047-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88003126/ea738c2047-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Egremont_Country_Store,_North_Egremont_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Egremont_Country_Store,_North_Egremont_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794112","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Egremont_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7055293"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/berkshire-county/north-egremont-historic-district-88003126/"}