Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lanesborough, Massachusetts
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Lanesborough is in Berkshire County
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On Rockwell Road, 8 miles north of Quarry Road, on the right when traveling north.
Adams Overlook: A Town Tied to the Mountain
Mount Greylock State Reservation
Adams Overlook faces east, looking over the town of Adams to the Hoosac Range, a branch of the Berkshire Mountains. Named after Revolutionary War hero John . . . — — Map (db m85154) HM
John Bascom
(1827 – 1911)
Rest for the Weary
Bascom Lodge has welcomed hikers, skiers, and sunrise-seekers since its completion in 1938. Designed by Pittsfield architect Joseph McArthur Vance, the lodge was built by Civilian Conservation . . . — — Map (db m85036) HM
Near Nobodys Road west of S State Road (Massachusetts Route 8), on the left when traveling west.
Green Beret and Recipient of
the Silver Star and Purple Heart
Made the ultimate sacrifice for
his nation during
Operation Enduring Freedom
Killed in Action.
Kandahar, Afghanistan
December 5, 2001 — — Map (db m232703) WM
On North Main Street (U.S. 7) at Bridge Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
A plain farmer of Lanesborough who by a speech full of good sense and good feeling carried the Massachusetts Convention September 1787 – February 1788 by a vote of 187 to 168 in favor of ratifying the Federal Constitution . . . — — Map (db m85175) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 7) at Bridge Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
Lanesborough Remembers
1917 World War 1918
James R Adams • * Clarence G Bailey • Redfern Bailey • Joseph C Barnes • Louis D Barnes • Albert Beauvais • Albert E Bennett • Lochiel S Cameron • Robert Carlon • Edward Clairmont • Grover W Cross • . . . — — Map (db m85176) WM
Near Rockwell Road, 8.6 miles Quarry Road when traveling north.
Mount Greylock, Elevation 3,491 Feet
Six hundred million years ago, this area was under a warm shallow ocean. As the underlying tectonic plates shifted, their continents collided, pushing the land upward into a great range of mountains. The . . . — — Map (db m85054) HM
Near Rockwell Road, 8.6 miles north of Quarry Road.
One Hundred Years
On June 20, 1898, a plot of 400 acres around the summit of Mount Greylock was established as the first State Reservation wilderness park, to be enjoyed and preserved by the people of Massachusetts. Those 400 acres were only the . . . — — Map (db m85118) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 7) at Church Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
This Tablet
On the Original Steps of Marble from Lanesborough Quarries
Marks the Site of
The First and Second Meeting Houses
of the
First Church of Christ in Lanesborough
Organized March 28, 1764.
“I have reared me a monument . . . — — Map (db m85177) HM
Near Rockwell Road, 8.6 miles north of Quarry Road when traveling north.
The Mount Greylock Summit
Historic District
Has Been Placed on the National Register
Of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
1998 — — Map (db m85174) HM
On Rockwell Road at Quarry Road, on the right when traveling north on Rockwell Road.
1907
The Rockwell Road
To Greylock
Built in 1906-7 by the county commissioners of Berkshire. Named for Francis W. Rockwell of Pittsfield, one of the original Greylock commissioners appointed in 1898 by Governor Roger Wolcott, and chairman from . . . — — Map (db m85030) HM
Near Rockwell Road, 8.6 miles Quarry Road when traveling north.
The Summit: A Peak Experience Mount Greylock State Reservation
In millennia past, native peoples may have used the summit as a place of pilgrimage but left the peak in its wild, natural state. Farmers cleared the top of the mountain in the . . . — — Map (db m85045) HM
Near Rockwell Road, 8.6 miles Quarry Road when traveling north.
The Summit: An Island Above the Clouds
Mount Greylock State Reservation
Welcome to the peak of Mount Greylock, the highest point in Massachusetts and the focal point of the state’s first wilderness park.
Greylock summit is an unusual . . . — — Map (db m85120) HM
Near Rockwell Road, 8.6 miles north of Quarry Road when traveling north.
Erected By
Massachusetts
In Grateful
Recognition Of
The Loyalty And
Sacrifice Of Her Sons
And Daughters In War
They Were Faithful Even Unto Death — — Map (db m85117) WM
Near Rockwell Road, 8.6 miles Quarry Road when traveling north.
War Memorial Tower
The War Memorial Tower is Massachusetts’ official commemoration of its war dead. Dedicated in 1933, it is made from slabs of Quincy granite that weigh as much as 8 tons; the evocative epigrams are from First World War-era . . . — — Map (db m85119) HM
Welcome to Mount Greylock State Reservation, a flagship Massachusetts State Park managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). DCR is committed to enhancing the vital connection between people and the environment fot the . . . — — Map (db m86559) HM
