Winter 2011-2012 - Egremont Land Trust
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Winter 2011-2012 - Egremont Land Trust
House Historic House 23 Barn SMITH BLANCO WHELLAN NORDOFF ZA RU BR EN S NE R ST EI N EN LA VOI 157 166 KESSLER CA GILM ORE VE ER M NG EY ER AN SH VO nt UG HT E ou W e o hi o w NICOLAI RIN KA CURTISS 89 74 78 PUTH PITTS GREENBERGER HOLUB 84 91 93 RING 84 GINSBERG 239 SO EGR PROP 12 ng 116 240 BERGLASS RAWLINGS 114 RAWLINGS to GINSBERG n 249 HAUPT SMITH T 33 i l r a 256 MCGRAW 257 BERSANI 138 250 LAMME Approximate site of former Egremont Marble Company 20 BEGBIE House Historic House Barn Historic Barn 4 ! COHEN 1 STOVER 18 Marble Hill MARCUS TR 19 DURYEA 16 15 17 COURAGE SOUDANT BA EUSTIS LD KUNT Z UM UM 64 NS AT OL 66 68 I 0 500 1,000 Feet 46 BISCHOFF Street Number 18 19 20 21 23 24 28 30 33 34 35 38 41 42 43 45 48 52 54 56 58 62 66 68 1 3 7 9 17 21 25 29 31 35 36 37 38 42 45 Street Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Lakeside Drive Second Street Second Street Second Street Second Street Second Street Second Street Second Street Second Street Second Street Second Street Second Street Second Street Second Street Second Street Second Street 1 inch = 1,000 feet Produced by: GANS (FORMER CHESTER GOODALE BARN) 7 RO NA N DO W Berkshire Regional Planning Commission 1 Fenn Street, Suite 201 Pittsfield, MA 01201 NG NI 16 D DEAL 72 20 Accord Engineering & Surveying, LLC 314 Main Street, Suite #2 Great Barrington, MA 01230 MO RO AD NIELSEN 68 17 NE R 15 EL OR E PE RS TO N CK FI RD EF GA ND SH VE BA RN 14 LFA KN GE HILL ROADOWLES 12 PINECREST Site of former Egremont Inn which burned December 11, 2009 13 SA 7 9 10 NO 8 AR D FE 5 NN IM AN N GE GREE VILLA E N SAG 3 RT DSO QUA RIC HAR GOS 6 GALLERY ON THE GREEN RAM SDE N SAL VER ISB MEU URY LIN BAN E&G INT REA K SNY ERIORL EST DER DES ATE FAR ANT IGN SHA IQU W'S ES BOO K STO ANT IQU RE ES GAL LER Y N ST MAI 41 AD N RO TAI 1 6 LANE CUMSKY 4 ON BALL ok MO UN R Veterans Memorial 2 ro DER DE GH BUR UN 4 GRANT 26 28 29 RN 69 BERKSHIRE F 58 60 62 GR ING MY BUILDRY) 1 THE ACADE & LIBRA IVES (ARCH BUTT VOS AD 24 LELANDAIS EL RO CH BA T HI LL 30 KANE 39A rB ES KENVER'S LTD SKI SHOP ne CR 32 37 39 FA UM 57 FARN 63 GS 61 BRIG ON N NS EE Mount Everett Cemetery NORRIS 32 36 MAIN STREET 43 41 Kar 1 PI NE 38 40 47 rch 42 44 51 l Chu ET; RK ANT NT MO Y MA UR RE EG UNTR RESTA CO M'S D TR; E MO T LAN OPP ON SH EM RIT EGR SPI THE Area formerly occupied by MOORE Dalzell Axle Company AD 48 use Ho OLD MILL 53 RESTAURANT iona 67 TIN MAR Fire P 62 71 gat RUSTIA P H R NNE BRU LEE 64 64B 66 ON ISI RP EV TEL CO ING INT AD TR 52 N 58 54 N AH GR SNYDER LEE UT SO 70 60 OD POST OFFICE 01258 68 73 'L 74 WO NG 2 20 22 gre LLI 4 YEA DUR NA H RT 72 CO BUSBY YEA DUR EN BR NO 6 t Con Firs AD RO CZ th N II Sou TIO LEC COL ES SET IQU CLO ANT ZKY ool HAT Sch -SC NER ont GEF em Egr th HAIR; ; NG Sou RE; INI RRY CTU CTIC TRA LBE PUN MU CORE ACU ROPRA N IRE CHI ILY LL 3 BORGE ZOR HI ATTARIAN GAGE LEONARD RED BARN ANTIQUES KSH BER N FAM ZOR N 7 IVES W OS AL E RO THE WEATHERVANE INN HI 18 OBER REJESKI ROTHSTEIN BR OO KS ID E QU IL TW OR KS WI 9 TENBROECK LL SD 16 12 KIRKBY KATZ Old District School No. 2 5 HI 14 STEIN 10 YN Approximate location of A North Indian Line - circa 1736 Harmon Marsh Pond 268 Sheffield 500 Feet CREAMERY ROAD 0 BE NDO RE V T SY MAGGIO 71 72 MAGGIO CLIFF South Egremont TC ER 29 VINING a n h i a c a l p p l HU CO 213 Jug End Reservation & Wildlife Management Center l RN 56 UM RN FA UM 62 A as H FA 55 52 AY GR RN CO 10 217 r WOLFF 54 LICHTENFELD d 34 MARINO FA MAGGIO l ROBERTS 28 52 SNYDER LA M For Friends of Egremont History In partnership with the Egremont Land Trust and the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area and with abundant help from the townspeople of Egremont N 111 FORSMAN Y 26 COBDEN HOLLMANN 4 199 i HO CH BU RR MA OW N S PEACOCK 22 RN 24 41A 47 43 GIROUX Jug End Mountain u TRAB ST OR LA TI NE HAR RIG AN FR YE AL ZO 32 25 BELLIZZI 22 N ER 14 HOCHMAN 10 39A 39 41 30 37 AR IC K IN 11 13 EL L RW EGR LAND HOLD RD LE 30 AL 32 O'M ST BAPTISTA 35 28 GR SIDE OV LI ER 27 28 9 Hubbard Brook NOONAN NEWMAN COHEN G SORRELL NOVOGRATZ SOMMERFIELD GREENE FRIEDMAN 2 DUVALL k SHELDON PEACOCK KULIK 182 VEREBAY CLAPP 8 20 15 MULLER VA ND LEE ER ES IV 12 16 14 22 18 14 28 oo FRIEDMAN KELLER 7 3 7 9 N 1 LM VANZON 9A 9 RICHMAN 11 18 6 19 11 16 HAINSSELIN 24 15 HAUPT 26 12 SPENCER ROKOS 8 9 2830 19 11 18 14 10 5 7 2 3 19 17 15 19 7 9 10 46 FRACASSE 44 23 Br er rn D RO ER YG MN SU 7 2 6 11 MANCHER 3 W 24 28 CANDEE CARMA OR KELL IE Y LL O W DE CK ER NO 7 AG 31 SILVER BURGER 12 A RT TO REIN ER BAT TIPA GLI 76 MINEHAN 17 189 MA YE R EDWARDS SAGA UL E SO SA S BA TA BA