Naumkeag

Naumkeag
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Location	5 Prospect Hill Rd Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°17′22.9″N 73°18′57.1″W / 42.289694°N 73.315861°W / 42.289694; -73.315861
Built	1886-87
Architect	Stanford White; Landscape Architect: Fletcher Steele
Architectural style	Shingle Style[2]
NRHP reference No.	75000264 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 3, 1975
Designated NHLD	March 29, 2007

Naumkeag is the former country estate of noted New York City lawyer Joseph Hodges Choate and Caroline Dutcher Sterling Choate, located at 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The estate's centerpiece is a 44-room, Shingle Style country house designed principally by Stanford White of McKim, Mead & White, and constructed in 1885 and 1886.

The estate is noted for its large gardens, which were designed in the mid-20th century by noted landscape designer Fletcher Steele in conjunction with Mabel Choate. A National Historic Landmark District, Naumkeag is now owned by The Trustees of Reservations, who operate it as a nonprofit museum.^[3]