A private lake enveloped by a serene walking trail at the center of the community inspires a retreat from the bustle of city life. “When folks are ready to come to Lenox for the recreation and the culture, the public utilities and infrastructure will be waiting for them.” [1] Lenox is the site of Shakespeare & Company and Tanglewood, summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. "Founded by James Lenox, the chief features of the Presbyterian Hospital... Table PL-P5 NTA: Total Population and Persons Per Acre – New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010, "Lenox Hill neighborhood in New York, New York (NY)", Table PL-P3A NTA: Total Population by Mutually Exclusive Race and Hispanic Origin – New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lenox_Hill&oldid=1008578537, Pages using New York City Subway service templates, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz area identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 24 February 2021, at 01:08. Morris Elementary School houses students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, and Lenox Memorial Middle and High School houses students through twelfth grade. [17], The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 75.3% (60,831) White, 4.4% (3,571) African American, 0.1% (57) Native American, 10.6% (8,569) Asian, 0.1% (61) Pacific Islander, 0.3% (262) from other races, and 1.9% (1,558) from two or more races. The population was 5,025 at the 2010 census. To the east, October Mountain rises above the Housatonic River, which flows along that side of town and is impeded by a dam that forms Woods Pond. The town was intended to be called Lennox, probably after Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (Scottish Gaelic Leamhnachd), but the name was misspelled by a clerk at incorporation. Set in Western Massachusetts, it is part of the Pittsfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. [16] The median income for a household living in Lenox Hill was $92,219. The area was inhabited by Mahicans, Algonquian speakers who largely lived along the Hudson and Housatonic Rivers. [2] Hostilities during the French and Indian Wars discouraged settlement by European colonial settlers until 1750, when Jonathan and Sarah Hinsdale from Hartford, Connecticut, established a small inn and general store. A significant portion of the neighborhood lies within the Upper East Side Historic District designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1981 and expanded in 2010. Lenox remains a popular tourist destination. Lenox employs the open town meeting form of government, and is governed by a board of selectmen and a town manager. Lenox is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. Lenox is bordered by Pittsfield to the north, Washington to the east, Lee to the southeast, Stockbridge to the southwest, and Richmond to the west. After an extension of the Housatonic Railroad arrived in 1838, tourists discovered the town in increasing numbers. The neighborhood is named for the hill that "stood at what became 70th Street and Park Avenue. At the same time, it is open to adapting innovation consistent with its traditional values. One Brooklyn Bridge Park has been one of the hottest, most high-profile condominium projects in all of New York since its 2008 launch. Liberty Junior High School is committed to creating a safe supportive environment which allows all students the opportunity to achieve their fullest emotional, social, and intellectual potential through a collaborative effort … In the Massachusetts Senate, the town is represented by the Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district, which includes all of Berkshire County and western Hampshire and Franklin Counties. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.84. Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue both pass through Lenox Hill, and along these avenues, there are many boutiques, art galleries and five-star hotels. On the national level, Lenox is represented in the United States House of Representatives as part of Massachusetts's 1st congressional district, and has been represented by Richard Neal since January 2013. The population density was 239.3 people per square mile (92.4/km2) ranking 5th in the county and 236th in the Commonwealth. OBBP sets the tone for the Brooklyn waterfront’s emergence as one of the most coveted places to live in all of New York. Lenox is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.Set in Western Massachusetts, it is part of the Pittsfield Metropolitan Statistical Area.The population was 5,025 at the 2010 census. Property values jumped as millionaires competed for land on which to build showplaces. Based on the location of the original Lenox Hill, which was on a farm that spanned present-day 68th Street to 74th Street, east of Fifth Avenue, The Encyclopedia of New York City defines the neighborhood as the area between 60th Street and 77th Street, from Fifth Avenue on the west to Lexington Avenue on the east. Nathaniel Hawthorne and his family came from Salem in 1850,[3] staying a year and a half. For every 100 females, there were 84.3 males. Males had a median income of $61,226 versus $55,063 for females. In 1844, Samuel Gray Ward of Boston, the American representative for Barings Bank of London, assembled tracts of land to create the first estate in Lenox. Population Estimates", "1990 Census of Population, General Population Characteristics: Massachusetts", "1980 Census of the Population, Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts", Senators and Representatives by City