<p>The William B. Sherman Farm is a historic farmhouse located at 1072 State Road in North Adams, Massachusetts. Built in the 1820s, it is one of the city&#39;s few surviving 19th-century houses, with relatively few alterations since its elaborate Italianate porch in the 1870s. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
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<p>The William B. Sherman Farm is located in western North Adams, on the south side of State Road (Massachusetts Route 2), near the town line with Williamstown. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, two interior chimneys, and a clapboarded exterior. The building corners have broad pilasters, which rise to an entablature that extends beneath fully pedimented gables on the sides. Its main facade is five bays wide, with a single-story porch extending across the front. The porch roof has a cornice adorned with jigsawn brackets, and the spaces between the posts are adorned with large rounded jigsawn woodwork. The ground floor windows under the porch are elongated, and the entry doorway is a French door.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in the 1820s by William Sherman, a Rhode Island native who moved to the area in 1780. Sherman purchased a large tract of land, then part of Williamstown, in 1813. The land transferred to North Adams jurisdiction in 1900, and most of it was sold off for development in the 20th century, leaving the house standing on a small parcel. The Greek Revival house is one of the oldest surviving farmhouses in North Adams, and is visually distinctive for its Italianate porch, the result of an 1870s period of alteration. Sherman sold his house and farm to his son Eber (who built another house nearby) in 1843. The property then went through a succession of owners.</p><br>
<p>The Sibley–Corcoran House is a historic house at 387 Upper Valley Road in Washington, Massachusetts. Built about 1813, it is a well-preserved example of a rural Federal style farmhouse, with later Greek Revival alterations. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 12, 1986.</p><br>
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<p>The Sibley–Corcoran House is located in eastern Washington, on about 10 acre at the northwest corner of Summit Hill and Upper Valley Roads. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and central chimney. Its main facade is five bays wide, with its main entrance sheltered by a small enclosed gable-roofed vestibule. The exterior is clad in modern siding, either replacing or obscuring architecturally significant features. The side gables are fully pedimented, a Greek Revival alteration. The secondary entrance, on the south side of the house, also has an enclosed vestibule, and a shed-roofed addition extends to the rear. A 20th-century garage stands off to one side.</p><br>
<p>The house was built c. 1813 by Ezra Sibley, and sold in 1825 to Daniel Sibley, including 123 acre of land. Daniel Sibley was likely responsible for making the Greek Revival alterations to the house, which included the placement of broad cornerboards, as well as a frieze and entablature below the roof line. In 1869, the house was sold to John Corcoran, an employee of the railroad which passed near the house. The house represents a late entry in the town&#39;s development, which was stunted by the poor quality of its land, and came to an effective end in the late 1810s.</p><br>
<p>The Simmons Block is a historic commercial building in Adams, Massachusetts. Built about 1885, it is one of town&#39;s most elaborate examples of Queen Anne Victorian architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
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<p>The Simmons Block is located in downtown Adams, on the west side of Park Street just south of the Adams Free Library. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a mostly clap boarded exterior. The structure features a variety of rooflines and a small tower in a typical Queen Anne style, with fine turned woodwork on the porches, and applied woodwork decoration. A square tower rises at the right corner, topped by a pyramidal roof. Entrances to separate parts of the building are located in a recessed porch in the base of the tower, and at the left end of the facade, sheltered by a bracketed hood. In between are a combination of plate glass display windows, with a projecting bay at the center that houses round-arch windows.</p><br>
<p>The building was built sometime between 1885 and 1889 for A.H. Simmons, a successful Adams businessman of the 1880s. Simmons is listed in early city directories as residing here, but the ground floor appears to have been designed from the start to house his funeral parlor as well. It is differentiated from other commercial construction of the period in Adams by its wood-frame construction, and it&#39;s particularly elaborate decorative elements.</p><br>
<p>The Col. Benjamin Simonds House is a historic house at 643 Simonds Road in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The colonial style wood-frame house was built in 1770 by Benjamin Simonds, a veteran of the French and Indian Wars, who was one of Williamstown&#39;s early settlers. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and now houses a bed and breakfast.</p><br>
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<p>The Benjamin Simonds House is located about 1.5 mi north of the center of Williamstown, on the west side of Simonds Road (United States Route 7) just north of its crossing of the Hoosic River. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. Its main facade is five bays wide, with a modestly styled central entrance flanked by pilasters. The interior retains a great deal of original period woodwork, including builtin cabinetry, fireplace mantels, and crown moulding.</p><br>
<p>Benjamin Simonds was a native of Connecticut who first came to the area that is now Williamstown as a militia soldier stationed at Fort Massachusetts in the 1740s, during King George&#39;s War. He first bought land in the area in 1749, eventually moving to this area, where he built this house in 1769. He operated a tavern in the town, and was a leading force in the incorporation of Williamstown in 1765, and the founding of Williams College in 1790. He was also active militarily in the American Revolutionary War, where he led a regiment of militia in the Battle of Bennington and other engagements.</p><br>
<p>The South Center School House is a historic one-room school house on Washington Mountain Road in Washington, Massachusetts. Built in 1880, it is the town&#39;s only surviving district school building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
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<p>The South Center School House is located on the north side of Washington Mountain Road, roughly midway between the towns Upper and Lower, and just south of the roads crossing of Savery Brook. It is a small rectangular wood-frame structure, with a gable roof, clapboard siding, and rubblestone foundation. Its main (southeast facing) facade has an off-center entry with a broad lintel, a small 2-over-2 window just to its right, and a small round window in the gable above. The side facades each have two sash windows. The interior of the building houses two small cloakrooms and a single classroom.</p><br>
<p>The school was built in 1880 at the site of the towns first school for $300, and was one of the towns seven district schools. Washington&#39;s population was in a period of decline in the early 20th century, and the school closed in 1922. It then stood vacant for many years, and was restored by the local historic commission in the 1970s.</p><br>
<p>The South Egremont Village Historic District encompasses most of the village of South Egremont, Massachusetts, a well-preserved village whose architecture has seen relatively little alteration since the 1840s. It is located along Massachusetts Route 23 in the plains east of the Taconic Mountains. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
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<p>Egremont was first settled beginning in the late 1730s, and was incorporated in 1761. The south village, located in a plain east of the Taconic Mountains, developed early as an agricultural village, with the waters of Karner Brook providing power for a sawmill in 1780. The village received an economic boost when the state of Massachusetts built a turnpike (now Massachusetts Route 23) through the area in 1801. This helped the village develop as a stopping point for travelers, and encouraged several small industries, most notably the manufacture of shoes and carriage axles, to develop along Karner Brook. In 1832 the Mt. Everett Academy opened in the village as the towns first secondary school; its surviving Greek Revival building is one of the finest of the type in the village, and later also served as the town hall and library. The village was economically stable in the second half of the 19th century, and declined economically in the early 20th century. Its fortunes were revived in the 1930s as a tourist destination by Hugh Smiley, who founded Olde Egremont as a vehicle to preserve the villages mid-19th century streetscape.</p><br>
<p>The historic district extends along Massachusetts Route 23 from its western junction with Massachusetts Route 41 in the west to its junction with the Sheffield-Egremont Road in the east, including a few buildings on adjacent roadways. This street alignment is roughly that of the 1801 turnpike, and is remarkably faithful to its appearance in 1844. On a map produced in that year there were 55 buildings, of which 44 are still standing, with only five subsequent additions to the village. In addition to the academy building, prominent buildings include the Egremont Village Inn (1780; moved 1801 to be closer to the turnpike), the 1832-33 Congregational church, whose horse sheds also survive nearby, the 1825 South Egremont Store, and the South Egremont Village School (1880), one of the last one-room schoolhouses in continuous operation in the United States. Of the district&#39;s historic industries, only the mill pond, dam and raceway survive at the western end of the village.</p><br>
<p>The South Lee Historic District encompasses the historic portion of the village of South Lee in Lee, Massachusetts. Extending mainly along Massachusetts Route 102  between Fairview Street and the Stockbridge town line, the village is a well-preserved 19th-century mill village, with fine Federal and Greek Revival buildings and a later 19th-century paper mill. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.</p><br>
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<p>The town of Lee was settled in 1760, comparatively later than neighboring towns, and was incorporated in 1777. South Lee was a remote outpost off major roads until the Housatonic River Turnpike was built in 1806 by Col. Joseph Whiton, who had in 1794 built the house now known as the Merrell Tavern. Whiton was a major early economic force in the village, operating a sawmill, forge, and brickyard. Now on a major east–west route, and close to what became a major north–south route (now United States Route 7), the village soon grew as a travelers stop and civic center. Industry also developed, with one of the first paper mills in the Berkshires opened on the banks of the Housatonic River in 1806, joined later by other industries. The railroads arrival in 1848 spurred further development, including the construction of a large paper mill by the Hurlbuts in 1872.</p><br>
<p>The historic district extends along Pleasant Street from the Stockbridge town line in the west to Fairview Street in the east, and for a short distance along the latter roadway. This area is hemmed in by the Housatonic River and Bear Mountain in the south, and a relatively steep ridge in the north. Most of the architecture is wood-frame residential, although three early Federal period buildings are of brick, including the Merrell Tavern, the villages oldest surviving building. The most common styles found in the village are Federal and Greek Revival, reflecting the villages period of growth in the first half of the 19th century. Archaeological resources in the district include remnants of some of its 19th century industrial complexes.</p><br>
