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Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
184historic places
—earliest paper
1761formed
129,026pop. 2020
77cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 184 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 11 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near North Adams, Pittsfield, Adams.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Massachusetts is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Berkshire titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

78 of 184 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

184 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Allen HotelPittsfieldBuilding1983
Allen, William Russell, HousePittsfieldBuilding1980
Anthony HouseAdamsBuilding1985
Armory BlockAdamsBuilding1982
Armstrong HouseNorth AdamsBuilding1985
Arnold Print WorksNorth AdamsBuilding1985
Ashley, Col. John, HouseSheffieldBuilding1975
Ashley, Col. John, House (Boundary Increase)SheffieldSite1975
Barrett, P. J., BlockAdamsBuilding1982
Beaver MillNorth AdamsBuilding1973
Becket Center Historic DistrictBecketDistrict1982
Berkshie Mill No. 1AdamsBuilding1982
Berkshire Life Insurance Company BuildingPittsfieldBuilding1986
Bidwell, Rev. Adonijah, HouseMontereyDistrict1982
Blackinton Historic DistrictNorth AdamsDistrict1985
Boardman, TheNorth AdamsBuilding1985
Boston Finishing WorksWilliamstownBuilding2016
Brewer, Capt. John, HouseMontereyBuilding1984
Browne, Charles, HouseNorth AdamsBuilding1985
Cheshire Town Hall ComplexCheshireDistrict2017
Church Street Historic DistrictNorth AdamsDistrict1983
Church Street-Cady Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)North AdamsDistrict1985
Church on the HillLenoxBuilding1982
Citizens HallInterlakenBuilding1972
Clark-Eames HouseWashingtonBuilding1986
Clinton African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (Additional Documentation)Great BarringtonBuilding2008
Coleman BridgeWindosorStructure2000
Congregational Church of West StockbridgeWest StockbridgeBuilding1996
Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room NHLDaltonBuilding1983
Cranesville Historic DistrictDaltonDistrict2005
Crowley HouseNorth AdamsBuilding1985
Dalton Grange Hall No. 23DaltonBuilding1983
Daniel Chester French Home and Studio, "Chesterwood" NHLStockbridgeDistrict1966
Du Bois, William E.B., Boyhood Homesite NHLGreat BarringtonSite1976
Dwight-Henderson HouseGreat BarringtonBuilding1976
Eames, Philip, HouseWashingtonBuilding1986
East Lawn Cemetery and Sherman Burbank Memorial ChapelWilliamstownDistrict2000
East Main Street CemeteryDaltonSite2000
East Otis SchoolhouseOtisBuilding2021
Eaton, Crane & Pike Company FactoryPittsfieldDistrict1990
Elm CourtLenoxBuilding1985
Elm-Maple-South Streets Historic DistrictStockbridgeDistrict2004
Fairview CemeteryDaltonSite2000
Farnams Village Historic DistrictCheshireDistrict2000
Fellows, General John and Mary, FarmsteadSheffieldBuilding2018
Fitch-Hoose HouseDaltonBuilding2010
Five Corners Historic DistrictWilliamstownDistrict1993
Freeman's Grove Historic DistrictNorth AdamsDistrict1985
Freight Yard Historic DistrictNorth AdamsDistrict1972
Frelinghuysen Morris House and StudioStockbridgeDistrict2016
Glendale Power HouseStockbridgeDistrict1982
Golden Hill BridgeLeeStructure1994
GoodwoodRichmondBuilding1982
H.W. Clark Biscuit CompanyNorth AdamsBuilding2009
Hall's TavernCheshireBuilding1983
Hancock Shaker Village NHLHancockDistrict1968
Hancock Town HallHancockBuilding1975
Harrison, Samuel, HousePittsfieldBuilding2006
Hathaway TenementNorth AdamsBuilding1985
Henry A. and Jennie Belden HouseLenoxBuilding2026
Hillside CemeteryNorth AdamsSite2001
Hoosac Street SchoolAdamsBuilding1988
Hoosac TunnelNorth AdamsStructure1973
Housatonic Congregational ChurchGreat BarringtonBuilding2002
Howard, Frank, BuildingPittsfieldBuilding2012
Hyde HouseLeeBuilding1976
Hyde SchoolLeeBuilding2004
Jacob's Pillow Dance FestivalBecketDistrict2001
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival NHLBecketDistrict2003
Johnson Manufacturing CompanyNorth AdamsBuilding1985
Johnson SchoolNorth AdamsBuilding1985
Jones BlockAdamsBuilding1982
KenmoreRichmondBuilding1996
Lee Lower Main Street Historic DistrictLeeDistrict1976
Lee StationLeeBuilding2010
Lenox AcademyLenoxBuilding1982
Lenox High SchoolLenoxBuilding2004
Lenox LibraryLenoxBuilding1973
Lenox Railroad StationLenoxBuilding1989
Lenox Village Historic DistrictLenoxDistrict2022
Lower Historic DistrictWashingtonDistrict1986
Mahaiwe BlockGreat BarringtonBuilding2008
Main Street CemeteryDaltonSite2000
Main Street Historic District (Additional Documentation)StockbridgeDistrict2002
Maple Street CemeteryAdamsSite2004
Mausert BlockAdamsBuilding1982
Melville, Herman, House NHLPittsfieldBuilding1966
