Watch “Stay at Home & Read a Book Ball”
The Lenox Library Association hosted a "non-event" Book Ball benefit inviting guests to stay at home and read instead of going out on a cold night. The evening opened with a welcome video where [...]
Amelia Montague Watson: documenting plantation history with her art
Amelia Montague Watson [1856 - 1934] was a watercolorist and photographer from East Winsor Hill, CT. Her best known work was in illustrating a deluxe edition of Henry David Thoreau's travelogue of Cape Cod. [...]
Unveiling the portrait of Judge William Perrin Walker
A former Lenox resident now living in Virginia spotted a painting for sale on EBay. This was the listing: "Here is a very important Oil on Canvas Of the Honorable William Perrin Walker (1778-1858) [...]
The Lenox Library has a new handle at YouTube
A few months ago, YouTube introduced the use of handles as a way to identify a content creator's YouTube channel. Our new handle for our YouTube channel is @lenoxlibrary1856 - it's also part of the [...]
Stonover Photo Album
New York lawyer John E. Parsons joined the summer colony at Lenox in the 1870s. His "cottage," Stonover, was built on Yokun Avenue on the site of the first parsonage for the Church on [...]
New Virtual Author Talk Series
We are excited to announce a new programming series featuring virtual author talks from award-winning and New York Times best-selling authors and thought leaders! Books and authors selected will cover a wide range of [...]