RT EY KE LL 27 4 SUMNER SYRETT 19 Ka VOGT VANZON EY 23 27 169 35 84 BURKE 15 ON AL 159 158 FLYNN KLEINMAN DOMINION 86 BO MO 149 148 TH RRO BLACK 140 9 11 BYRNE CHEBATORIS 5 KELLERMAN 24 3 88 N SO ON SE AN BR RO 31 32 29 15 26 17 MCCAIN 18 PA NS TE RU BE KATZ DIR 7 SCHUMACHER ANSO N CE MI EL KE DD AD ALD EN RA SCA UB BIO ROEC K OTI D LOT TENB WOO DEFIN O WOOD MIL N NT ME BROW MILL OT DEV OZZ INO R GE ZIN AD E QU MC LOCKWOOD SHIR EV KITTAY 10 SINGH BERK Br ook GANTCHER ton FED NAT MTG KING Fen 133 129 6 BELL STANLEY HM GLASER 161 R 123 125 124 36 33 DELAURENTIS MCCARTER TE 121 MACDONALD HO WOLFEILER 45 5 8 STALKER BINDRA 135 139 145 ES RR 110 PACKLICK OLESKER SHEPARD 5 7 DILLON South Egremont AN AN ELM ELM TAT 91 KOBRAN MO 87 8 16 42 IN HENNESSEY 14 92 90 101 99 93 PECK RT VA RG AS STE VE NS D CHESTER LIEBERMAN IN O EI DE R EI DE R HN SC HN BO TT DE LM OL AB GORAN ROCK SC TE HELLMAN KONECKY TIE RIS CH ND ER S EAU TRUD DE RE CT OR KAP LAN OW SN RT ON D GA HO BO RM 4 12 100 94 103 CR OM ND DESMO ARIELL A NCE LAWRE ER MS CAPLAN 107 VO TAT 31 14 29 27 24 18 A 16 KINN 3 JOSSA GAMSIN 29 27 STEIN DI VI NE MA PI N NO ERS N SO JO HN NBERG ROTHE REGAN EDWAR DS BE CK OL BRENGS 35 33 EDELMAN 21 ES HE LE SW k S tat e IN KINNEY SPAULD ING SCOTT 12 103 A WILLIG CRAIN 89 96 2 KRUPSKI IR 9 1 107 T 49 LANDSMAN KENNEDY BODINGER SHAPIRO OR Mill Pond MA 44 67 COOPER AG TR 13 RACE 106 44 44 MT WASH SMITH 74 77 83 81 79 SP 91 97 CLLIPACA C/MASS 96 51 ROSNER 43 39 37 WERNER UCCI PALM EL TASS E VAN ERJE MUKH 98 104 109 66 FO 92 SIMMS LEN 117 113 109 LEE ington Great Barr R Y Y NE 118 119 DELMOLINO 123 STOLLMAN BERKEL 58 8 23 37 SMILOWITZ JURGENSON BI ZO 4 ZA 5 134 HUGHES Y CK D LAD N LDO NE SHE DIVI KELLY LI SHAW SAMEN Bro ok 41 COSTELLO 11 TURNER VERMEULEN MA GRANGER 26 23 RAWLING POTT 47 PERLOW TURNER 18 44C 69 GRANGER 72 68 18 66 ORNER 19 GUIDI 64 15 DEFUCCIO RICKUS 62 FRANK 13 60 BERNSTEIN BOELKE 55 bar d 44 ER 175 OLMSTED 117 Y LE RN TU 107 109 144 138 136 141 137 139 ALA KE SIL EN SAM MEU VER AM AM AH GR TS RAN AH GR 88 LANDAU SALETAN 33 78 29 LEWIS PATTERSON WEIGLE 58 3 GENIN 39 GOLDBERG 11 59 STEIGER 59 MURPHY DS OL FFER YN ON RE KLINGHO ERS PED WNE BRO HA 161 154 151 148 155 CINK 17 104 PEZZEE 159 DS OL EGREMONT KEN RUB MEYER WYB TEIN LMI UNS BRADLEY 86 DAVID Approximate location of South Indian Line - circa 1736 HAAS Ne w Y or IS IN YN RE AN RT LEA 69 HEYMAN 2 GOLD 5 7 10 Passenger Rail Service: Amtrak (stations at Hudson, NY & Pittsfield, MA) Metro-North (station at Wassaic, NY) 102 55 106 104 53 51 101 49 35A WEAVER SPURR RUSH 110 119 82 (Former Friedman cabin) Mount Whitbeck BALLON ANSE 84 234 232 229 187 BRO 74 127 HACKER AMES M ER GA 2 KEMP MCLAUGHLIN NUSSBAUM Hub 61 SPURR 65 66 73 67 43 7 MCGARRY TATRO TURNER 87 19 THORP 57 59 MUSKRAT 226 90 KAGLE 75 23 TURNER FI 173 58 144 PERESS SIL VER MA 70 N MEADOWVIEW Regional Airports: The Walter J. Koladza Airport, Great Barrington Albany International, Albany, NY Bradley International, Windsor Locks, CT 11 116 1 118 115 GEREMIA 51 54 72 25 JASINSKI TILLINGHAST BERENSON ROSENBLATT 133A 133B 133C COHEN MURPHY TURNER Approximate location of North Indian Line - circa 1736 ok 133 MENTZINGER IN 76 STARKEY 31 BYRNE 171 177 SKY WELL HLEF CALD KUS r Bro 175 CASHIN 214 O'BRIENT R 200 206 210 75 71 65 Townhouse Hill MOSCATELLO AW 160 163 181 5 9 17 21 46 HAUPT MARTZ LEIFER PENN Ka rne SADHANA PELTZ KATZ IN O STR 20 CAINE 8 OBEL BLAU 31 ELL 22 KORN 24 204 202 MOSTER 40 50 48 78 SCHAIR 81 WE CA DE NTE EZ LOP ER MEY 200 SH 18 AR 162 W 17 LL 14 BE 21 15 MP CA 203 RAMSAY O 11 MITCHELL 28 27 IDE AR 10 RAMSAY RIN 7 30 KAY HOWARD MA 180 IS 8 195 SS 5 186 BA 184 JENSSEN 4 1 4 BASSIS OGILVIE 20 189 199 164 ROSSI 146 105 27 25 MILLIKIN 31 OR 38 YL 44 NA CURTISS 50 GANOT CHEEK Marsh Pond 22B MARAS 206 FURLONG 207 84 SCHIFF COOPER 22C CANDEE REITMAN 150 124 119 26 MONTGOMERY H BUS RTH GA 82 216 212 CARPENITE 6 FF 18 FASANO 86 MICHALSKI 9 NO THURN PECK 98 90 GOODKIND 6 10 RT 128 126 122 120 IVES PECK REYNOLDS 103 BERNSTEIN BLATT 6 138 136 130 3 107 105 BURDSALL MISHKIN SCHNEIDER PO 5 115 117 PECK BURDSALL BURDSALL Inns: Baldwin Hill Farm B&B Inn at Sweet Water Farm Silo Bed & Breakfast Weathervane Inn 25 CK 140 4 7 115 46 PEACOCK 18 20 GVE 3 1 5 GOSS LO 42 FIELDS 7 224 DURYEA ML 10 PIXLEY 3 JENSSEN ES 95 WOLF HILS SMITH 15 243 NICOLINO NACHT TOUTON ANKER SHAPIRO 236 244 CAINE 257 4 HA JENSSEN AMBRO SERPE BERGER 8 11 GH EY GR BURDSALL SHABY 45 BARRETT HOCKENBERRY EURICH 14 14 16 10 15 35A PROCTOR 129 26A 13 15 9 KY 264 270 1 234 SYBANGA 20 SCHATZKY WILLIAMS 26 24 H BS 150 LOW O TOUTON OLLIVIERRA SHEMSHACK BORENZWEIG MURTAG HOCKENBERRY 25 UB HU 152 145 ST PIERRE F OF OL S US GRANGER RS GE RO 254 HRI E 34 30 6 7 BLANCO 35 