<p>The Wollison–Shipton Building is a historic commercial block located at 142-156 North Street in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Designed by architect H. Neil Wilson, it was built in 1888 when the area north of Park Square developed as a commercial and retail part of downtown Pittsfield.</p><br>
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<p>The building stands in downtown Pittsfield, on the east side of North Street, roughly midway between Fenn and Eagle Streets. It is a four-story steel and masonry structure, built out of Philadelphia pressed red brick with rusticated brownstone trim. It has a central full-height section, seven bays wide, capped by a hip roof, which has flanking three-story mansarded wings. The ground floor has four storefronts, two on either side of the main building entrance, each now redone with modern plate glass display windows flanking recessed entrances. A belt course of sandstone separates the first and second floors, and brick pilasters separate the middle seven bays from the outer ones. Windows are rectangular sash, except for the central fourth-floor windows, where eight are set in round-arch openings. Windows in the outermost two bays on each side have stone sills, and are topped by a course of brickwork that extends across the width of the outer sections. In the central sections, the outer windows are grouped in threes, each individually topped by stone sills.</p><br>
<p>At the time of its construction in 1888, this building was relative rarity for the type of brick used and for its cast iron detailing, which has since been removed. The second floor was the second home for the local YMCA. The architect was H. Neill Wilson, a prominent local architect, and the builder was D.C. Munyan, who was responsible for the construction of a number of other nearby buildings, including the adjacent Academy of Music (burned 1912), the Berkshire County Courthouse, and the Berkshire Athenaeum, both prominent structures on Park Square.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 30, 1982,</p><br>
<p>Windsor Print Works is a historic textile mill at 121 Union Street in North Adams, Massachusetts. Founded in 1829, with buildings dating to 1872, it was one of the first textile mills in western Massachusetts, and the first place in the United States to create printed cotton fabric. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The property now houses a variety of arts-related and light manufacturing businesses.</p><br>
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<p>The Windsor Print Works is located east of downtown North Adams, on the north side of Massachusetts Route 2 between Canal and Cliff Streets, on the northern side of the Hoosic River. The property is 9 acre in size, with twelve interconnected buildings. All are of brick construction, and range in height from two to four stories. All were built between 1872 and 1889. The site&#39;s industrial history dates to the 1820s, with power originally provided by water delivered through a canal from the river.</p><br>
<p>Founded by Caleb Turner in 1829, the Windsor Print Works was the first in Western Massachusetts. The plant was taken over by the Consolidated Textile Company during the 1920s, until the company closed in 1956 due to foreign competition. In 1960 the main building was purchased by Stanley Shapiro, and was used mostly for storage. When the Economic Development Corporation of North Berkshire took it over in 1973, it was converted into a center for arts and crafts. North Adams took the building over in the 1980s. Currently, the Windsor Print Works is used for light manufacturing and arts-related businesses, including galleries.</p><br>
<p>Williamstown Rail Yard and Station Historic District is a historic district at the junction of Cole Avenue and N. Hoosac Road in Williamstown, Massachusetts.The rail yard was an important junction point for the railroads of the area in the late 19th century, serving as the western terminus for trains passing through the Hoosac Tunnel to points east. The yard&#39;s facilities included a locomotive repair shop and a railroad roundhouse, although the latter has not survived. The district was listed the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.</p><br>
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<p>The former Williamstown Rail Yard and Station occupy a narrow strip of land along the north bank of the Hoosic River, roughly divided by Cole Avenue, and separated from North Hoosac Road by the railroad right-of-way the facilities historically served. The southeastern half of the district is where the former passenger station is located, while the northwestern half houses a few surviving elements of the railroad maintenance yard. The passenger station was built in 1898 to replace an earlier wood frame station (built 1859) that was destroyed by fire. The new station was built of stone, and features Richardsonian Romanesque details. Passenger service was discontinued by the Boston & Maine Railroad in 1959. The surviving railyard facilities include coal storage elevators, built between 1914 and 1931 for use by local coal delivery services, and the 1879 freight house, at the very northern end of the district.</p><br>
<p>Railroad service to Williamstown was inaugurated in 1859, and was instrumental in transforming the town, bringing industrial development. Early service ran between Pittsfield, Massachusetts and Albany, New York, and this was augmented by the completion of the Hoosac Tunnel to also provide faster service to Boston. The Fitchburg Railroad took over all three lines in 1887, and used this yard as a staging ground for helper locomotives on the traversal of the Hoosac Tunnel, and as a sorting yard to separate eastbound traffic bound either for the tunnel or Pittsfield. The yard had sixteen sidings, a nine-bay roundhouse, and a turntable; the latter two features do not survive in recognizable form, and their site is located outside the historic district. The service features of the yard fell out of use after the Hoosac Tunnel was electrified in 1911. The 1879 freight house was closed in 1939, its functions relocated to the passenger station. Passenger service ended at the end of 1958, and the freight station was closed the following year.</p><br>
<p>The Westover–Bacon–Potts Farm is a historic farm along Massachusetts Route 41 in Egremont, Massachusetts. Built beginning in 1744 on 150 acre of land, it is one of the best-preserved farmsteads of the period in Berkshire County. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
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<p>The Westover–Bacon–Potts Farm is located in a rural setting of southeastern Egremont, on 150 acre roughly bisected by Undermountain Road, bounded on the north by Warner Road and the south by the right-of-way of the Appalachian Trail. The farmstead is located on the west side of the road, with the farmhouse facing east. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. The rear roof face extends to the first floor, giving the house a classic saltbox profile. The house is accompanied by several 19th-century farm outbuildings, as well as a 20th-century garage.</p><br>
<p>Land for the farm was purchased in 1744 by Jonah Westover, who built the house that now stands on the property. In the 1790s the property was purchased by Elijah Bacon, in whose family it remained until 1965. In the intervening years little was done to modernize the house. The 1965 purchasers, the Goldricks, were antique dealers with connections in the historic preservation community, and made some modernization of the property, sensitive to its historic integrity. Later owners have continued the practice of sensitive updating to the house, which remains one of the best-preserved -story houses in Egremont.</p><br>
<p>Mary-Margaret Kellogg in 2004 donated her home "April Hill" and 95 acres to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC). Until 2019, the property served as the regional offices of the ATC and the Appalachian Mountain Club.</p><br>
<p>In 2019, Greenagers, a local nonprofit "providing paid jobs and environmental education for teens and young adults," acquired the building and 100 acres of land. The house and the surrounding four acres are under an historic preservation restriction held by Historic New England. 150 acres of surrounding land are protected by agricultural and conservation restrictions held by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.</p><br>
<p>West Stockbridge Grange No. 246 is a historic grange hall at 5 Swamp Road in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts.</p><br>
<p>The Greek Revival building was constructed in 1838 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.</p><br>
<p>This early Grange Hall was originally built as the Methodist Church in the Village of West Stockbridge in 1838. Located on Swamp Road the property is bordered by the Williams River. A handsome example of Greek Revival architecture, which still retains its original 36 over 36 sashes with glazed gothic arches, the church closed its doors in 1910. The building remained vacant for a number of years.</p><br>
<p>In 1918 the building was purchased by the West Stockbridge/Alford Grange and underwent extensive renovations to the interior making it one of the "best Grange Halls of its day in Western Massachusetts." These improvements included electricity, wainscoting the walls and vaulted ceiling, the installation of some of the original church pews on sidewall platforms, and the addition of rock maple flooring. The choir was also enclosed and glazed pocket doors with early stained glass decals were installed. A dramatic theatrical stage was constructed at the back of the large open meeting room with a spectacular hand-painted theater curtain which remains there today. The building was dedicated by members of that Grange on August 1, 1919, and the lofty 17’ ceiling, gothic windows, moldings, and wainscoting remain intact from this time period.</p><br>
<p>This building has been privately owned since 2007 and continues to be a meeting place for the West Stockbridge Grange which still houses their ceremonial artifacts there. These include a number of podiums, staff, early wind and rain machines, and various other items of historic interest.</p><br>
<p>Occasionally the current owner has offered the building for use and as a fundraising tool by non-profit organizations. Amenities include a sound system, digital projector, 14’ x 9’ movie screen, spot-lit mirror ball, dimmable lighting, comfortable upholstered seating, numerous side chairs, and various folding tables. The building is not officially open to the public, but it is able to be shown by appointment.</p><br>
<p>The Wells House is a historic house located in North Adams, Massachusetts. Built about 1840, it is a locally rare surviving example of a Greek Revival farmhouse. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
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<p>The Wells House is located in the West End of North Adams, at the southwest corner of West Main Street (Massachusetts Route 2) and Notch Road. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, interior brick chimneys, and a clapboarded exterior. Its bays on three sides are articulated by two-story Doric pilasters, which rise to an entablature below the cornice. The gable ends on the sides are fully pedimented. The main facade is five bays wide, with the center entrance set in a recess with flanking sidelight windows and pilasters, and a transom window above.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in about 1840 and is one of the city&#39;s oldest Greek Revival buildings.</p><br>
<p>Villa Virginia is a historic country estate situated on Ice Glen Road in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Built between 1914 and 1915, it stands as one of the last significant examples of the grand Berkshire Cottages and showcases Renaissance Revival architecture. This estate was added to National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
