{"nrhp_refnum":"90000157","name":"Westover-Bacon-Potts Farm","other_names":["Westover,Jonah,House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"MA 41, S of jct. with MA 23","address_restricted":false,"city":"Egremont","county":"Berkshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.148190500000055,"lon":-73.41559431183708,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-07-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 150-acre farm district in Egremont (South Egremont), Berkshire County, Massachusetts, centered on a farmhouse built in 1744 by Jonah Westover, with outbuildings, fields, woodland and stone walls.","why_significant":"The farm is argued to be one of the best preserved farm complexes in Berkshire County, with a 1744 house, period outbuildings and an intact farm landscape. It was in continuous use as a working farm from the mid 1700s into the 1960s, and the house is described as the oldest extant dwelling in Egremont. It is significant at the local level for agriculture and architecture.","narrative":"Westover-Bacon-Potts Farm is a 150-acre farm in the uplands of Egremont, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Its focal point is a five-bay, two-and-one-half-story saltbox house with a massive central chimney, built in 1744 by Jonah Westover, with a date inscribed over the front door. A former woodshed and a converted horse barn, both from the early 1800s, connect to the house. Other contributing resources include a barn, a carriage shed, a tool shed, wells and surrounding fields, woodland and remnants of stone walls. The farm was owned by one family, the Bacons, Potts and Warners, from the early 1800s until 1966, and worked as a dairy farm known for its cheese. It is described as the oldest surviving dwelling in Egremont and as an unusually intact mid-eighteenth-century farmstead. Large parts of the land are protected by agricultural and conservation restrictions. It was recognized for its agricultural and architectural importance to the town and county.","period_of_significance":"1744-1939","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial / Georgian; No Style (Second Period saltbox dwelling)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still a private farm property with the farmhouse in residential use; the pasture is leased to a nearby farmer for grazing, and parts of the land are under agricultural and conservation restrictions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.366754-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/20/7941/63794120/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000157.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000157/fd44229a39-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000157/fd44229a39-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Crepoudutnysusa","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:62_Undermountain_Rd_(MA_Route_41)_,_Egremont_Mass.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Crepoudutnysusa</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:62_Undermountain_Rd_(MA_Route_41)_,_Egremont_Mass.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794120","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westover%E2%80%93Bacon%E2%80%93Potts_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7989520"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/berkshire-county/westover-bacon-potts-farm-90000157/"}