ST 153 BALESTRO RA GUT BARNARD 165A 121 49 43 39 41 44 29 165 14 CHEEK 131 PROCTOR BARRETT 40 ST 244 5 Mount Fray GOLDB LODER 9 HOLTZ N TSO DO KY ER SLUTZ PP TE AN ST 151 29 143 4 er BENNETT RS ZU 6 HARRIS R iv ACKERMAN 59 53 M HA RK MA LUCAE DE NC RE 14 46 en SIEGEL 172 167 ERG 70 REILLY 100 LD ES CH RI 21 ST IN ST AT AL KE R 19 DANIELLO G re R 175 11 52 LAW VA SA 9 LAMB KARP 50 91 TIVEN 274 MEANS SCHMITZ TR ES 153 Baldwin Hill VA 5 BATTIPAGLIA 13 GAWTHROP ZE 188 AI 182 GUTL 185 183 181 179 159 FERBER OGDEN LESSEM FALES 35 18 WILSON 162 61 PENGLASE 71 276 17 CATAMOUNT WHEELER NEEV JOHNSON KRANCER ALPER 176 168 N 86 190 SHAPIRO FISHER BRENNAN HANNA 83 5 BOGARD FREDSALL 7 North Egremont 180 57 BLOOM 278 Agriculture: Community Supported Agriculture: Indian Line Farm Farm Girl Farm Dairy farms: Turner Farms, Inc. Bel-Air Farm Other Animal Husbandry: Green River Arabians/Pintos Ivory Pond Farm (llamas) Sky Farm (sheep & Scottish Highlander cattle) Mayflower Farm (sheep) Maple Syrup: Turner Farms Maple Syrup Tree Nursery: Tullar Farm 1 34 PROCTOR TUOMENOKSA HOLMES 38 BATTAGLIA ROTENSTREICH 87 88 SGROE 3 7 RACE NOLAND 44 ROY 55 MA 94 3 SAXTON WHITAKER Schools: The Southern Berkshire Regional School District, including the South Egremont School (K-1) in the South Village Blue Rider Riding Academy SIEGEL HARVEY SAXTON SAXTON Owner ELLIOTT MACNEILL WASSERSTEIN CHOQUETTE MACKENZIE RACE THIELKER LELANDAIS WALTHER PORTNOFF KELLEHER MYERS CLAPP LEVY LEVY ALEXANDER HOLTZBERG CONLIN SIMO SAUNDERS LEMMEN RYAN MATHER RUBINSTEIN SHULTIS SITER BOUTON MOONEY THORP DURYEA GOODRICH NICOLAI JACOBS WINIG DRAKE OHMAN MALDANADO LIBOW REEVES DAVIDSON TENNEY GOTTLIEB MAYER BARERE RICK LONGYEAR CLARK PHILERENA WEBER MARKHAM HEATH SHAW ANSELMINI FOSS TEN BROECK MCGOVERN GROSS SUNSHINE GUIDI PRICE LANOUE SIX SORTER WANERRY NEWSLETTER WINTER 2011-2012 Households: Total 921 563 full-time households 358 part-time households (U.S. Census Bureau) 21 19 GOLDEN FRATALONE SE RO 8 7 FRIEDMAN WALSH Street Bladwin Hill Road E/W Egremont Heights Egremont Heights Egremont Heights Egremont Heights Egremont Heights Egremont Heights Egremont Plain Road Egremont Plain Road Egremont Plain Road Egremont Plain Road Greenwood Circle Greenwood Circle Greenwood Circle Greenwood Circle Greenwood Circle Greenwood Circle Greenwood Circle Greenwood Circle Greenwood Circle Greenwood Circle Greenwood Circle Greenwood Circle Hillsdale Road Hillsdale Road Hillsdale Road Hillsdale Road Hillsdale Road Jug End Road Jug End Road Jug End Road McGee Road McGee Road McGee Road McGee Road McGee Road Mill Road Mount Washington Road Partridge Drive Partridge Drive Partridge Drive Partridge Drive Partridge Drive Partridge Drive Pinecrest Hill Road Pinecrest Hill Road Pumpkin Hollow Road Pumpkin Hollow Road Pumpkin Hollow Road Taconic Lane Taconic Lane Taconic Lane Taconic Lane Taconic Lane Town House Hill Road West View Road Westerhook Road Westerhook Road Westerhook Road Westerhook Road Westerhook Road Westerhook Road Westerhook Road Westerhook Road TAX 79 104 SAXTON Many historic sites have been identified, but by no means all. Earlier Egremont documents and maps, the collective memories of its elders, and the holdings of the Historical Commission all provide more complete glimpses into Egremont's past. 10 MERV 88 WEXLER 96 6 WARNER Street Number 20 1 3 4 9 12 18 106 116 136 138 8 9 10 10 11 14 17 18 19 24 28 30 94 100 180 184 186 57 59 125 19 49 51 53 55 1 19 3 7 9 15 16 19 39A 41A 1 2 7 5 7 11 15 17 109 6 2 5 7 9 10 11 13 14 13 15 8 24 EM RD STE Egremont Land Trust 15 72 68 74 76 MES Commonwealth of Massachusetts ELT 14 18 KOHN 3 SHA Community Supported Agriculture C/M 24 20 27 STROZIER 20 PERSICO 54 AUFE Open Water Wetland / Marsh Agricultural Preservation Restriction CSA SUISMAN 27A AMATO REED 10 MCCRAY SCH Indian Reservation Stream APR 39 COE 11 6 196 46 MARRESE 64 66 S ZU NT LIA TAG BAT LIA TAG BAT CT SPE PRO EIN NST GER BER LBER Road AppalachianTrail 5 PHILLIPS 8 ZA Misc Buildings Radio Tower R Prospect Lake 11 BECKER KA " # EZA CARROLL UNGER ASHENDORF Business PREMISLER CH 50 22 Historic Building (in existence in 1904 or earlier) BLE NO EGR REC NO EGR REC 26 SCHOENFELD 25 39 House NO CARTER " 56 Y LINT 7 WELLS 25 9 JAFFE " 58B 15 SMALLRIDGE 11 34 BERGER Town Facility Barn (in existence in 1904 or earlier) 34 ROZHON 76 MOORE RTH CA MC 3 4 WELLS N ER LP H EPSTEIN 42 Town 48 44 PERSICO GROSS MCGURN 10 19 Legend SIERAU 60 TAYLOR 58 54 A ST HA H SOUT NORT North Egremont ! ! 