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<p>Villa Virginia is located on the east side of Ice Glen Road, between its northern end and the Ice Glen trailhead. The property spans over 50 acre, encompassing the western side of the Ice Glen ravine. In the late nineteenth century, this area was part of an estate owned by John and Isabella Wyman Winthrop, who ran a gentleman&#39;s farm.</p><br>
<p>The site was acquired by William H. Clarke, who demolished the existing structures and commissioned the architectural firm Hiss and Weekes to build a new estate in 1914. It is constructed in the style of a Tuscan villa of the Renaissance. The estate functioned as a working farm, featuring extensive outbuildings for animals and farm machinery.</p><br>
<p>The estate&#39;s architecture is a prime example of the Mediterranean Renaissance Revival style. The landscape was designed by Ferruccio Vitale, incorporating formal features such as a lily pond, grotto, and walled garden.</p><br>
<p>By the 1970s, many of the Berkshire cottages, including Villa Virginia, were considered "white elephant" due to their size and maintenance costs. The estate became uninhabited and fell into disrepair. However, from 1979 to 1998, it was owned by Kazys Varnelis who used it as his home and private gallery. Varnelis undertook extensive restoration work to revive both the structure and the grounds.</p><br>
<p>The Stockbridge Casino is a historic building at the junction of East Main Street and Yale Hill Road in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Built in 1887, it is a prominent local work of architect Stanford White, and has served as a cultural center in the community since its construction, despite being moved in 1928. Now a part of the grounds of the Berkshire Theatre Festival, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.</p><br>
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<p>The former Stockbridge Casino is set east of Stockbridge&#39;s Main Street downtown, at the northwest corner of Yale Hill Road and East Main Street. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof and clapboarded exterior. The roof is capped by a cupola, mounted in eight small round columns which are surrounded by a low balustrade. On the front roof face, the cupola flanked by round-headed dormers. The main facade has a projecting two-story center section, composed of three bays articulated by engaged round columns. Each of these bays has a paneled first floor and a rounded window on the second. Entrances are located flanking this projecting bay, accessed via stairs at differing elevations. The interior has undergone some alterations from its original appearance, due to its conversion to a theatrical performance space.</p><br>
<p>Designed by Stanford White, the casino was built in 1887 near the western end of Main Street at the base of Prospect Hill, and for many years was a popular recreational and social attraction (according to older usages of the word "casino", it was not necessarily a gambling establishment). After falling into decline, the property was purchased in 1927 by Mabel Choate, owner of the nearby Naumkeag estate. She sought the property as a location for the Mission House, and was not interested in the casino building. She sold it for $1 to businessman and artist Walter Leighton Clark on the condition that it be moved. Together with sculptor Daniel Chester French and Dr. Austen Fox Riggs, he founded the Three Arts Society, which purchased the building and moved it to its current location. The building was renovated and reopened in 1928 as the Berkshire Playhouse, which later became the Berkshire Theatre Festival.</p><br>
<p>The Taconic and West Avenues Historic District is a largely residential historic district south of the downtown area of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The roughly 117 acre district includes 172 contributing elements, most of which are houses or related buildings. Two thirds of the buildings were built between 1890 and 1910, and most of the rest were constructed in a historically sympathetic way.</p><br>
<p>The southwestern corner of the district is the intersection of Maple and West Avenues. Its western boundary is a high wooded ridge that roughly parallels Castle Street, and follows Main Street and Maple Avenue on its eastern and southern boundaries. The housing in the district was built by Great Barrington&#39;s wealthier residents, and feature large houses built in a variety of popular styles of the period. The district features Georgian, Early Republic, and Mid 19th-Century Revival architecture. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.</p><br>
<p>Great Barrington was settled in the 18th century, and was the first county seat of Berkshire County. It developed around a major crossing of the Housatonic River, which also provided power for industry. Early development in this district occurred primarily along Main Street, where houses such as the Dwight–Henderson House were built, and Taconic Street, a major road leading northwest toward Alford. Development in the district was modest through much of the 19th century, only becoming more organized in the 1880s, when a number of cross streets were laid out for residential development.</p><br>
<p>The Tyringham Shaker Settlement Historic District was a historic Shaker village on Jerusalem Road in Tyringham, Massachusetts. Among the buildings in the village were mills and workshops. There was a reduction in members prior to the American Civil War and in the 1870s the remaining "believers" moved to Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts and Enfield Shakers Village in Connecticut.</p><br>
<p>In 1874 the Shakers traded the property to a New York City doctor, Joseph Jones, for property in Pennsylvania. Dr. Jones open a summer retreat and boardinghouse called "Fernside". In 1889 the property was sold to the Tyringham Forest Club. It is now farmland.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.</p><br>
<h2>Shaker settlement</h2><br>
<p>The Shaker community was established in 1792, and flourished, acquiring more than 2,000 acre in Tyringham and adjacent towns at the height of the movement&#39;s popularity. The farmstead of William Clark on Jerusalem Road was the site of the main settlement, with a satellite settlement about.75 mi further north. In addition to their communal living and worship spaces, the Shakers built a number of mill buildings, workshops, and even a furnace. The population of the settlement began to shrink in the years before the American Civil War, and its demise was hastened by the departure in 1858 of 23 individuals. In the 1870s the remaining Tyringham Shakers moved to other settlements (in Hancock, Massachusetts and Enfield, Connecticut).</p><br>
<p>Shaker settlement 1, Tyringham MA.jpgShaker settlement, Tyringham, Massachusetts</p><br>
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<p>In 1874 the Shakers executed a property exchange with a New York City doctor, Joseph Jones, who owned a property in Pennsylvania in which they were interested. Dr. Jones used the property as a summer retreat they called "Fernside", and eventually operated it as a summer boarding house. He sold the property to other New York interests in 1889, which organized it as the Tyringham Forest Club. This enterprise was only briefly successful, and the property was sold at auction a few years later. Since then, the property has seen a variety of owners, and is once again a farmstead.</p><br>
<h2>National Register of Historic Places</h2><br>
<p>The district features Greek Revival, Italianate style, and Federal style architecture. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.</p><br>
<p>The Upper Historic District is a historic district encompassing the historic center of Washington, Massachusetts. Centered on the junction of Washington Mountain Road and Branch Road, the town center flourished from the towns establishment in the 1750s until the center of the towns business moved closer to the newly lain railroad in the 1830s. The district includes the old town hall, cemetery, common, and pound, as well as a number of residences. A meeting house  and schoolhouse once stood in the area, but the 1792 church was destroyed by lightning in 1859, and the schoolhouse is no longer extant. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It was listed as part of the Washington Multiple Property Submission .</p><br>
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<p>The town of Washington is a rural community in the uplands of the Berkshires in western Massachusetts. Its early points of settlement were along Washington Mountain Road, which skirts the eastern flank of Washington Mountain and served as an early stagecoach route between Pittsfield and Springfield. The town center arose near the highest point on the road, where its first meeting house was built around 1773. That building no longer stands, but the 10 acre town common that was laid out next to it still survives as a large grassy expanse at the corner of Branch Road. The oldest surviving structure in this area is the animal pound, a rectangular stone structure built in 1783. The current town cemetery was established on the east side of Washington Mountain Road in 1805, and contains a few burials relocated from the town&#39;s first burying ground, which was also nearby. The historic town hall is next to the cemetery, built in 1848-49 and still occasionally used for civic functions. The two oldest houses in the district are the Elijah Crane House, built c. 1785-89, and the Jasper Morgan Tavern, built c. 1810-11. Both are good examples of Federal period architecture.</p><br>
<p>Washington has always been a rural community, its early farmers struggling with poor soil and harsh climate. As a consequence, many began to leave as early as 1810 for better lands in Ohio and other areas further west. The town center consequently stagnated, and was supplanted even in civic importance by the routing of a railroad line further in the valley, where most of the town&#39;s civic and economic activity is now focused.</p><br>
<p>US Post Office–Williamstown Main is a historic post office at 56 Spring Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Built in 1932, it is an architecturally significant local example of Classical Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Williamstown Main Post Office is located in the town&#39;s central business district, on the east side Spring Street opposite Bank Street. The rectangular Neo-Classical building is made of Flemish bond brick on a granite foundation, and with marble detailing. Granite steps with wrought iron railings lead up to the main entrance, which is sheltered by a gabled portico supported by Tuscan columns. Windows are either set in round-arch openings, or in rectangular ones with splayed headers. The building is topped by a parapet alternating broad brick piers and sections of balustrade. In the lobby the floor is tiled quarry marble with marble strip details. The walls have a marble panel wainscoting that is topped by plaster. The principal modern intrusions are a glass and aluminum vestibule, and a handicap access ramp.</p><br>
<p>The post office was built by the federal government in 1932, during a period when the Postal Service was embarked in a construction program designed to provide jobs during the Great Depression. Prior to the construction of this building, the towns post office (established in 1798) was typically located in one of the towns commercial establishment. The building was designed by James Wetmore and built by the New England General Contractors Company on a site most recently occupied by the town&#39;s high school.</p><br>
<p>US Post Office–Great Barrington Main is a historic post office at 222 Main Street in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. It was designed by architect Lorimer Rich and completed in 1936. Its design is unusual, because the United States Postal Service was at that time trying to economize on building costs in part by using standardized plans; this building is a notable deviation from this. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Great Barrington Main Post Office is located in downtown Great Barrington, on the west side of Main Street at its junction with Dresser Avenue. It was built principally of brick, with marble, wood, and concrete details. The building is basically rectangular, with a wooden portico supported by Doric columns projecting from the center of the buildings front, providing shelter for the main entrance. The columns are of concrete, the steps leading to the entrance are of granite, and there is marble detailing on the building walls. Inside, the postmasters office is to the left, while banks of post office boxes line the walls in an L shape on the right. The back of the building, where mail is processed, is separated from the public space by a service area.</p><br>
