Experience Gilded Age style and splendor at this marvelous estate renowned for its elegant gardens and rare Berkshire “cottage.”
Plan Your Visit
- Overview
- Ideas for Your Visit
- Admission & Fees
- Directions
- Facilities
- Property Map
- Regulations & Advisories
Overview
This 48-acre architectural masterpiece is, at its heart, a family home. In 1884, Joseph Choate, a prominent New York attorney and U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, and his wife, Caroline, hired the famous architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White to design a summer retreat. The result was a 44-room shingle-style home, where several generations of the Choate family lived until daughter Mabel Choate bequeathed it to The Trustees in 1958.
Ideas for Your Visit
When you visit this National Historic Landmark, carve out time to explore the superlative gardens created by Mabel Choate and noted landscape architect Fletcher Steele. Take in the Blue Steps, a series of deep blue fountain pools, flanked by four flights of stairs and a grove of white birches. Elsewhere walk through the stunning beautiful Afternoon Garden, Tree Peony Terrace, Rose Garden, Evergreen Garden, and Chinese Garden, each of which evinces beauty while revealing the playful, inventive spirit of collaboration between Ms. Choate and Mr. Steele, which played out over the span of 30 years.
Admission & Fees
Naumkeag is offering a pre-reserved timed ticketing option. Visitors sign up to reserve a parking pass online to arrive within a specific window of time to ensure no more than 20% capacity for safety reasons. Request your pass >
Non-members: Adults $20. Seniors/Students $15. Children under 12 Free
Trustees Member: FREE (registration is free but required; you will be prompted to enter your Member number when you get your pass online)
Directions
5 Prospect Hill Road
Stockbridge, MA 01262
Telephone:
In season (June 1-Oct 8) 413.298.8138
Off season (Oct 9-November 27) 413.298.3239 x3008
E-mail: naumkeag@thetrustees.org
Directions
From Points East:
Mass Turnpike (I-90), Exit 2. Take Rt. 102 West approx. 5 mi. into Stockbridge. Turn right onto Pine St. and bear left onto Prospect Hill Rd. Follow for 0.5 mi. to entrance and parking (20 cars) on left.
From Points West:
I-90 East to Exit B3, NY Rt. 22 South. Take 1st left onto Rt. 102 East. Follow approx. 7.5 mi. to Stockbridge. Turn left onto Pine St., then bear left onto Prospect Hill Rd. Follow directions above.
Facilities
The bathrooms are temporarily closed.
Property Map
A self-guided landscape tour brochure provided with admission to house and/or gardens. Download a trail map here.
Regulations & Advisories
- The house is temporarily closed.
- Dogs are not allowed.
- Mountain biking is not allowed on the reservation.
- Naumkeag is not ADA-compliant, due to the age of the site. There are many stairs, a steep hillside, uneven footing, etc.
- The Trustees reserves the right to photograph or video visitors and program participants for promotional use, and usage of our properties implies consent. Read the photo and video policy.