246 240 FRANCIS-COBURN 55 RELKIN 49 BRAUN SLUTSKY 249 66 65 TESSEM CO 37 9 RGWVMW KAYE SWANSON 6 53 36 BURSTEIN " 8 WALTER TILNEY 26 40 46 SCHINDLER # 12 10 16 LABRANCHE MARGOLIS 500 Feet 67 VITACCO 184 250 RAWLINGS BROWN 253 CANTOR CAMPBELL 0 KAUFMAN GOPEN 264 86 HERSCH CH 50 KA TZ 66 HAL ROAD 190 FOX 72 GARTON ROSEN 59 ROSEN 67 SHUN TOLL 65 ES 68 SCHNESEL 205 76 263 CURNIN 87 206 207 AN SO D SW A W WIL SON O HA R ND RI CK R NT AN DE MO LL AN HO IN 209 ENT HILL Dog Park & Upper Ball Park A 211 Population: 1,225 (in 2000, 1,345) (U.S. Census Bureau) 78 CALABRO 77 BARTHOLF VANDEUSEN 214 Former M.E. Church O HARVEY N Parsonage T PL 212 North Egremont Baptist Church BERLE 79 KAUFMAN 65 ROS WIN Pavilion French Park Chapel ruins EM 213 186 7 HARDYMON 39 92 BUCHWALD HE 215 LL O BE U MP EA CA GROSSMAN 2010 38 REGENDAHL REGENDAHL 44 41 76 94 ZIMMER Former M.E. Church & former Men's Club BURNS R TR UD 9 EG CLARK EN D O A R E BO IC 217 WALLEY DE LACY 30 BEUSMAN ROSSMAN 2 BALD Ball Park French Park GOFF HAECKEL Abram Boice smoke house 223 LE ED S h urc AD RO KE LA Horse Ring A gift to the Town of Egremont from Mabel R. French Champion, September 27, 1965 302 302 John Spoor Homestead (1762) D NT OL 1 MO E LAIZ RE 221 EG STOR E AT AD 220 RM N T W 6 IN EE R FA E 5 BARNES 218 SW TE IC Originally the first fire WA 216 BO house in Egremont ROSE CT PE 303 304 299 MARTIN AI N LANE AL KNOX GENER Ch OS 10 12 REBELL 22 VAN DEUSEN PR 8 DE YK LACY 11 18 20 BROWN 24A ST 307 NEWMAN RIVERS Town of Egremont Alfor d 309 WINIG LECOMTE TYNAN 4 MARTIN GREENE EN st KO 14 WAGNER 16 25 8 6 Green River NS JE pti WHEELER CASSUTO 9 SINGER 10 THE SILO B&B LANZI CMB Ba Original site of old Baptist Church WEISS WEISS Historic Barn SHARZER 5 EYRE 1 BIERI 227 225 FL 7 BARNUM TANNER 6 WARNER BL UM Riverside Cemetery Old I NOW AVAILABLE! n a welcome example of two town organizations working together, the Egremont Historical Commission invited the Friends of Egremont History to a reception at the Weathervane Inn on the afternoon of February 26 in recognition of the publication of the Town of Egremont 2010 map. Inspired by historical maps of Berkshire towns (last created in 1904!), and now prepared by Friends of Egremont History in partnership with the Egremont Land Trust under a Housatonic Valley Heritage Area Grant, the map that more than 50 townspeople worked on shows Egremont as it was in 2010: its roads, all house numbers and names, village insets, and many historical details. Copies of the Town of Egremont 2010 Map, in the size of 24” x 30” and of archival quality, are offered at the cost of printing. (However, a voluntary donation of any amount to ELT will be greatly appreciated.) To place an order for the 2010 Map, send a check in the amount of $13.75, made payable to WJ Blueprint, to Friends of Egremont History, in care of Lynn H. Wood, P.O. Box 448, South Egremont, MA 01258, before March 9. Also, there is now a set of 14 historical full-color maps of Egremont, dated from 1787 to 2011, assembled as part of our grant work and available (choose 11” x 17” or 20” x 24” or both), or on a DVD. Finally, there is a set of 9 maps of just the Villages, dating from 1858 through 1904, in the 11” x 17” size. All of these sets can be special-ordered at the cost of printing. For any questions or to order copies of the special-order sets, please call Lynn (528-3919) or Marj (528-3726) for prices, again before March 9. 19 This map is intended for general planning purposes only. This map shall not be used for engineering, survey, legal, or regulatory purposes. MassGIS, MassDOT, BRPC or the municipality may have supplied portions of this data. BRISTOL DAVIS Owner CONTI STRAHER GEETTER DOWNING FRIEDMAN STRAHER DELANEY JONES ALGIERIE ALGIERIE RYAN IPPOLIT0 STAUNTON FRECENTESE JOHNSON O'MALLEY FARBER FRIBOURG HOUGHTON MEYER MEYER PRUNHUBER DELUCA MERINGOLA MANSFIELD ROGGEN OLIVIERI HORSFALL MANDEL TINKER BENALT STOUFFER SKIDMORE ANDERSON ZAOLINO BECKER MEYER BIRNBAUM ALLEN What’s Happening on Baldwin Hill? errific news comes from Baldwin Hill, where the Burdsall and Proctor families and the Massachusetts Agricultural Preservation Restriction Program (APR) have agreed in principle to conserve a total of 445 acres in two separate transactions. The projects have been facilitated by Berkshire Natural Resources Council, with help from the Egremont Land Trust. Though we are not free to divulge all the specifics, the state’s APR Program has committed to investing over $6 million to protect these productive and picturesque farms. A gap of nearly $900,000 between the state’s commitment and the fair market value of the APRs – the so-called “local share” – remains to be filled at the community level. Thanks to the families’ commitment to conservation, we are already well on our way to reaching this lofty goal. Both families have agreed to generous “bargain sales,” which greatly reduce the amount of funds we