<p>Great Barringtons position as a major economic center of southern Berkshire County since the early 19th century means it has had postal service since 1797. Until the construction of this building, those services were always provided in leased commercial spaces, private residences of the postmaster, and the local deed registry. The present building was designed by Lorimer Rich in 1935, and was completed in 1936 by D.A. Sullivan of Northampton. The Postal Service had in 1934 mandated the use of standardized plans from the Treasury Departments Office of the Supervising Architect for new post office construction. This buildings neo-Classical design is the result of Richs alteration of a standard plan.</p><br>
<p>The Upper North Street Commercial District is a historic district on the north side of downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. Representing an expansion of Pittsfields historic downtown area northward from Park Square in the late 19th century, the district encompasses primarily commercial buildings fronting on North Street between Columbus and Madison Avenues on the west side, and between Eagle and Maplewood Avenues on the east side. The notable exceptions are the Berkshire Eagle building, located on Eagle Street next to Sottile Park, and the St. Josephs Church complex. The district features Colonial Revival and Renaissance style architecture. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Pittsfields early civic and commercial development took place around Park Square Historic District, and was for most of the 19th century stopped at the railroad tracks of the Boston and Albany Railroad, which cross North Street three blocks north of Park Square. By 1890 the entire stretch of North Street between Park Square and the tracks was built out with commercial blocks. Early uses of the area north of the tracks (even before their construction) were as a militia training area and cantonment during the War of 1812, although the principal development that took place in the first half of the 19th century was residential. Part of the militia cantonment area was acquired by the Roman Catholic Church in 1863 for the construction of St. Josephs, and the first masonry commercial block was built north of the tracks in 1875. An electric trolley was laid out on North Street in 1891, spurring commercial development that transformed the area over the next 30 years.</p><br>
<p>The Sykes House is a historic house located at 521 West Main Street in North Adams, Massachusetts. It was built in 1890, and is a prominent local example of Queen Anne architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Sykes House is located in Braytonville, one mile west of downtown North Adams, on the north side of West Main Street (Massachusetts Route 2) opposite Marion Avenue. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a complex roof line and mostly clapboarded exterior. A polygonal bay projects to the front and right side, with the main entrance to its left. The entrance is sheltered by a porch with turned posts, a spindled valance, and a decorative panel in the gable. The chimney has a decorative brick corbelling at the top. Windows on the second floor have decorative carving in the lintels above them. A single-story ell extends to the left, and a two-story ell extends to the rear.</p><br>
<p>The house was built by the Porter & Hannum company, a leading homebuilder in North Adams, for Thomas Sykes, a supervisor at the North Adams Manufacturing Company. Sykes, a native of Vermont, spent 25 years with the company, in addition to working at other mills in the region. The house is not as elaborate or lavish as many Queen Anne designs, and its design may have originated in a mail-order catalog. The only major modification to the building was the addition in 1920 of a two-story porch structure on the rear right side. The house has seen a variety of uses, including as a rooming house a combination art studio and residence.</p><br>
<p>The Summer Street Historic District encompasses a fashionable 19th-century residential area of Adams, Massachusetts. Centered on the junction of Summer Street with Center and Orchard Streets, it extends mainly north along Summer Street, and includes fine examples of Greek Revival, Late Victorian, and Federal style architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The town of Adams was settled by colonists in 1762, and was incorporated in 1778; its northern section was separated as North Adams in 1878. Early settlement took place on the eastern bank of the Hoosac River, along the areas main stagecoach route (now roughly Center and Orchard Streets). Industry developed along the river in the 19th century, and Summer Street, which roughly parallels the river on a rise to its east, became a fashionable neighborhood for the communitys merchant and business elite. As the town industrialized in the 1830s and 1840s, a number of fine Greek Revival houses were built there, and it experienced a second major development push in the late 19th century, when a large number of Victorian homes were built.</p><br>
<p>The principal avenue of the historic district is the block of Summer Street extending from Randall Street in the north to the junction with Center, Orchard, and Crandall Streets in the south. A number of properties are included along those three streets as well as side streets immediately adjacent. The district has 75 historic buildings, most of which are single-family residences built out of wood. Two church buildings (one now serving as a Masonic lodge) face each other across Center Street, and are included in the district, as are a series of early 20th-century multi-unit rowhouses. The streets are typically lined with trees, and the houses have modest setbacks. Particularly fine architectural examples include 72 Center Street, a c. 1840 Greek Revival house, and 4 Orchard Street, a detailed example of Second Empire architecture built in 1870.</p><br>
<p>The Stafford Hill Memorial is a stone memorial on Stafford Hill Road in Cheshire, Massachusetts. The memorial was built in 1927 to commemorate the grave site of Joab  Stafford, who settled in what is now Cheshire in 1767. The stone structure was designed as a replica of a stone tower in Rhode Island, where Stafford came from. The memorial was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Stafford Hill Memorial stands in a rural setting, set back over 400 ft from Stafford Hill Road in northeastern Cheshire. It is located near the crest of the Stafford Hill ridge, where there are dramatic views of the surrounding countryside. The memorial is a rubblestone structure, 25 ft in diameter and in height. It is capped by a flat roof on which a flagpole is mounted. The lower level of the memorial consists of eight arches, with a mausoleum containing the remains of Joab Stafford in the center. The interior is finished in concrete. Above the south arch a marble plaque is set in the stone; it bears the legend "1777, Erected in Memory of the Pioneers and Patriots of New Providence, 1927."</p><br>
<p>Joab Stafford was a native of Newport, Rhode Island, who was sent to the area to survey the land that was then known as New Providence, but later incorporated as Cheshire. Stafford surveyed the land in 1766, and purchased three lots the following year. He built his house on this property (then 200 acre), and it became the early center of the community. None of the buildings from his occupancy survive.</p><br>
<p>Stafford formed a militia company that fought in the Battle of Bennington in August 1777. Stafford later moved to Albany, New York but returned to Cheshire in 1800 and died there in 1802. In 1927, the local Sons of the American Revolution raised funds by subscription to construct a memorial to Stafford. The memorial tower was constructed of fieldstone in that year, and Staffords remains were reinterred in a mausoleum. The memorial incorporates Staffords grave site, the tower, and a variety of commemorative plaques. In the years since, some of the plaques have been stolen, and others have been removed to Cheshire Town Hall for safekeeping. The memorial and its surrounding land are owned and maintained by the town.</p><br>
<p>St. Josephs School is a historic former school building located at 85 Eagle Street at the intersection of Union Street in North Adams, Massachusetts. It is a -story brick Classical Revival structure, built, in 1928–29 as an expansion of an older building. It was operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, and reached a peak enrollment over 1,200 students in 1958. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It is now called St. Josephs Court and is used for federally subsidized low-income housing for senior citizens.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The former St. Joseph&#39;s is located just north of downtown North Adams, occupying most of a city block on the west side Eagle Street, between Mohawk Trail and Sperry Avenue. It is a -story masonry structure, built out of concrete blocks and bricks. The basement and ground floor are built using concrete blocks textured with marble chips, and the upper floors are faced in light-colored brick. The first and second floors are separated by a frieze and projecting concrete belt course. The building is organized with a central horizontal section whose ends are capped by slightly projecting wings, with a central entry section that also projects slightly, and is capped by a gabled parapet. Interior features that have been retained include patterned marble tile floors, oak paneling and trim on the first floor, and oak and pine trim on the upper floors.</p><br>
<p>The first large influx of Catholics into North Adams were Irish immigrants, who began to arrive in the 1840s. A Roman Catholic parish (St. Francis) was established in 1868, and the call for a parochial school began in 1878, after North Adams separated from Adams. The first St. Joseph&#39;s, an Italianate building, was completed in 1886. That building served as an adjunct to this one in the 20th century, and was demolished in 1981. The present building was built in 1928–29 to add capacity to the school. The building is architecture a rare example of Classical Revival in North Adams, and served as a school until the 1970s, when it closed due to declining enrollment. In the 1980s it was adapted as a senior living facility, with a modern addition appended to the north end.</p><br>
<p>South Mountain Concert Hall is a historic performance hall on New South Mountain Road in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Founded in 1918 by Chicago native Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, it has been home to a classical music summer performance series since then, featuring name performers including Leonard Bernstein, Rudolf Serkin, and major chamber music ensembles. The hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and the extensive estate grounds are open to the public as a nature preserve.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>South Mountain was founded in 1918 by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, who had moved to the Berkshires in a bid to improve her husband&#39;s health. A longtime supporter of chamber music, Mrs. Coolidge in 1916 established the Berkshire String Quartet, which at first gave concerts in her home. Two years later she had the performance hall built on her property that continues in use today.</p><br>
<p>The hall has played host to a large number of well-known classical music performers, including Peter Serkin, Leontyne Price, the Guarneri String Quartet, the Juilliard Quartet, and others. It has been the setting for world premiere performances of works by Bartók, Stravinsky, Ravel, and Schoenberg. The first complete cycle of the 24 chamber works of Johannes Brahms was given here in 1924.</p><br>
