Merwin House

Merwin House, also known as Tranquility, is a house located at 14 Main Street, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA. It is now a non-profit museum operated by Historic New England and sometimes open to the public.

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Type: Building
Description: building in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Also known as: “Tranquility”
Address: MA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Norman Rockwell Museum and Naumkeag.

Norman Rockwell Museum

Museum

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The Norman Rockwell Museum is an art museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States, dedicated to the art of Norman Rockwell. It is home to the world's largest collection of original Rockwell art. Norman Rockwell Museum is situated 1,900 feet northwest of Merwin House.

Naumkeag

Garden

Naumkeag is the former country estate of noted New York City lawyer Joseph Hodges Choate and Caroline Dutcher Sterling Choate, located at 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Naumkeag is situated 1 mile northeast of Merwin House.

Austen Riggs Center

Hospital

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The Austen Riggs Center is a psychiatric treatment facility in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1913 as the Stockbridge Institute for the Study and Treatment of Psychoneuroses, it was renamed the Austen Fox Riggs Foundation in 1919. Austen Riggs Center is situated 1 mile east of Merwin House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stockbridge and Housatonic.

Stockbridge

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Stockbridge is a town in Berkshire County in Western Massachusetts. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,276. It is the setting for Arlo Guthrie's song "Alice's Restaurant", and home to the non-profit Berkshire Botanical Garden.

Housatonic

Suburb

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Housatonic is a census-designated place in the town of Great Barrington in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Housatonic is situated 2½ miles southwest of Merwin House.