will need to raise. Further, BNRC has been working with a foundation that may provide a major lead grant. If all goes well, the balance will be within reach. Egremont Land Trust and BNRC are cooperating to complete fundraising by June 30. This campaign has been quiet to date, but will soon take on a higher profile. To this end, Egremont Land Trust has started the “Fund for Baldwin Hill.” Monies donated to this fund will be earmarked for the local share of the transactions, as well as for further conservation investments on the hill. (ELT has already achieved two conservation projects on the hill: our Baldwin Hill fen and a CR of 51 acres, given jointly to ELT and BNRC by three ELT members.) Baldwin Hill conservation has been a longstanding priority for the Egremont Land Trust and BNRC. The eastern half of the hill was conserved by BNRC and the APR Program in 1998 and conveyed to Turner Farms. Conserving the entirety of this notable farm district has been our collective goal ever since, and if all the pieces fall together, we may achieve this objective within the next six months! The biggest break has come from the state’s willingness to make substantial investments on Baldwin Hill. Our local campaign will leverage millions of dollars – every dollar the community puts in will leverage over $20 in value. Opportunities to shape a community’s future come rarely. Our great success in meeting the Sheffield-Egremont Corridor challenge gives us confidence that we can make the most of the sterling opportunity on Baldwin Hill. The Proctor and Burdsall families are doing their part. Now it is up to us to match their commitment by raising the rest of the local share. The Baldwin Hill projects will assure a productive agricultural base for the town, and they will conserve the most wonderful views in the Southern Berkshires. Please think about what you can do, and prepare to give generously in response. Three views from Baldwin Hill, now preserved forever Ursula Cliff – president Lois Ginsberg – vice president Charles Ogden – secretary Walter Cliff – treasurer Peggy Barrett Robin Goldberg Tom Haas Wendy Linscott Wendy McCain Peggy Muskrat Susan Shapiro Maureen Steiner BOARD OF DIRECTORS P.O. Box 132, 71 Main Street South Egremont, MA 01258 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED U.S. POSTAGE PAID FIRST CLASS PERMIT #95 KWIK PRINT, INC. GT. BARRINGTON MA 01230 T Annual Wildflower Walk he Egremont Land Trusts’ Wildflower Walk took place this year on May 7th. In 2010 our walk was in midsummer (July) so this year, in spring, we were able to view a whole different variety of flowers. As always, the walk was led by Stephanie Bergman and we again benefited from her vast knowledge of the flora in our woods. The site of our walk on land protected by the ELT along the Green River is home to a great variety of plants—both common and rare. (This land is open to the public: there is a small parking area and a walk straight across the farm field to the walk along the river. And there is a little wooden bridge to cross the oxbow, although during a storm it tends to break loose and drift downriver.) Spring is such a great time for a walk like this. After a long, long winter is it such a renewal to see these beautiful flowering plants. We saw trillium, trout lily, and wild strawberry, which were all used by the Native Americans to treat various ailments. Wood violets, bluets, jack in the pulpit, and, of course, dandelions (which are rich in Vitamin A and C) were all growing in great abundance. We learned which of these plants were native to our area and which had been brought over by early settlers. Garlic Mustard is one of the most invasive ones we encountered. Barberry, colt’s foot, and ground ivy were other non native plants we encountered. We look forward to the 2012 Wildflower Walk, again led by Stephanie. It’s a wonderful way to spend a few hours on a beautiful May morning and to learn more about the beautiful variety of plants growing in our area. PLEASE JOIN US! If you’re already a member, pass this envelope to a friend who’s not yet a member. If you haven’t yet joined ELT and love Egremont, use the envelope to become part of the good work. T ANNUAL MEETING 2011 he 2011 Annual Meeting of the Egremont Land Trust was held on September 10th at the French Park pavilion. The weather was cooperative and attendance was good. President Ursula Cliff opened the business meeting by asking for a moment of silence for the victims of the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks and their families. She then recounted the events of this season which are featured elsewhere in this newsletter. Ursula then introduced Kathy Orlando from the