<h2>Setting and architecture</h2><br>
<p>South Mountain is set on 200 acre of primarily woodland, formerly part of the Coolidge estate. The grounds are operated by the non-profit that manages the facility as a nature preserve open to the public on a year-round basis. The hall is a single-story timber-frame structure, built to resemble a church. It has a hip roof with a cupola, at the center, and a porte cochere at the main entrance on one of the long sides. The long side opposite the entrance has five bays, each of which is fitted with a French door, and there are casement-style windows above them for ventilation. The main timbers for the building were taken from an old textile mill, and the seats were pews taken from a church. The interior is finished with old wooden paneling. The hall is sited adjacent to an open lawn, from which the music can also be heard. In addition to the hall Mrs. Coolidge had cabins built to provide housing for performers.</p><br>
<p>Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church is a historic Greek Orthodox Church building at 62 Lewis Street in Lowell, Massachusetts. Holy Trinity is one of the many Eastern Orthodox churches in Lowell, along with St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, Transfiguration of Our Savior Greek Orthodox Church, and St. George Greek Orthodox Church. The church is under the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and is locally administered by the Metropolis of Boston. The church is located the Downtown Lowell neighborhood known as The Acre. It was built in 1906 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Holy Trinity was the first church built for a Greek Orthodox congregation in the United States. It is known for its golden dome, mosaics, iconography, and rich history.</p><br>
<p>Archbishop Iakovos of America, who led the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America from 1959 through 1996, was ordained as a priest at Holy Trinity on June 16, 1940.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The church was built because of the growing population of Greek immigrants in Lowell at the time. Construction started in 1906, and the church opened in 1908. It is the first church in America that was built specifically for a Greek congregation. It was accepted for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places on April 13, 1977. In late 2010, the congregation started restoration work on the church. The exterior was refurbished, and the water damage in the interior is being repaired. In addition, many of the icon murals were restored.</p><br>
<h3>Hellenic American Academy</h3><br>
<p>The Hellenic American Academy was formed on March 4, 1906. It was first called the Greek Parochial School. The academy was first located in the basement of the church. It was the first Greek Orthodox Academy in America, and was established by some of the same Greek Immigrants who founded the church. The Academy is now located on Broadway adjacent to the church and educates children in grades K-8.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church was built in 1906 as the first Byzantine-style church in America. The building was finished in 1908. The building takes the shape of a cross, like most traditional Greek Orthodox Churches. The structure is Lowell architect Henry L. Rourke&#39;s interpretation of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. Inside the church, mosaics decorate the narthex. In the nave, various Byzantine icon murals decorate the walls, along with stained glass.</p><br>
<p>St. Andrews Bungalow Court is a grouping of bungalows built in 1919–20 in the Colonial Revival style in Hollywood, California. Based on the structures&#39; well-preserved multi-family courtyard architecture, the grouping was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.</p><br>
<p>St. Andrews Bungalow Court was featured in the 2007 20th Century Fox movie Alvin and the Chipmunks as well as its 2009 sequel. It served as the home of Dave Seville (played by Jason Lee), one of the main characters of the movie.</p><br>
<p>It was built as an investment for Fay Sudrow, a widow. It was "an example of an owner/builder construction, a common practice in early Hollywood", in which standard, inexpensive, wood-frame construction was done, without use of an architect or non-essential decorative refinements. Architectural plans for part of the complex might have been purchased from a design service.</p><br>
<p>The Hollywood Melrose Hotel, also known previously as the Melrose Arms and later as the Monte Cristo Island Apartments, is a historic building on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Designed by S. Charles Lee, the structure was built in 1927. It has been used both as a hotel and apartments over the years of its existence, with commercial establishments on the first floor. In 1992, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places based on its architecture. In April 2010, the hotel was reopened as the newly restored Hollywood Historic Hotel. Edmon Simonian and his family own the property, and operate a furniture gallery located on the hotels street level. All of the hotels facades, common spaces, staircases and 62 rooms were restored to their former 1920s glory following an 18-month interior and exterior renovation. By 2021, the hotel had been stripped of many of its restored components. The lobby no longer includes a fireplace, the walls have been repainted cream, and all the bathrooms have been remodeled with new, more generic tubs, sinks, and mirrors.</p><br>
<p>It is Norman Revival in style, in interesting counterpoint to prevailing Spanish Colonial Revival styling in the area at the time.</p><br>
<p>The address given in its NRHP registration document is "Melrose Boulevard", but the street is Melrose Avenue.</p><br>
<p>Located in Northeast Los Angeles near the Southwest Museum, the Ziegler Estate is a historic building on Figueroa Street in the Highland Park section of Los Angeles, California. Built in 1904, the building was designed by Charles Hornbeck and Alfred P. Wilson with elements of both Queen Anne and American Craftsman architecture. In the 1950s, Carl Dentzel, then director of the Southwest Museum, purchased it as a potential addition to the Southwest Museum Complex, which also included the Casa de Adobe and the Braun Research Library. The house was recently used as a day-care facility, which closed to allow for renovation.</p><br>
<p>The Zeigler Estate was nominated by Charles J. Fisher and the Highland Park Heritage Trust for Los Angeles Historic Cultural designation, and was declared Monument #416 on February 21, 1989. On October 3, 2003, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The Delphi Hotel is a 12-story hotel located at 550 S Flower St in Downtown Los Angeles in the marble-clad high-rise Superior Oil Company Building formerly the headquarters of the now defunct company, converted to The Standard Downtown LA hotel in 2002, then closed in 2020 and reopened in 2023 under its current name.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Office building</h3><br>
<p>The marble-clad Superior Oil Company Building was constructed from 1955–1956 to serve as the headquarters for the Superior Oil Company. Designed by Claud Beelman in the Late Moderne style, the 12-story structure was built by The William Simpson Construction Company. The towers design has been described as showing "how the oft-overlooked Beelman advanced the type and style of mid-century office buildings." It was given distinctive marble, granite, and stainless-steel surfaces. The buildings design featured motifs particular to Superior Oil, including stylized "S" door pulls for the entrances and a bas-relief-style metal sculpture of an oilfield and refinery landscape above the Flower Street entrance interior. According to the Los Angeles Times, it became "one of the area&#39;s most significant examples of the postwar modernism style popular in corporate architecture during the 1950s."</p><br>
<p>The LA Conservancy calls the building "one of the finest examples of the Corporate Moderne style in Los Angeles and stands out as one of the strongest designs of architect Claud Beelman’s later career." The architecture represents a "simplified, abstracted redefinition" of Beelman&#39;s earlier explorations in the Late Moderne styles, also incorporating Modernist principles to "create a refined new corporate idiom." The building uses steel framing and a "pier and spandrel system" similar to those pioneered by Louis Sullivan. In a twist, however, the piers are clad in white marble and the recessed spandrels are ribbed stainless steel between window spaces, emphasizing the vertical nature of the architecture.</p><br>
<p>In 1963, the building became the southern California headquarters of the Bank of California, and for a time the building was called the Bank of California Building. The building was vacated in 1992, after the Bank of California was merged into Union Bank of California.</p><br>
<h3>Downtown Standard Hotel</h3><br>
<p>By 2000, local preservation groups were expressing worries that the vacant structure would be gutted and used as a telecommunications switching station, like other office buildings in the area. In January 2000, it was reported that the Union Bank of California had sold the building to William Gustafson and Mark Neumanns Columbia Development, "a Manhattan Beach-based hotel investment and development firm," for an undisclosed sum. With backing from local preservation groups, it was to be the "central citys first major new hotel in nearly a decade."</p><br>
<p>Columbia Development Group, in partnership with Bear Stearns, JPMorgan Partners and Standard Holdings, converted the office building into a hotel operated by The Standard Hotels chain, run by Andre Balazs, which had opened its first boutique hotel in Hollywood in 1999. and was constructed by Sam Martel of Taisei Construction. Christy McAvoy of Historical Resources Group was the historic preservation consultant.</p><br>
<p>The Standard Downtown LA opened in May 2002 as a 207-room boutique hotel, and pool parties, The pool on the roof has three "water-bed cabanas housed in plastic pods that resemble something out of a 1960s sci-fi movie."</p><br>
<p>In 2003, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places based on its architecture, particularly its moderne style and engineering. Also in 2003, The Standard Hotel Downtown was awarded the Los Angeles Conservancy&#39;s preservation award, for "bringing a youthful buzz to a 1955 modernist skyscraper on Flower Street downtown."</p><br>
<p>In 2009, the operator of the Standard Hotel was charged with dumping pool chemicals into the street below in a violation of federal environmental laws. Standard Hotel pled guilty for the incident in 2010. A shooting resulted in a death outside the hotel lobby in 2015. In 2016, an injured bystander to the shootout sued the hotel, alleging insufficient security. In May 2017, the food festival Smorgasburg LA debuted a popup residency at the Standard Hotel.</p><br>
<p>The hotel closed temporarily in early 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In December 2021, it was announced that the closure would be permanent as of January 22, 2022.</p><br>
<h3>Delphi Hotel</h3><br>
<p>The hotel reopened on April 1, 2023 as the Delphi Hotel.</p><br>
<h2>In popular culture</h2><br>
<p>The building entrance and exterior served as the fictional Brent Building in the television series Perry Mason (1957–1966) in which Mason&#39;s office was located in Suite 904.</p><br>
<p>In the 1987 film RoboCop the building can be seen in the 6000 SUX car commercial.</p><br>
<p>Significant portions of the 2005 film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang were filmed outside the hotel and in the hotel&#39;s lobby, guest rooms, coffee shop, and rooftop bar/pool.</p><br>
<p>The building was featured in the 2010 film Get Him to the Greek.</p><br>
<p>In the 2015 film San Andreas, the building collapsed during an earthquake.</p><br>
<p>The building was featured in the 2018 film Under the Silver Lake.</p><br>
<p>The General Petroleum Building, also known as the Mobil Oil Building and the Pegasus Apartments, is a highrise building in the Modern architecture style located in Downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>Design and construction</h2><br>
