National Historic Landmark · Great Barrington, Massachusetts

Du Bois, William E.B., Boyhood Homesite

Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.

Du Bois, William E.B., Boyhood Homesite
Photos via Wikimedia Commons

The record

Property typeSite
AddressMA 23, Great Barrington, MA
CountyBerkshire County
ListedMay 11, 1976
Listed forBlack heritage, Literature, Education, Religion, Social history
Level of significanceNational
Reference number76000947
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

AddressMA 23, Great Barrington, MA
Coordinates42.1783° N, 73.3936° W · Directions ↗
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Map

Local history books for Berkshire County

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Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Massachusetts

Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.

Reference

Questions people ask

When was Du Bois, William E.B., Boyhood Homesite listed on the National Register?

May 11, 1976. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

Where is Du Bois, William E.B., Boyhood Homesite?

MA 23, Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Source: National Park Service

Where is the nomination form for Du Bois, William E.B., Boyhood Homesite?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Sources

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 76000947. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.