Sheffield Land Trust who gave an update of the Sheffield/Egremont Corridor Project. She stated that Phase One is complete and Phase Two is well under way with Maple Shade Farm and the Curtiss property. Of the $2 million needed for this phase, only $150k is left to be raised locally. Kathy presented some excellent aerial photos of the Corridor Project land and also introduced Jonathan and Susan Curtiss, who will farm the Curtiss property under the APR program. (They were accompanied by their infant granddaughter Sydney, the youngest of the clan and the instant star of the meeting.) Jonathan recounted some of the history of the property, which has been farmed by Curtisses for 240 years and now will remain farmland forever. Treasurer Walter Cliff reported that our annual expenses of $23,000 go to pay for rent, electricity, phone, as well as printing and mailing our annual newsletter, invitations, fund raising letters, thank you notes and the like. Top: Aerial view of the Sheffield/Egremont Corridor. Below: Part of the Curtiss farmland. Bottom: Jonathan, Susan, and Sydney Curtiss. Membership chairman Susan Shapiro reported that we receive monies that range from $15 to $5,000. Since the 2010 annual meeting we have 153 paid memberships; the prior year’s total was 135. Land Protection coordinator Walter Cliff reported that Mass DFW has been a good partner with us, and is about to acquire a 5 acre parcel bordering the Green River in North Egremont. Peg Muskrat, our nominating Chairperson, nominated Ursula Cliff, Maureen Steiner and Lois Ginsberg to remain on the Board and also nominated Robin Goldberg to join the board. The nominees were approved by unanimous voice vote. After the business meeting concluded, the Egremont Land Trust provided lunch for all in attendance. Spying on the Birds O n April 16, 2011, a hardy band of early risers gathered at the Jug End State Reservation for ELT’s tenth annual Bird Walk, led by Professor Brian Kane of the University of Massachusetts. Brian is extremely knowledgeable about birds and bird life, as is his wife Noel, who accompanied him again this year. Birds observed at Jug End included the following: mallard, red-tailed hawk, turkey vulture, mourning dove, pileated woodpecker, Northern flicker, yellowbellied sapsucker, Eastern phoebe, American crow, blue jay, tree swallow, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, Eastern bluebird, American robin, song sparrow, red-winged blackbird, brown-headed cowbird, and the American goldfinch. This year’s bird watchers added a new word to their vocabularies: gallinaceous, which means nesting on the ground (turkeys, grouse, chickens, pheasants, etc.) Unfortunately, we did not see any examples of gallinaceous birds or their nests. While in the neighborhood, Brian spotted, in addition to the birds listed above: wood duck, red-bellied woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, common raven, tufted titmouse, red-breasted nuthatch, brown creeper, chipping sparrow, dark-eyed junco, common grackle, house finch, and pine siskin. The bird walk was earlier in the spring than the usual May date due to scheduling conflicts, and the early date resulted in fewer bird sightings. ELT will aim for a May date in 2012, and bird watchers, both experts and complete beginners, should watch for posters as well as a notice in the Shopper’s Guide. We look forward to seeing you in the Jug End fields and woods this spring. B e r k S h a re s , the local currency program created to help build community, celebrated its 5th birthday with a Bikea-Thon and BBQ at the Route 7 Grill on September 25, 2011. The bike ride was a 10-mile loop through roads in Great Barrington, Sheffield, and Egremont, featuring the stunningly beautiful Sheffield-Egremont Corridor. The Egremont Land Trust is partnering with its sister land trust, the Sheffield Land Trust, in preserving this corridor. The Egremont Land Trust joined 12 other local, non-profit educational partners in supporting the Bike-a-Thon, and our board members took turns sitting at our ELT information booth and cheering on the bikers. ELT Aids the School The Egremont Land Trust enjoys working with the students at the South Egremont Schoolhouse, so the Board was pleased to grant a request from Julie Milani, the long-time kindergarten and first grade teacher, to help fund a nature program for the students there. A modest donation from ELT will partially underwrite a stipend paid to Stephanie Bergman to develop a curriculum that will teach the children about various bodies of water and wetlands in South Egremont. Ms. Bergman holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Education from the Audubon Expedition