Farnams Village Historic District

A National Register of Historic Places former limestone mining village. Farnams Village was a mining village whose associated mining and lime production was active from the 19th to mid-20th century. The junction of Lanesboro, Quarry, and Farnams Rds is the center of the former village. Remnants of the quarrying activities stretch west up onto Mt. Greylock, and can be accessed via Quarry Rd. Old equipment, work buildings, worker housing, and public buildings can be found. The area is of great interest to industrial archaeology. The village buildings display Greek Revival and Gothic architecture.

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Address

Lanesboro, Quarry, and Farnam Rds

Getting there

if coming from Lanesborough, take Summer St, then turn onto Old Cheshire Rd; the destination is where this becomes Lanesborough Rd. If coming from MA Rt 8 in Cheshire, take either Lanesboro Rd near the town center, or, further south, Farnams Rd across Cheshire Reservoir to the junction with Lanesboro Rd