and Town, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lenox,_Massachusetts&oldid=1002053217, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox settlement with possible motto list, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2015, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz area identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 January 2021, at 16:39. James Lenox New York's other principal library during this time was founded by James Lenox and consisted primarily of his personal collection of rare books (which included the first Gutenberg Bible to come to the New World), manuscripts, and Americana. Conveniently located off the Selmon Expressway, Lenox is both accessible and undisturbed. As of the census[15] of 2000, there were 5,077 people, 2,212 households, and 1,291 families residing in the town. [16] The town is patrolled by the First (Lee) Station of Barracks "B" of the Massachusetts State Police.[17]. The town center is 8 miles (13 km) south of downtown Pittsfield, 45 miles (72 km) west-northwest of Springfield, and 125 miles (201 km) west of Boston. The school's longtime rivals are the Lee Wildcats. [3] However, neighborhood boundaries can shift and most residents see the modern boundaries differently, as the Lenox Hill post office and the neighborhood's service-oriented retail shops are located east of Lexington Avenue. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}40°46′08″N 73°57′43″W / 40.769°N 73.962°W / 40.769; -73.962, Lenox Hill (/ˌlɛnəks ˈhɪl/) is a neighborhood on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Some have been converted into vacation condominiums. It is a member of the regional library network. The town is roughly equidistantly located between the two nearest airports with national flights, Albany International Airport in New York and Bradley International Airport in Connecticut. It was a filming location for Before and After (1996) and The Cider House Rules (1999), which was shot at Ventfort Hall. Several marshy brooks also feed into the river throughout town. Luxury residences built in the 1910s and '20s are now very expensive. In 1784, Lenox became the county seat, which it remained until 1868 when the title passed to Pittsfield. Lenox includes the villages of New Lenox and Lenoxdale, and is a tourist destination during the summer. With a premier location near Southpark Meadows, our pet-friendly community provides easy access to the best of the city while offering an escape from the hustle and bustle of downtown. [9] Several months later he purchased three further parcels, extending his property north to 74th Street. Covering an area of 511.71 acres (207.08 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 157.8 inhabitants per acre (101,000/sq mi). We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. The median income for a household in the town was $85,581, and the median income for a family was $111,413. The School is committed to a rigorous, traditional academic program. The railroad right-of-way of the New York & Harlem Railroad passed along the east boundary of the property. Tanglewood, the former estate of the Tappan family which lies partially in Stockbridge, would in 1937 become summer home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Lenox Maplewood is east of the UT Southwestern campus, at 5490 Denton Drive in Dallas, across the street from the Inwood/Love Field Station DART light rail station. On the state level, Lenox is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives by the Fourth Berkshire district, which covers southern Berkshire County, as well as the westernmost towns in Hampden County. An independent, coeducational college preparatory school in New York City, Birch Wathen Lenox has forged a singular mission. Other visitors to the area, including Timothy Dwight, Benjamin Silliman and Henry Ward Beecher, extolled its advantages. [21], New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, "If You're Thinking of Living In: Lenox Hill;Fast-Paced, Often Noisy, Young at Heart", Manhattan: City Council, Assembly, and State Senate, "NYCdata: Maps - Boroughs with Community Districts". Lenox is the site of Shakespeare & Company and Tanglewood, summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.Lenox includes the villages of New Lenox and Lenoxdale, … [citation needed] It was founded as Richmond in 1765. 4.9% of the population and 3.6% of families were below the poverty line. Robert Lenox's son James Lenox divided most of the farm into blocks of building lots and sold them during the 1860s and 1870s;[13] he also donated land for the Union Theological Seminary along the railroad right-of-way, between 69th and 70th Streets, and just north of it a full square block between Madison and Fourth Avenue, 70th and 71st streets, for the Presbyterian Hospital, which occupied seven somewhat austere structures on the plot;[14] He built the Lenox Library on a full block-front of Fifth Avenue, now the site of the Frick Collection. Lenox operates its own school system for the town's 800 students. [4] Parts of the Housatonic Valley Wildlife Management Area and October Mountain State Forest line the river's east banks there. The racial makeup of the town was 98.57% White, .30% Black or African American, 0.08% Native American, .02% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.41% from other races, and 0.57% from two or more races. One event was the annual Tub Parade, when Main Street was lined with ornately decorated carriages. But because the Berkshires divided the town in two, the village of Yokuntown (named for an indigenous chief) was set off as Lenox in 1767. The per capita income for the town was $53,263. Carnegie's widow sold Shadowbrook to the Jesuits for a seminary in 1922. The Depression made it harder to maintain the estates, and labor was scarce during World War II. The nearest state colleges are Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, and Westfield State University. Lenox Hill Hospital, the former German Hospital, is located in this area, on East 77th Street. There were 2,713 housing units at an average density of 127.9 per square mile (49.4/km2). Markets ... 