Merrell TavernSouth LeeBuilding1972
Methodist Episcopal Society of TyringhamTyringhamBuilding2000
Mill River Historic DistrictMill RiverDistrict1994
Mill Village Historic DistrictWilliamstownDistrict1983
Mission House NHLStockbridgeBuilding1968
Mohawk TrailFlorida and SavoySite1973
Montville Baptist ChurchSandisfieldBuilding2006
Monument MillsGreat BarringtonBuilding1983
Monument Square-Eagle Street Historic DistrictNorth AdamsDistrict1972
Monument Square-Eagle Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)North AdamsDistrict1988
Morewood SchoolPittsfieldBuilding1984
Mount Greylock Summit Historic DistrictAdamsDistrict1998
Mount, The NHLLenoxBuilding1971
Naumkeag NHLStockbridgeDistrict1975
New Boston InnSandisfieldBuilding1988
New Boston Village Historic DistrictSandisfieldDistrict2022
New Marlborough VillageNew MarlboroughDistrict1982
Nichols-Sterner HouseRichmondBuilding1987
Norad MillNorth AdamsBuilding1985
Normal School Historic DistrictNorth AdamsDistrict1985
North Becket Village Historic DistrictBecketDistrict1988
North Egremont Historic DistrictEgremontDistrict1989
Northeast SchoolRichmondBuilding2002
Old Central Fire StationPittsfieldBuilding1977
Old Central High SchoolPittsfieldBuilding1980
Old Churchyard CemeteryCheshireSite2012
Old Covered BridgeSheffieldStructure1978
Old Curtisville Historic DistrictStockbridgeDistrict1976
Old Town HallPittsfieldBuilding1972
Osborn, Benjamin, HouseMt. WashingtonBuilding1987
Otis Center Historic DistrictOtisDistrict2022
Park Square Historic DistrictPittsfieldDistrict1975
Park Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)PittsfieldDistrict1991
Park Street FirehouseAdamsBuilding1982
Pettibone FarmLanesboroughDistrict1991
Phillips Woolen MillAdamsBuilding1982
Pilgrim Memorial Church and Parish HousePittsfieldBuilding2005
Pittsfield & North Adams Passenger Station and Baggage & Express HouseAdamsBuilding1982
Pittsfield CemeteryPittsfieldSite2007
Power, Charles Whittlesey, HousePittsfieldBuilding1997
Providence CourtPittsfieldBuilding1987
Quaker MeetinghouseAdamsBuilding1976
Ramsdell Public LibraryGreat BarringtonBuilding2014
Renfrew Mill No. 2AdamsBuilding1982
Rice, A.H., Silk MillPittsfieldBuilding2015
Richmond Furnace Historical and Archeological DistrictRichmondDistrict1999
Rising Paper MillGreat BarringtonBuilding1975
Rock RidgeMontereyBuilding1983
Sage, Philemon, HouseSandisfieldBuilding1982
Saint Andrew's ChapelWashingtonBuilding1986
Searles CastleGreat BarringtonBuilding1982
Shadow Brook Farm Historic DistrictStockbridgeDistrict1988
Shaker FarmRichmondBuilding1995
Sheffield Center Historic DistrictSheffieldDistrict1989
Sheffield Plain Historic DistrictSheffieldDistrict1988
Shepard, Thomas, HouseNew MarlboroughBuilding1984
Sherman, Eber, FarmNorth AdamsBuilding1983
Sherman, William B., FarmNorth AdamsBuilding1985
Sibley-Corcoran HouseWashingtonBuilding1986
Simmons BlockAdamsBuilding1982
Simond, Col. Benjamin, HouseWilliamstownBuilding1983
Society of the Congregational Church of Great BarringtonGreat BarringtonBuilding1992
South Center School HouseWashingtonBuilding1986
South Egremont Village Historic DistrictSouth EgremontDistrict1984
South Lee Historic DistrictLeeDistrict1999
South Mountain Concert HallPittsfieldBuilding1973
Springside ParkPittsfieldDistrict2008
St. Joseph's SchoolNorth AdamsBuilding1983
St. Luke's Episcopal ChurchLanesboroughBuilding1972
Stafford Hill MemorialCheshireStructure1986
Stockbridge CasinoStockbridgeBuilding1976
Summer Street Historic DistrictAdamsDistrict1985
Sykes HouseNorth AdamsBuilding1985
Taconic and West Avenues Historic DistrictGreat BarringtonDistrict1998
Trinity Episcopal ChurchLenoxBuilding1996
Tyringham CemeteryTyringhamSite2009
Tyringham Center SchoolTyringhamBuilding2020
Tyringham LibraryTyringhamBuilding2018
Tyringham Shaker Settlement Historic DistrictTyringhamDistrict1987
US Post Office-Great Barrington MainGreat BarringtonBuilding1986
US Post Office-Williamstown MainWilliamstownBuilding1986
Upper Historic DistrictWashingtonDistrict1987
Upper North Street Commercial DistrictPittsfieldDistrict2002
Ventfort HallLenoxDistrict1993
Villa VirginiaStockbridgeBuilding1983
Wahconah ParkPittsfieldSite2005
Wells HouseNorth AdamsBuilding1985
West Stockbridge Grange No. 246West StockbridgeBuilding1999
West Stockbridge Town HallWest StockbridgeBuilding2009
Western Railroad Stone Arch Bridges and Chester Factory Village Depot NHLBecketDistrict
Western Railroad Stone Arch Bridges and Chester Factory Village Depot NHLBecketDistrict
Westover-Bacon-Potts FarmEgremontDistrict1990
WheatleighStockbridgeBuilding1982
Wheeler Family FarmsteadGreat BarringtonDistrict2011
Williamstown Rail Yard and Station Historic DistrictWilliamstownDistrict1994
Windsor Print WorksNorth AdamsBuilding1973
Wollison-Shipton BuildingPittsfieldBuilding1982