Institute at Leslie University and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Michigan. She has 15 years of experience in the general field of environmental education. The curriculum that she is developing with the aid of Ms. Milani will teach the Egremont students about the local ecosystem as they study bodies of water including Karner Brook, Mill Pond, and ELT’s Baldwin Hill Fen. The program, when complete, will encompass two years of study in fall and spring. Grownups, too, benefit from Ms. Bergman’s teaching: see the article in this issue on our Wildflower Walk. With thanks to the photographers for this issue: Walter Cliff Bryan Hamlin Rob Lancaster Chuck Ogden Kathy Orlando Aunt Rose’s Column Aunt Rose is threatening to go to night law school and her conversation is beginning to lose its sparkle. W ell, another year has gone by and the tax laws have become even more complicated. In the New Testament, the tax collectors were called Publicans (no reflection on either political party) and were not held in high esteem. Still true today, This year, they have done some good and some bad. Let’s get the bad news over first. It is the repeal of an amendment which permitted federal income tax payers to deduct any charitable gift of a conservation restriction on land up to 50% of the taxpayer’s adjusted gross income rather than 30% as heretofore, and to carry forward any unused portion of the deduction for 15 years rather than five years, again as heretofore. It also provided for further enhanced deductions for farmers and ranchers (how many llamas make a ranch?). The good tax news is the Massachusetts elaboration that permits Commonwealth taxpayers to claim a credit for a charitable contribution of a conservation easement that could result in tax savings of up to $50,000 per year. And there’s actually cash in this state program: there’s an allocation of $2,000,000 for 2012. Yippee! The kind folks at the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition have spelled out the process for us, so make yourself a strong cup of coffee and read on: NEW STATE TAX CREDIT FOR LAND CONSERVATION Starting in 2011, for the first time ever, landowners who engage in conservation transactions with the Egremont Land Trust or other land trusts or agencies may be eligible for a powerful new tax advantage—a State income tax credit worth up to $50,000. This is exciting news for the land trust and the landowners we are working with. While there have always been income tax deductions available for land gifts on donor’s federal returns, we have never been able to offer any incentives on the State tax side. Now we can, and it’s a credit rather than a deduction. The Commonwealth’s has provided guidelines on how the program will work. The type of transaction (land gift, conservation restriction, bargain sale, reserved life estate) is less important than the characteristics of the land itself, so long as the land is permanently protected. The Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs must certify that the land preserved is significant to protect drinking water supplies, rare species and other wildlife habitats, agriculture or forestry, recreational opportunities and scenic or cultural values of state or regional importance. While those themes are fairly broad, you can see how a gift of a vacant lot in a subdivision might not qualify. Still, Egremont is still blessed with many resource protection parcels that have been neither yet developed nor preserved that could qualify. The landowner must have the land pre-certified by the State (we can help do the paperwork) before the gift or bargain sale is completed. An appraisal is needed to justify that the land’s market value and establish the credit amount. The State will refund any unused credit in the first year of the gift. That means that not only would your State income tax be wiped out for that year, but the State will issue you a check for the difference between that year’s tax and $50,000 or the appraised value, whichever is less. For example, if you donated a parcel worth $30,000 and your Mass. income tax is $5,000, you would pay no state tax and get a tax refund for the remaining $25,000. If you donate a conservation restriction appraised at $120,000 and your Mass. income tax is $10,000, you would pay no state tax and get a check for the $40,000 difference. (The total of tax credit and refund check cannot exceed $50,000.) You do not need to reside in Massachusetts or even pay taxes here; so long as you own the land, and the land qualifies, you qualify. The State approved the first 21 applications in December, returning $800,000 in credits to landowners, including those in The