<p>Walter Wurdeman & Welton Becket were the building&#39;s architects. P.J. Walker Co. was the general contractor, and Carl Larsen was the construction superintendent.</p><br>
<p>Groundbreaking on the 13-story building was on July 11, 1947, and the steel structure was virtually complete by December 1947. On February 27, 1948, a 31-year-old rigger, Laurence Leslie, slipped and fell to his death from scaffolding on the fourth floor.</p><br>
<p>In March 1948, while still under construction, the building was sold to the New York Life Insurance Co. with a lease back to General Petroleum Corp. The purchase price was later disclosed to have been $11,750,000.</p><br>
<p>The first offices were occupied in February 1949, and the building was dedicated on April 1, 1949 in a ceremony attended by Governor Earl Warren, Mayor Fletcher Bowron, and other dignitaries. At the time of its dedication, it had 504,000 square feet and was the largest office building in Southern California. Upon completion, the "Mobiloil" and "Mobilgas" names and flying red horse logo were displayed from the top of the building.</p><br>
<p>The development also included a six-story rectangular parking garage, also designed by Wurdeman & Becket, built two blocks south on the corner of 8th and Flower, with space for 446 cars and a spiral interior path allowing cars to drive from the first level to the higher levels. At the time, the spiral design allowing for self parking was described the Los Angeles Times as "the only one of its kind in the nation."</p><br>
<h2>Later use and designation</h2><br>
<p>The building was vacated in 1994 and converted into 322 apartments in 2003 by developers Kennedy Wilson and the KOR Realty Group. The apartment building was, and remains, operated under the name Pegasus in tribute to the flying red horse that was displayed for decades atop the structure.</p><br>
<p>On June 22, 2004, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places based on architectural criteria.</p><br>
<p>The Hotel Chancellor is a historic building in the Mid-Wilshire area of Los Angeles, California. Built in 1924, it was for many years located on the block to the east of the city&#39;s famous Ambassador Hotel. The structure was designed by Milton M. Friedman in the Beaux Arts style. It has since been converted from a hotel to an apartment building. In 2006, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places based on architectural criteria.</p><br>
<p>It is a five-story building designed with a lobby, a lounge/restaurant, and a banquet/ballroom on the ground level and in its partial basement level. It originally had 114 units on its four upper levels; these were modified to 106 units. It is about 150x60 ft in plan.</p><br>
<p>The Ashfield Plain Historic District is a historic district roughly, along Main and South Streets and adjacent parts of Buckland and Norton Hill Roads in Ashfield, Massachusetts. It encompasses the village center of the town, which has acted as a civic and commercial center since the late 18th century. Its architectural heritage dates back to that time, but is now dominated by buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The town of Ashfield was settled in 1736 and incorporated in 1765. Its early town center was located at the northeast fringe of the present town center, but migrated toward "The Plain" where it is now later in the 18th century. This area, set on a relatively large level area (in otherwise hilly terrain) along the main road leading east toward the Connecticut River valley, was a natural place for taverns and other businesses to congregate. The town was economically dominated by agriculture, but small water-powered industries developed along the South River, which runs to the north of Main Street and was impounded by a dam in the early 19th century (forming Ashfield Great Pond) to facilitate those uses.</p><br>
<p>The historic district is essentially linear in character, extending along Main Street (Massachusetts Route 116) between Ashfield Lake in the west and Baptist Corner Road in the east, and then northward along Baptist Corner Road. It extends for short distances along some side roads, and along those two roads beyond their intersection to the east and south. It is 133 acre in size, and is composed mainly of one and two-story wood frame residences. The central core of the village includes a number of commercial buildings, all also of wood-frame construction, as well as most of the towns civic buildings. Among the buildings included in the district is Ashfields Town Hall, which was built in the 1810s to house the First Congregational Church. While still in use by the congregation the building was moved 0.5 mi down a steep hill to its present location. In 1870 the building was sold to the town, and adapted for use as town hall.</p><br>
<p>The Bernardston Congregational Unitarian Church is a historic church building at 49 Church Street in Bernardston, Massachusetts. The church is notable for the history of construction, movement, and reconstruction, since it was first erected in 1739, just two years after Bernardston was settled. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. Its congregation is affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association which was established in 1820.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and building history</h2><br>
<p>Located in the towns village center, at the southeast corner of Church and Depot Streets, it features a two-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its architectural style is Greek Revival, featuring corner pilasters rising to an entablature and fully pedimented gables. An entry pavilion with similar features projects slightly from the main block. A square tower rises above the roof ridge, with a plain first stage and two octagonal stages of decreasing size above it, capped by a bellcast cupola and weathervane. The interior—originally a single story with gallery—is now two stories, with the sanctuary on the upper level and vestry and office spaces on the ground floor. The sanctuarys earliest documented organization included box pews and a high pulpit; these were removed during 19th-century alterations.</p><br>
<p>The church began as an early colonial meeting house, located on Huckle Hill, near the town&#39;s early residential concentration. It was moved 0.5 mi in 1772 on capstans and rollers using human power. In 1791 it was moved again, this time by disassembly and reconstruction, to a location on Bald Mountain Road. It was moved a third time in 1825, again by disassembly, to its present location. It was significantly altered in 1846, which it acquired its Greek Revival features and its belfry. The congregation began as a traditional Congregationalist community, which became Unitarian in the early 19th century; its more traditional Trinitarians split off to form the present Congregational group in 1824.</p><br>
<p>The Bissell Bridge is a historic covered bridge on Heath Road  over Mill Brook in Charlemont, Massachusetts. The TECO Enhanced Long through truss bridge was built in 1951 by the T. J. Harvey Company, to a design by the Timber Engineering Company  and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation . The bridge is 92 ft long, and rests on stone-faced reinforced concrete abutments. Mill Brook passes fifteen to twenty feet below the bridge at normal water levels. It was the first covered bridge to be built in Massachusetts in the 20th century, replacing an earlier covered bridge that dated to about 1881.</p><br>
<p>The bridge is sited near an old mill dam and pond, and is not far (about 200 ft) from the house of Henry W. Bissell, for whom it is named. The town appropriated $1000 for its construction in 1880, and it is assumed to have been built not long afterward. By the mid 20th century the bridge was deteriorating, and the DOT condemned it. The town vehemently opposed the construction of a modern steel-and-concrete structure as its replacement, and the matter drew a great deal of media attention. The design that resulted from the decision-making process was a near replica of the original bridge. It was built at a cost (shared by all levels of government) of $50,000 to $55,000. The only major deviations from the original design were made to accommodate modern roadway requirements. By the end of the 20th century, the new bridge was also deteriorating, and was closed and rehabilitated. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.</p><br>
<p>The Burkeville Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge, carrying Main Poland Road over the South River in Conway, Massachusetts. Probably built in 1870, it is a regionally rare example of a multiple kingrod bridge with iron tensioning verticals , and one of a few 19th century covered bridges to survive in Massachusetts. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Burkeville Covered Bridge stands in the formerly industrial village of Burkeville, west of the center of Conway, carrying Main Poland Road over the South River just south of Massachusetts Route 116. It is of kingrod truss construction, with a total truss length of 106.5 in and a roadway width of 13 ft (one lane). It is covered by a gabled metal roof and its sides are finished in vertical board siding. Its wooden trusses, in contrast to kingpost trusses, have wrought iron verticals which transmit the active load to the top chord of the truss. In some places, fittings of the trusses have either been replaced or reinforced by steel components.</p><br>
<p>The first bridge on the site is thought to have been built in 1850, when Main Poland Road was rerouted to accommodate changes in the water impoundments for the industrial facilities then active in Burkeville. It was closed after the 1938 New England hurricane weakened it, and it underwent major repairs. In the following years, its stone abutments were faced in concrete. Its roof partially collapsed under heavy snow in 1975, but was restored by town volunteers. It was closed for safety reasons in 1985, and reopened to vehicular traffic in November 2013 after renovations.</p><br>
<p>The Charlemont Village Historic District is a historic district on Massachusetts Route 2 between South Street and Harmony Lane, encompassing much of the village center of Charlemont, Massachusetts, United States. The district&#39;s properties represent the growth of the village center from its rural origin through a period of 19th century industrialization, including 18th and 19th century farmsteads, Greek Revival buildings of the mid 19th century, and later 19th century Victorian architectural styles. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The area that is now the town of Charlemont was surveyed by colonists in 1736, with settlement following in the early 1740s. It was abandoned during King Georges War in the late 1740s, and resettled soon after that war ended. The village center was the principal nexus of this early settlement, even including a grist mill on Mill Brook. Significant population growth did not take place until the 1760s, and the town incorporated in 1765. The village was the site of an early tavern, where the 1787 Charlemont Inn now stands; it is said that Benedict Arnold stayed there in the early days of the American Revolutionary War. The towns economy was based on agriculture, taking advantage of the fertile floodplain of the Deerfield River. The village experienced a growth spurt in the third quarter of the 19th century, when the Hoosac Tunnel construction brought workers to the town, and continued through the end of the 19th century. Its economic fortunes waned in the early 20th century, with the advent of the automobile and a decline in its small industries.</p><br>
<p>The historic district is basically linear in shape, extending for about 1 mi along Massachusetts Route 2, the principal east-west route through the town. Its western boundary is roughly Harmony Lane, and its eastern end is at South Street. Prominent buildings in the district, in addition to the inn, include the 1803 Baptist church (built elsewhere and moved here in the 19th century), an 1831 two-story schoolhouse, Greek Revival church buildings for Congregationalist and Methodist congregations, and the town hall, a high-style Romanesque brick building constructed in 1892.</p><br>
