Chesterwood
4 Williamsville Road (off Rte.183)
Stockbridge, MA 01262
(413) 298-3579.

Chesterwood is the early 20th century country home of sculptor Daniel Chester French. In 1875, at the mere age of 25, he was commissioned to create the celebrated The Minute Man in Concord, Massachusetts. In 1922, right here in the Glendale section of Stockbridge, he sculpted the extraordinary seated Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, first creating smaller models and then graduating to the imposing work we know today. French's genius transformed Chesterwood from a traditional farmscape of New England to both a celebration and devotional workshop of art. Over 500 pieces of sculpture are collected at Chesterwood and French's original studio. The house, gardens, central fountain and the lovely vista of 120 acres of rolling estate are all accessible to visitors of the property.