1775 Eye Street NW Washington, District of ... Silver Cross Hospital New Lenox, Illinois The regional hospital outgrows its current campus and opens a new facility with room to expand. The Lenox Library, founded in 1856, has occupied the former county courthouse since 1874. The nearest hospital, Berkshire Medical Center, is located in Pittsfield. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 21.7 square miles (56.1 km2), of which 21.2 square miles (55.0 km2) is land and 0.46 square miles (1.2 km2) is water. '"[12] The tenant farmhouse stood on the rise of ground between Fifth and Madison avenues and 70th and 71st Streets, which would have been the hill, if the property had ever been called "Lenox Hill." The town center is 5 miles (8 km) from Exit 2 of the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90), the nearest interstate highway. [20] Bus routes include M1, M2, M3, M4, M15, M66, M72, M98, M101, M102, M103. Services. The period from 1880 until 1920 would be dubbed the Berkshire Cottage era, when the small New England town was transformed into a Gilded Age resort similar to Newport, Rhode Island, and Bar Harbor, Maine. The 1912 Gilded Age Gateways Inn in Lenox, built for Harley Procter, of Procter & Gamble and Ivory Soap fame, remains an imposing mansion with 12 guest rooms, a locally popular lounge for nightlife featuring area performers, and a full-service, year-round restaurant, the Walker Street Grille, set to reopen in early May for indoor and seasonal outdoor dining. After conflicting land claims were resolved, however, it went to Samuel Brown, Jr., who had bought the land from the Mahican chief, on condition that he pay 650 pounds extra. Massachusetts is represented in the United States Senate by Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey. Amtrak rail service on the Lake Shore Limited can be found in Pittsfield, and the town is served by the Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA), with regional bus service through Pittsfield. Routes 7 and 20 meet in the southern end of town, heading north along a bypass road towards Pittsfield. Mission Statement. The nearest community college is Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield. In 1821, author Catharine Sedgwick moved here, followed by actress Fanny Kemble. Some estates became preparatory schools, although they would close by the 1970s and 1980s. Our 600+ staff members are committed to promoting academic excellence that focuses on the growth of the whole child. The Shadowbrook property is now the Kripalu yoga center; another, The Mount, is the former home of Shakespeare & Company. U.S. There were 2,212 households, out of which 22.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.7% were married couples living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.6% were non-families. It is the only town in the county whose schools do not have a formal tuition agreement with any other town (other students may attend, however). The most significant changes were the increase in the Asian population by 38% (2,346) and the increase in the Hispanic / Latino population by 22% (1,064). In 1876, Ward hired Charles F. McKim to design in the Shingle Style another property, Oakwood. The region's rustic beauty helped Lenox develop into an art colony. Museums in the area include the Frick Collection. The Province of Massachusetts Bay thereupon auctioned large tracts of land for 10 townships in Berkshire County, set off in 1761 from Hampshire County. The county courthouse built in 1816 is today the Lenox Library. The White population remained the majority with a slight increase of 1% (360), while the small Black population increased by 2% (61); the even smaller population of all other races increased by 19% (309). [18] The school's athletic teams are called the "Millionaires", in acknowledgement of the town's history, and their colors are maroon and gold. [19], Lenox Hill is serviced by three New York City Subway stations. Penn Central trains last made stops at Lenox Railroad Station in 1970. [18], The racial composition of Lenox Hill / Roosevelt Island changed moderately from 2000 to 2010. After the war, some of the estates were torn or burned down. The town is also home to the Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary south of Yokun Seat, and the Cranwell Resort and Golf Club. Massachusetts Route 7A, the original path of Route 7, passes through the center of town, with a short distance combined with Massachusetts Route 183, which begins near the start of the bypass road. The nearest private college is Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington. [15], Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Lenox Hill and Roosevelt Island, which are combined into one census tabulation area, was 80,771, an increase of 4,140 (5.4%) from the 76,631 counted in 2000. A vein of iron ore led to the digging of mines under the town, and the establishment by Job Gilbert in the 1780s of an iron works at Lenox Dale, also known as Lenox Furnace. [1][4] Many city maps also place Lenox Hill in the lower east section of the Upper East Side,[5][6] including maps of Manhattan Community District 8[7] and by the Friends of the Upper East Side.