<p>The Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building was built in 1928 and for many years housed one of Los Angeless most successful African American-owned businesses, the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company. The building is located in the heart of the citys Central Avenue commercial district that was a center of the jazz world in the 1930s and 1940s. The two-story building was designed by architect James H. Garrott and constructed by Louis Blodgett  in the Mission Revival style. The company occupied the second floor, while the first floor was rented out to local merchants. The noted Dunbar Hotel is located on the next block to the north.</p><br>
<p>In 1949, the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company moved to its new headquarters at 1999 West Adams, now also an historic building. The structure was later converted into a child development center known as the Dunbar Child Development Center. In 1998, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The Colrain Center Historic District encompasses the historic center of Colrain, Massachusetts, a rural hill town in north-western Franklin County. The 30 acre district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Colrain was incorporated in 1761, but did not experience significant growth until later in the 18th century. The center began as the location of a local farm, and a bridge which might have been the one that was remade in 2018. The land area available for development in this area is limited by steep hilly terrain and the floodplains of the North River.</p><br>
<p>The center of the district and the village is the town green, a triangular patch of land at the junction of Main Road, Greenville Road and Jacksonville Road, and it is naturally bounded by the terrain, a steeply sided valley along a branch of the North River. Most of the housing in the district dates from the mid 19th century to the early 20th century, as do its institutional buildings. The Town Hall is a former congregational church, built in the Greek Revival style in 1834. The other former church building is the Methodist Church, built a few years later, but with Gothic Revival features; it was vacant in 2006. The Griswold Public Library building (1908, Classical Revival) is the only institutional building still used for its original purpose; all the others have either been lost or adaptively reused. The oldest house in the district is believed to be the c. 1819 Charles Thompson House at 9 Main Rd; it is typical example of vernacular Federal styling. The Coolidge House at 3 Greenfield Rd. is an early example of Greek Revival architecture, with a three-bay front and a full-width porch. Queen Anne Victorians include the 1895 Cram House at 7 Main Road, which has an octagonal turret, and the elaborate Second Methodist Parsonage at 3 River St.</p><br>
<p>The Conway Center Historic District encompasses the historic village center of Conway, Massachusetts. The district is focused on Main Street, a section of Massachusetts Route 116 that connects two major road intersections on either side of the South River. It includes properties on Main Street, Elm Street, and Academy Hill Road, and is generally representative of the growth of the community between about 1830 and 1930. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The town of Conway was settled in the 1760s and incorporated in 1767. The towns meetinghouse and early taverns were located in the area of the South River, along the main east-west road (which ran north of present Massachusetts Route 116). The area saw increased economic activity with the advent of industrialization in the 19th century, which took place in Conway primarily a short way to the west of the center in Burkeville. The main road was relocated southward in 1832, from which time the present town center began to take shape. The lack of railroad access to the area hurt the towns textile mills in the later 19th century, whose decline a belated introduction of a streetcar rail failed to stem.</p><br>
<p>Many of the structures in Conway Center are houses, which are predominantly of 19th century wood frame construction, although there are a number of Colonial Revival structures from the early 20th century. Forty percent of the building stock was built during the boom years of the 1840s and 1850s, and is mainly Greek Revival in character. Prominent buildings include the 1895-6 Queen Anne style Masonic Hall, and the 1901 Classical Revival Field Memorial Library. The district also includes the bridge carrying Main Street over the river (built 1925, concrete), and a traffic island at the western end of the district (where Main Street meets River Street, Baptist Hill Road, and Shelburne Hill Road) which contains a water fountain erected by the Woman&#39;s Christian Temperance Union in 1905.</p><br>
<p>The East Hawley Center Historic District encompasses the principal institutional center of the town of Hawley, Massachusetts, with a history dating to the 1780s. Although it was settled in the late 18th century, issues with Hawleys boundaries meant that the development of a central village did not take place until later. East Hawley was developing as a local transportation hub by the mid-1820s, with several roads  converging in the area. The establishment of a store and post office, and the relocation of the Congregational Church into the area cemented its importance in the towns civic life. There was some industrial mill activity in the area during the 19th century, but this came to an end near the end of the century, and only a mill pond remains. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<p>The historic district occupies a small plateau in the eastern part of the hilly town, extending along Plainfield Road between Buckland Road and Ashfield Road. The northern junction is the focal point of the village, where the towns small common (laid out in 1848) and church are located. The architecture in the district is largely vernacular in character, with modest stylistic elements from late 18th to late 19th century architectural styles. The church is probably the most architecturally sophisticated building; it is Greek Revival in character and dates to the late 1840s. One unusual feature of the district is a rare 19th-century charcoal-making kiln, which is set in the woods at the western edge of the district; it is one of the reminders of the village&#39;s modest industrial history.</p><br>
<p>The East Main–High Street Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Church, High, East Main and Franklin Streets in Greenfield, Massachusetts. It encompasses a predominantly residential area just east of Greenfields central business district, historically where the towns wealthier residents lived, and features a wide variety of mainly 19th-century residential architecture. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The city of Greenfield was settled as part of Deerfield in the 17th century, and was separately incorporated in 1753. It was reincorporated as a city in 2003. Due to its location near the confluence of the Deerfield and Connecticut Rivers, it developed in the 18th century as a regional center, and was named the shire town of Franklin County when it was established in 1813. The area east of its central business district was from the early 19th century a popular place for the well-to-do to live, a practice that continued through the 19th century.</p><br>
<p>The historic district consists of an area of roughly two square blocks, east of Federal Street (United States Route 5) and the commercial district of Main Street. It is bounded on the north by Church Street, the east by High Street, and the south by Main Street. Its western boundary is generally Franklin Street, although it extends westward nearly to Federal Street on Church Street. It has an area of about 33 acre, and most of its architecture is residential, predominantly wood frame buildings of 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 stories. There are four churches. The buildings are architecturally diverse, with the Italianate one of the most common varieties found; many buildings exhibit multiple styles, owing to alterations made over time. The district&#39;s residents included the owners and management of major local businesses, as well as prominent lawyers and politicians.</p><br>
<p>The Hill Cemetery and Parson Hubbard House Historic District encompasses a historic cemetery and parsonage in Shelburne, Massachusetts. The two properties are located on Old Village Road, on a hill above the Deerfield River known as Old Village Hill, and are the oldest surviving elements of the town&#39;s early colonial settlement. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Shelburne&#39;s Old Village Hill is located in a rural setting north of Massachusetts Route 2, at the top of a hill east of Dragon Brook traversed by Old Village Road. The cemetery occupies about 2 acre on the west side of the road, with the Hubbard House on an adjacent parcel to its north. The cemetery has about 250 grave markers, the majority of which are slate. Markers placed before the 20th century are for the most part oriented to face west, toward the setting sun, a typical practice of the period. Later markers tend to be granite or marble, and are usually oriented to face the road. The Hubbard House is a 2-1/2 story frame structure, with a gabled roof, two interior brick chimneys, and a clapboarded exterior. A single-story porch extends across its front, and an ell, possibly older than the main block, extends to the left. The main facade is five bays wide, with a central entrance flanked by pilasters and topped by a transom window set in a corniced entablature. The interior of the house retains a great deal of original woodwork and other finishes, including plaster walls and wooden floors.</p><br>
<p>The land that is now Shelburne was originally part of the colonial settlement of Deerfield, and was divided amongst that towns proprietors in 1742. The area of the cemetery and house were part of a tract set aside as common land. Permanent settlement began in the late 1750s, and its first meeting house was built sometime before 1769 on the cemetery grounds. Neither it, nor the second meeting house built in 1773, have survived. The cemetery has seen continuous use since the 18th century, and includes many of Shelburnes early settlers. The rate of burials decreased significantly beginning in the 1860s. The Parson Hubbard House was built in the 1770s for Shelburnes first minister, Robert Hubbard. Resistance activities related to Shays Rebellion in the 1780s took place at the Hubbard house. These are the only major colonial-era historic properties in Shelburne; the meetinghouses from the period that were built in this area have not survived.</p><br>
<p>The Heath Center Historic District encompasses a rural village with predominantly 18th- and 19th-century structures in Heath, a small agricultural town in hills of northwestern Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The district is centered on the junction of several roads, around which the center of the town grew. South Road arrives from the south, East Main Street and Bray Road from the east, Ledge Road from the north, and West Main Street from the west.</p><br>
<p>The first European settlement in what is now Heath was Fort Shirley, built in 1744 to defend the frontier of Massachusetts against French and Native American attacks. Permanent residents began to settle the area in the 1750s, and what is now Heath Center began to organize in 1765, when the area was still part of Charlemont. Originally known as Charlemont Hill, Heath was incorporated in 1785. In 1789 the nucleus of its civic center was determined by the placement of the meetinghouse and common on land of Benjamin Maxwell.</p><br>
