Few places can embody the notion of "gentleman's farm" on the scale and scope of Mount Hope in Williamstown, MA.
The 1400-acre estate was built by Col. E. Parmalee Prentice, a successful lawyer and his wife, Alta, the daughter of John D. Rockefeller. Col. Permalee perhaps said it best, when he quipped,"I don't run this place to make money, I run it to spend money."
But beneath the grandeur and pomp. the real goal of the farm was science. The farm was equipped to solve the problem of famine and figure out how to feed the world.
Much like the Berkshires themselves. the story of Mount Hope weaves together tales of wealth, agriculture, science and more. See it for yourself, in these pictures from Mount Hope.
Egg Baskets

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Promenade at Mount Hope Farm in 1984

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Aerial Mount Hope

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Sitting by the Pool

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Ezra Permalee Prentice at his farm on July 27, 1953

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Interior staircase at Mount Hope Farm

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Chicken!

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A barn at Mount Hope Farm

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The main house at Mouth Hope Farm

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The kitchen at Mount Hope Farm

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Ring, ring! The phone at Mount Hope

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Egg sorting

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The safe at Mount Hope

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Flowers at Mount Hope

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Carriages at Mount Hope

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Cows at Mount Hope

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Mount Hope barn

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A field of dreams at Mount Hope

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Flowers and mountain at Mount Hope

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Williamstown, Mount Hope Farm

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March 1964 at Mount Hope

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Working at Mount Hope

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Caretakers at Mount Hope

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Chickens

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Aerial of Mount Hope

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May 1964

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March 1964 at Mount Hope

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A swan at Mount Hope

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Modes of travel at Mount Hope

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Organ at Mount Hope

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Assorted shots from Mount Hope

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Assorted shots from Mount Hope

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More from Mount Hope

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