Trustee’s Office and Store

Trustee’s Office and Store is a building in Town of Hancock, Berkshire, Massachusetts which is located on West Housatonic Street. Trustee’s Office and Store is situated nearby to Pet Cemetery, as well as near Shaker Cemetery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shaker Mountain and Pittsfield Municipal Airport.

Shaker Mountain

Peak

Shaker Mountain, 1,835 feet, is a prominent peak in the Taconic Mountains of western Massachusetts. The mountain is located in Pittsfield State Forest and is named after the nearby Hancock Shaker Village, a former Shaker religious colony and now a historic site.

Pittsfield Municipal Airport

Aerodrome

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Pittsfield Municipal Airport is two miles west of Pittsfield, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility. Pittsfield Municipal Airport is situated 2½ miles east of Trustee’s Office and Store.

Doll Mountain

Peak

Doll Mountain, 1,930 feet, is a prominent peak in the Taconic Mountains of western Massachusetts. The mountain is located in Pittsfield State Forest. The summit is wooded and trailless, but the multi-use Doll Mountain Trail traverses its northern slopes. Doll Mountain is situated 2 miles north of Trustee’s Office and Store.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hancock Shaker Village and New Lebanon.

Hancock Shaker Village

Locality

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Hancock Shaker Village is a former Shaker commune in Hancock and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It emerged in the towns of Hancock, Pittsfield, and Richmond in the 1780s, organized in 1790, and was active until 1960.

New Lebanon

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New Lebanon is in Columbia County, New York, on the border with the Berkshire County, Massachusetts. New Lebanon was the main spiritual home of the Shakers, a Christian sect who practice a celibate and communal lifestyle, pacifism, uniform charismatic worship, and equality of the sexes.