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Chesterwood was the summer estate and studio of American sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850–1931) located at 4 Williamsville Road in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.Most of French's originally 150-acre (61 ha) estate is now owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which operates the property as a museum and sculpture garden.
Stockbridge: Home of Daniel Chester French: 21: Church on the Hill: Church on the Hill: September 30, 1982 : 169 Main St. Lenox: 22: Church Street-Cady Hill Historic District: Church Street-Cady Hill Historic District: March 10, 1983
Better known as Chesterwood, this was the summer home and studio of sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850–1931) from 1891 until his death. The estate was designed by French's collaborator Henry Bacon, and is now owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It is open to the public on a seasonal basis. [59] [60] 47 + Fruitlands ...
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Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio – home of American Abstract Artists George L.K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen; 1930–1941; Pittsfield. Arrowhead – home of author Herman Melville; built 1780; Stockbridge. Chesterwood (Stockbridge) – sculptor Daniel Chester French's home and studio; 1920s
A year-round resort area, Stockbridge is home to the Norman Rockwell Museum, Naumkeag, a public garden and historic house, the Austen Riggs Center (a psychiatric treatment center), and Chesterwood, home and studio of sculptor Daniel Chester French.
French was born on April 20, 1850, in Exeter, New Hampshire, the son of Anne Richardson (1811–1856), daughter of William Merchant Richardson (1774–1838), chief justice of New Hampshire, and of Henry Flagg French (1813–1885), a lawyer, judge, Assistant U.S. Treasury Secretary, and author of a book that described the French drain. [1]
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