Berkshires. A full $2 million is available statewide in 2012. Remember that this new tax credit is in addition to the regular federal income tax incentives for charitable contributions of land or interests therein. Egremont Land Trust Online: www.egremontlandtrust.org Look for our calendar of events and a link to local resources. Fill in your e-mail address in order to receive announcements or to print out a membership and donation form. We do not share membership information with anyone, no matter how worthy the cause. History Walk 2011 O n one of the hottest mornings of last summer, our intrepid historian Nic Cooper described how the Industrial Revolution came to South Egremont. He called his talk “From Boots to Buggy Axles” and he and his listeners stood just a few yards from the banks of Karner Brook, the pretty little stream that provided the power for the revolution. (In this case: “revolution” or “turning” applies both to a change in ideas and the movement of a mill wheel.) And it truly was a revolution in the life of the townspeople. The earliest settlers had all been farmers, although a few, who sold goods from their homes, added “shopkeeper” to a description of their occupation. But, like This old postcard reads: other New England towns, and unlike much “Dalzele Axle Works and Office, So. Egremont, Mass.” of the rest of the country, South Egremont had water power, which in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, was really the only available source of power for machinery. By 1800, there were at least three mills beside the brook; among them, a grist mill and a saw mill. From 1815 to 1835, Chester Goodale, who became the local squire, operated a bark mill to prepare leather for his large boot and shoe making operation. He later went into the marble business. What is now Kenver Ltd. was first a carding shop. Arthur A. Benjamin set up a cork insole factory (shoes need insoles, don’t they?), someone else invented a machine for cutting horses’ hooves, and there were a paper mill and a blacksmith’s shop. Since South Egremont was well sited as a transportation hub, the market for its products spread wider and wider. The Dalzell Axle factory, especially, where ELT now maintains its office, grew until in twenty years the value of its annual production was many times that of the total of all other South Egremont products. The village’s flourishing industries declined abruptly, however, between 1906 and 1916, and, as businesses closed and farmers moved west, the village’s population dropped. In 1860, South Egremont had 1200 residents, but by 1916 only 400 remained. A Social Occasion Department’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information. Paul described the complexity and responsibilities We held the annual Egremont Land Trust luncheon on May of the Department. With 36,000 officers, it is the largest 14, 2011,and, once again, it was generously hosted by Ter- municipal police force in the United States. Paul, whose ry Moore at the Old Mill. Forty-one people attended and name has been often in the New York papers of late, is the enjoyed a chance to get together and enjoy first a selec- Department’s chief spokesman, and deals with the media tion of aperitifs and hors d’oeuvres and then a delicious and the public on all issues that involve the police force, meal. Appetizers included a crab and tomato bisque as well its actions, and its involvement in law enforcement. An as risotto with local morels. The entrees were a choice of example was the Times Square terrorist who attempted, in Roast Chatham Cod and Roast Spring Leg of Lamb. Des- May of 2010, to plant bombs in one of the busiest thorserts included a strawberry rhubarb shortcake and a lemon- oughfares in New York. This emergency kept Paul from lime tart with strawberries. Terry served a 2007 Vasse Felix speaking at our luncheon in 2010, and we were delighted Chardonnay from New Zealand and a 2007 Tellus Vinea that he was able to attend in 2011. As always, the Annual Luncheon was one of the high points of the year, giving Bordeaux. Ursula Cliff recapped the Egremont Land Trust’s ac- members a chance to spend time together over a wonderful complishments and events for the past year. We then heard meal in a beautiful setting. from our speaker Paul Browne, the New York City Police ELT MEMBERS 2011 Three cheers and many thanks to our loyal supporters, listed below. Without you our accomplishments would simply not exist. To renew your membership for the coming year, please use the enclosed envelope. And if you are not yet a member and like what we’re doing, please join us. You’ll be glad you did. 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