Experience Williamstown’s favorite authentic mid-century modern B&B.
COME STAY WITH US THROUGH THE WINTER…. The Berkshires favorite authentic mid-century modern B&B. Rated #1 Bed & Breakfast in Williamstown, MA by Tripadvisor.
Book NowThe northern Berkshires provide a perfect natural backdrop to a pair of Modernist homes—one a bed & breakfast—and more than 300 acres of open fields, woods, and wetlands with four miles of footpaths. And whether you’re seeking a peaceful getaway vacation in the Berkshires, or looking for a day trip to explore beautiful sculptures and architecture, Field Farm has something for everyone.
The Guest House at Field Farm in Williamstown MA, offers an authentic mid-century-modern Bed & Breakfast. This architectural gem is a museum of modern furnishings, that will transport you back in time. Featuring an unparalleled view of Mt. Greylock, Massachusetts’ highest peak, it is a refreshing change from your usual bed & breakfast. The house and landscape feature period artwork and thirteen sculptures in the surrounding gardens. Explore the property or visit The Folly, a three-bedroom, pinwheel-shaped shingled guest cottage, designed in 1965 by noted modernist architect Ulrich Franzen.
Come and enjoy peace and quiet in a mid-century modern bed and breakfast in South Williamstown and enjoy all the Northern Berkshires has to offer
If you like to play outside, Field Farm has 320 acres for walking, snowshoeing, or cross-country skiing. Don’t have snowshoes? No problem! We are happy to provide snowshoes to Inn guests. Or you could head over to our sister property Notchview, just 30 minutes away, and enjoy miles of groomed trails. Just up the road is alpine skiing at Jiminy Peak.
If you are joining us in December and would like to visit our sister property Naumkeag n Stockbridge for Winterlights, please call us at the Inn and we will arrange to have your tickets waiting for you upon arrival.
Sculptures: Take a unique self guided tour of the property and explore 13 permanent sculptures: Sculptures at Field Farm
Hiking: Enjoy more than four miles of moderate hiking. Follow the popular mile-long North Trail, which circles the centrally located pasture in a wide loop and affords mountain views—including of Mount Greylock—in all directions. Pick up the Oak Loop trail and wander for another half mile across a flowing stream and abundant ferns in the mature oak forest. Continue on the Caves Trail loop, another half mile, to explore small streams that disappear into a series of underground channels and caves carved over the millennia from limestone bedrock.
Picnic tables are available for day visitors.
Stay With Us: Spend the night in our authentic mid-century modern B&B for a quiet getaway.
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Guest House at Field Farm
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554 Sloan Road
Williamstown, MA 01267
Telephone (Guest House) 413.458.3135
E-mail: info@thetrustees.org
Inn E-mail: fieldfarm@thetrustees.org
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From Williamstown Center, follow Rt. 7 South towards South Williamstown. At intersection with Rt. 43, take Rt. 43 West and immediately take a right onto Sloan Rd. Proceed 1 mi. to entrance on right.
The northern Berkshires provide a perfect natural backdrop to a pair of Modernist homes—one a bed & breakfast—and more than 300 acres of open fields, woods, and wetlands with four miles of footpaths. And whether you’re seeking a peaceful getaway vacation in the Berkshires, or looking for a day trip to explore beautiful sculptures and architecture, Field Farm has something for everyone.
While on site, explore the exterior of the Folly, an architectural wonder of a guest house built in 1966. “The Folly,” a sculptural structure designed by Ulrich Franzen. The name comes from 18th-century English garden structures, but the design is truly modern. Cedar shingles encase a central column surrounded by undulating pinwheel-like forms that together once hosted the Bloedels’ ice skating parties.
Franzen wanted occupants to be “part of nature but also to be sheltered from it.” The bedrooms and kitchen feature overhanging “eyebrow” windows, reminiscent of a Victorian house or airplane cockpit. Inside, built-in furniture lit from below makes efficient use of the limited space.
The broad fields and uplands provide habitat for white-tail deer, coyote, and bobcats. The wetlands are home to an active beaver colony, turtles, snakes, and salamanders, as well as a wide variety of marsh-nesting birds and waders. Look for red-winged blackbirds with their scarlet epaulets, kingfishers darting and swooping above the water’s surface, and regal great blue heron stalking the shallows. Red-tailed hawks and northern harriers waft silently above the meadows.
The Guest House at Field Farm offers bed & breakfast accommodations in six spacious, finely appointed rooms, all with mountain views. Please note that our facility is not wheelchair accessible.
There is 1 electric car charger for overnight guests staying at the Field Farm Inn. Please note that this is for guest use only.
For Private Event and Group information, please call the Guest House at 413.458.3135
Inn E-mail: jknoettner@thetrustees.org
We recommend that you take a photo of the map on your phone so you can refer to it during your visit, or download a trail map before you head out.
Open to the public.
Unique in style and sensibility, the Guest House at Field Farm offers an authentic modern art experience in spectacular natural surroundings.
What is now Field Farm was an agricultural property dating back to the mid-18th century, as colonists cleared the lower slopes of the Berkshires and Taconic ranges for crop fields, livestock pastures, and houses and outbuildings. Previous to European settlement, Mohican and Mohawk tribes were on this land.
Many people know this as s stylish, mid-century modern B&B, but it's also wonderful for moderate hiking. It has several miles of trails, and the variety distinguishes it. Roughly a third are in and around wetlands; a third are around beautiful, very large hay fields and meadows; and a third in uplands.
– Werner L, TripAdvisor