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Berkshire was formed in 1761 (1761-06-30) from Hampshire.

BERKSHIRE created from HAMPSHIRE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Berkshire County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

149k90k30k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
30,29133,88535,72041,74555,12069,03295,667113,033122,273132,966142,135145,110134,953129,026

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

77 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 77 of 77 listed
NameLatLon
Advent Cemetery42.70958-73.12071
Ashuelot Cemetery42.47619-73.1824
Barnard Cemetery42.08487-73.35489
Beech Plain Cemetery42.1708-73.09611
Bellevue Cemetery42.60297-73.12448
Beth Israel Cemetery42.71091-73.08197
Blackinton Cemetery42.70471-73.17138
Bush Cemetery42.52614-72.99897
Carroll Cemetery42.10664-73.26104
Center Cemetery42.39943-73.36659
Center Cemetery42.51517-73.22741
Center Cemetery42.1057-73.35904
Center Cemetery42.23687-73.41432
Church on the Hill Cemetery42.36373-73.28342
Churchill Cemetery42.08903-73.40784
Clarksburg Cemetery42.73538-73.06837
College Cemetery42.71593-73.20161
Cone Hill Cemetery42.35862-73.36795
Corashire Cemetery42.18101-73.25911
Dubois Cemetery42.11762-73.13589
East Main Street Cemetery42.47375-73.15072
East Part Cemetery42.42981-73.19948
East Windsor Cemetery42.4795-72.98372
Eastlawn Cemetery42.70813-73.19538
Elmwood Cemetery42.20259-73.34339
Fairview Cemetery42.47709-73.17205
Gardner Cemetery42.60441-73.2904
Hancock Cemetery42.54905-73.31016
Hewins Cemetery42.08623-73.32265
Hillside Cemetery42.70035-73.12251
Hillside Cemetery42.19086-73.43189
Huxley Cemetery42.05577-73.22266
Knesses Israel Cemetery42.48067-73.27006
Lanesborough Center Cemetery42.51396-73.22732
Love of Peace Cemetery42.49932-73.2824
Maple Street Cemetery42.62621-73.12193
Maple Street Cemetery42.62657-73.12271
Mill River Cemetery42.10813-73.26302
Montville Cemetery42.11644-73.1359
Mountain View Cemetery42.35307-73.24725
New Ashford Cemetery42.60866-73.23576
New Lenox Cemetery42.39292-73.23402
New Marlborough Cemetery42.12036-73.23678
New State Cemetery42.63353-73.02525
North Cemetery42.41554-73.3375
North Cemetery42.46072-73.00825
Northeast Cemetery42.40835-73.31404
Old Center Cemetery42.20207-73.22615
Palmer Cemetery42.08885-73.22839
Peru Cemetery42.436-73.04909
Pittsfield Cemetery42.46667-73.26078
Riverside Cemetery42.20009-73.43761
Riverside Cemetery42.53966-73.23225
Roberts Cemetery42.04912-73.11819
Rockdale Cemetery42.29042-73.37523
Saint Anns Cemetery42.35804-73.27942
Saint Josephs Cemetery42.4746-73.25758
Saint Josephs Cemetery42.28614-73.32212
Saint Josephs Cemetery42.67461-73.0963
Saint Mary's Cemetery42.3087-73.26334
Saint Patricks Cemetery42.35051-73.38379
Saint Patricks Cemetery42.45343-73.13619
Saint Peters Cemetery42.2045-73.34148
Saint Stanislaus Kostka Cemetery42.60108-73.11545
Shaw Cemetery42.50092-73.00458
South Lee Cemetery42.27838-73.27868
Southlawn Cemetery42.65984-73.23848
Southview Cemetery42.67179-73.10015
Spruce Corner Cemetery42.58819-72.9894
Stockbridge Cemetery42.28564-73.319
Talcott Cemetery42.53101-73.23035
The Tomb Cemetery42.5747-73.04722
Washington Cemetery42.37254-73.12123
West Center Cemetery42.30598-73.4033
West Center Cemetery42.21932-73.12273
West Stockbridge Cemetery42.34787-73.37981
Woods Cemetery42.19641-73.2207
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Hemlock Brook42.69036-73.24261

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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