<p>The center includes a cluster of well-preserved late colonial (Georgian) and early Federal style homes, and a number of institutional buildings that date from the 19th century. The only major Greek Revival building is the Old Town Hall, built in 1835. All of the villages churches date to later periods: the Union Evangelical Church is a Gothic Revival structure built in 1835, and the Methodist Church was built in 1872 in the Italianate style. The dominant style of the districts houses is Federal, although there are a few examples of later 19th-century and early 20th-century styles also to be seen. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, and was increased in size in 2017.</p><br>
<p>The Garden Theater Block is a historic commercial block and theater at 353-367 Main Street in Greenfield, Massachusetts. The Colonial Revival block was completed in 1929, and is home to the city&#39;s largest theatrical performance venue. The theater is a unique example of an "atmospheric" garden theater, with artwork and mechanical systems designed to give its interior an outside appearance. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and included in the Main Street Historic District in 1988. The theater is now known as the Greenfield Garden Cinemas.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Garden Theater Block is located on the south side of Main Street in downtown Greenfield, just east of Bank Row. It is a steel-framed structure, with a two-story front section finished in brick and stone with Colonial Revival styling. The facade is divided into seven sections, articulated by stone pilasters. The outer sections are all commercial storefronts, with recessed entrances flanked by display windows on the ground floor, and two sash windows on the upper level. The central bay houses the theater entrance, which is deeply recessed and sheltered by a large marquee. The windows above the marquee are topped by rounded blinds, and the bay is capped by a gable. The interior of the theater is richly decorated with garden-themed carpeting and murals of New England scenes by noted theater muralist Frederick Marshall. The ceiling includes lighting panels designed to simulate stars, some of which twinkle, and there is machinery for simulating the movement of clouds across the ceiling.</p><br>
<p>The theater was built in 1928-29 to a design by Mowll & Rand of Boston for the Goldman family who owned a theater chain across western Massachusetts. It was at the time the third theater in Greenfield, and its largest. Although it was designed for both film and live performance, it only sporadically showed vaudeville productions before being dedicated entirely to films. The theater was operated by the Goldman family for 70 years, closing in 1999. The city thereafter took the property in a tax proceeding, but the Goldmans were able to recover it through further legal action. The theater was then divided into seven smaller theaters, and its murals were covered over. The Goldmans leased the theater operation out, and the lessees acquired the property in 2008, with further plans for rehabilitation.</p><br>
<p>The Los Altos Apartments is a Mission Revival-style apartment building on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Los Altos was built in 1925 and designed by Edward B. Rust and Luther Mayo. In 1999, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Spanish Colonial building began as Los Angeles&#39; first co-op, including a 3300 square foot, two-story suite for William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies as their city flat.</p><br>
<p>After the co-op went bankrupt during the Great Depression, Los Altos Hotel and Apartments became luxury housing for short- and long-term tenants, including Hollywood legends like Clara Bow, Bette Davis, Mae West, Douglas Fairbanks, Ava Gardner, and Judy Garland. Blake, Lindsay "Brian Francist OByrne Frequents an Elegant Bar Inside Los Altos Apartments on Acquarius (TV series)" Dirt.com/gallery/locations/filming-locations/los-altos-apartments (May 3, 2021).</p><br>
<p>Over the years the building fell into disrepair and was purchased in 1977 by Thomas Stegan who hired historical architect Raymond Girvigian to oversee asbestos removal, seismic retrofitting and cosmetic restoration.</p><br>
<p>In the 1980s the building became a magnet for a bohemian list of residents. Jeff Ayeroff, who went on to co-found Virgin Records America and the Work Group, lived in the building as did screenwriter Becky Johnston while she wrote the scripts "Under the Cherry Moon" for Prince and "The Prince of Tides" for Barbra Streisand. Artists Nancy Reese, Phil Garner, Eric Blum and Tom Shannon all rented living quarters and art dealers Tom Jancar and Richard Kuhlenschmidt opened the Jancar Kuhlenschmidt Gallery in the basement of the building. New York hotshots Richard Prince and Louise Lawler had their first L.A. exhibitions there. Actor Frederic Forrest was living at the Los Altos when he turned in his critically acclaimed performance in Francis Ford Coppola&#39;s 1988 film Tucker: The Man and His Dream, as did musician Tommy Gear, who was a founding member of revered L.A. punk group The Screamers.</p><br>
<p>Again, bankruptcy stopped renovations and Stagen stopped work in 1990. Tenants gradually left and Los Altos remained mostly empty because of a city-issued citation barring new tenants until the building could be brought up to the seismic code.</p><br>
<p>The virtually deserted building had become a popular site for film productions seeking iconic Los Angeles settings.The city was planning to demolish Los Altos until 1996 when construction lawyer Larry Silverton and his partner Stephen Frankel bought it for restoration. Silverton discovered the building when it was used for a Playboy Playmate video shoot. Their company Dakota Investment reunited the apartment building with its historic 1920s parking garage that had been split off after WW II and did the seismic retrofitting that allowed Los Altos Apartments to have tenants again.</p><br>
<p>With renovations underway, in 1997 Silverton sold the building to nonprofit Neighborhood Efforts&#39; Allen Gross and Arax Harutunian because they could apply for government grants and raise money from private sources for a more faithful restoration of the historic building "Who Really Saved our local, historic Los Altos Apartments? Larchmont Chronicle, (August 31, 2023) sec.2, pp.2-3.</p><br>
<p>The restoration was helmed by the Los Angeles-based architectural firm M2A who rehabilitated the 75-unit structure, and restored its original decor. The firm restored or recreated Los Altos&#39; original light fixtures, hardware, carpets, plaster work, awnings, and ornamental iron work. The rehabilitation "successfully transformed the property from a vacant, blighted, graffiti-infested building into a healthy, mixed-income building serving the very low income population as well as the market population." Today, Los Altos is once again home to artists, screenwriters, and actors, among other tenants. In 1999, Los Altos received several preservation design awards from the California Preservation Foundation and the Los Angeles Conservancy. The landmark also received a Historic Preservation Award of Excellence from the city of Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>Popular culture</h2><br>
<p>The television series Angel prominently featured exterior shots of the Los Altos Apartments in seasons 2–4. It acted as the exterior of the Hyperion Hotel, the home and base of titular character and his friends. The Los Altos Apartments building was also featured in a season 1 episode of Angel titled "I Fall to Pieces", where it was used as both exterior and interior for the apartment building of a guest character.</p><br>
<p>In the fifth episode of the second season of the television series Numbers, titled "Assassin", the building was used as the exterior of the Rancho Verde Assisted Living building.</p><br>
<p>In the Amazon series Transparent, the character Ali lives in the Los Altos Apartments; several exteriors, including scenes in the courtyard entry, are featured in seasons 1 and 2.</p><br>
<p>In the Netflix limited series Brand New Cherry Flavor, main character Lisa Nova lives in the Los Altos Apartments, and the exteriors and sign are prominently featured throughout the series.</p><br>
<p>In Steven Paul Leivas 2022 novel, The Reluctant Heterosexual: A Tragicomedy in Four Movements A Prelude and An Interlude, the Los Altos is the first home of the parents of the novels protagonist, Robert Leslie Cromwell.</p><br>
<p>The Maj. Joseph Griswold House, also sometimes referred to as the Mary Lyon House, is a historic house on Upper Street in Buckland, Massachusetts. Built in 1818, it is one of the regions finest examples of residential Federal period architecture. It is further notable for its association with pioneering womens educator Mary Lyon, who operated a school here before establishing Mount Holyoke College. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Major Joseph Griswold House is located on the western edge of the village center of Buckland, set on a knoll high above the north side of Upper Street. It is a -story brick building, with a gabled roof, and a long wood-frame ell extending to the rear. There are four chimneys, two set in each sidewall. The brick of the front facade is laid in Flemish bond, and the window openings are trimmed with marble. The main facade is five bays wide, with the entrance at the center, framed by slender pilasters and a half-round fanlight. The side gable ends each have a pair of windows, with a fanlight near the peak of the gable. These windows provide illumination to a large ballroom space occupying the attic level.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1818 for Major Joseph Griswold, who was the son of an American Revolutionary War soldier. The Federal-style house, designed by Asher Benjamin is a large brick structure, three stories tall, with four chimneys. The house was a center of the town&#39;s social scene, with Griswold opening the third floor ballroom for public events. Between 1824 and 1829, Griswold allowed Buckland native Mary Lyon to establish a school for women in that space. She used it until 1829, and thereafter began to seek larger facilities to meet demand. This resulted in the 1837 establishment of what is now Mount Holyoke College.</p><br>
<p>King Philips Hill is a historic site off Old Bernardston Road in Northfield, Massachusetts. In 1675 the Wampanoag chief Metacom, colloquially called "King Philip" by English colonists, is claimed to have held council here during King Philips War. The hill has evidence of what appears to be trenches and other remnants of fortification from the time, but the exact nature of these is debatable; 19th century area historian George Sheldon believed the trenches to be the work of a colonist.</p><br>
<p>The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.</p><br>
<p>The Main Street Historic District encompasses the civic core of Greenfield, Massachusetts, the county seat of Franklin County, Massachusetts. The district includes several blocks of Main Street extending roughly from Chapman Street in the west to Franklin Street in the east, as well as a number of properties facing the common along Bank Row, south of Main Street, and is architecture reflective of the city&#39;s 19th-century growth as a major crossroads and county seat. The district includes the town hall, county courthouse, several 19th century bank buildings, and three properties previously listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Garden Theater Block, the Leavitt-Hovey House , and the 1915 Post Office building. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>Greenfield was settled in the 17th century as part of Deerfield, and was incorporated as a town in 1775. The town center was by then already established on Main Street, with a variety of businesses and residences, none of which have survived. Major travel routes, both north–south and east–west, where developed in the late 18th century that met there. The town became the shire town of Franklin County when it was established in 1811, and a series of civic buildings took shape thereafter in the Bank Row/Court Square area. Commercial development extended east from that area as the 19th century progressed, although a few older homes survived this process, including the Leavitt-Hovey House. Further development was spurred by the arrival of railroads in the mid-19th century, and the late 19th century was the town&#39;s period of greatest industrial and economic growth.</p><br>