[4]. Lenox ranks eighth out of the 32 cities and towns in Berkshire county by population, and 244th out of the 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts. These are the 68th Street–Hunter College station on the 6 and <6>​ trains; the 72nd Street station on the N, ​Q, and ​R trains; and the Lexington Avenue–63rd Street station on the F and ​ trains. Others became schools or seminaries. The estates started to break up during the 1920s. Lenox is set apart from Richmond to the west by a branch of the Berkshire Mountains, with the highest peak in the ridge being Yokun Seat at 2,146 feet (654 m). Luxury residences built in the 1910s and '20s are now very expensive. Despite the challenges put on municipal budgets, Ketchen said Lenox was able to pursue several modest infrastructure projects in 2020, such as maintaining roads and public-utility infrastructure. Out of the total population, 7.3% of those under the age of 18 and 5.8% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. [2] The neighborhood is part of Manhattan Community Board 8. Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue both pass through Lenox Hill, and along these avenues, there are many boutiques, art galleries and five-star hotels. Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox, Massachusetts's 1st congressional district, The Museum of the Gilded Age at Ventfort Hall, "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Lenox town, Berkshire County, Massachusetts", "Native American Life in Massachusetts After European Contact", "Distribution of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Housatonic River and Adjacent Aquifer, Massachusetts", "Total Population (P1), 2010 Census Summary File 1", "Massachusetts by Place and County Subdivision - GCT-T1. For 2,250 pounds Josiah Dean purchased Lot Number 8, which included present-day Lenox and Richmond. There is plenty of development locally to watch out for in 2021: ... crosswalks - with new street trees as well. Projects. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.5 males. Along the Housatonic River, the Housatonic Railroad route between Pittsfield and Great Barrington passes from north to south. It forms the lower section of the Upper East Side—east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s.[1]. Pittsfield is also the site of the nearest regional airport, the Pittsfield Municipal Airport. The wealthy and their entourage opened immense houses for recreation and entertaining during the Berkshire Season, which lasted from late summer until early fall. [9] For the sum of $6,420 ($107,000 in current dollar terms)[10] or $6,920 ($116,000)[9] he had purchased a first set of three parcels in 1818, at an auction held at the Tontine Coffee House of mortgaged premises of Archibald Gracie, in order to protect Gracie's heirs from foreclosure, as he was executor of Gracie's estate. [11] According to one source, "Thereafter these two tracts were known as the 'Lenox Farm. Road improvement projects have also made progress in various neighborhoods. Lenox at Bloomingdale redefines the concept of modern urban living. In the town, the population was spread out, with 20.8% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 24.4% who were 65 years of age or older. In 1966 Lenox Memorial High School moved from its 1908 building to a new campus co-located with the town's middle school. The town has its own full-time police, fire, ambulance, and public works departments. Early industries included farming, sawmills, textile mills, potash production, glassworks, and quarrying. Lenox Hill Hospital, the former German Hospital, is located in this area, on East 77th Street. NLSD Mission Statement; Bright Star Award: 12 Consecutive Years 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. Built as a warehouse in 1928, this amazing building is grand in scope and scale. The median age was 46 years. A rendering depicts the proposed Windrose Place complex on Main Street in Lenox, which will include a renovated, expanded 1790 mansion and two new structures, and a third new building at Main and Franklin streets. In 1903, an acre in Lenox cost $20,000, when an acre in nearby towns cost a few dollars. Additionally, Lenox is home to two special education schools (Valleycrest School and the Hillcrest Center), as well as private schools, Berkshire Christian, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through grade 8, Berkshire Country Day School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through ninth grade, and The Montessori School of the Berkshires, which serves toddlers through middle school students. 1.91% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Contamination with PCBs is highest in the section of the River from Pittsfield to Woods Pond. "[3] The name "Lenox" is that of the immigrant Scottish merchant Robert Lenox (1759-1839),[8] who owned about 30 acres (120,000 m2) of land "at the five-mile (8 km) stone", reaching from Fifth to Fourth (now Park) Avenues and from East 74th to 68th Streets. Called Highwood, the Italianate dwelling was designed in 1845 by Richard Upjohn. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 7.3% (5,862) of the population. Find your bliss at Lenox Springs, a brand-new collection of Austin apartments designed for true comfort and convenience. The imposition of the federal income tax in 1913 ended construction of the country mansions in the Berkshires.