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James Weldon Johnson at the Writing Cabin, Five Acres, Great Barrington, circa 1930-1936 (JAMES WELDON JOHNSON MEMORIAL COLLECTION, YALE UNIVERSITY BEINECKE RARE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY)
The Boston Globe, Couple to restore Berkshires writing cabin of poet, civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson, July 26, 2019, By Martha Merrow
In the Berkshires, a small, century-old cabin stands beside the Seekonk Brook, nearly untouched. After years of snow and rain, the Great Barrington cabin — with all of its original stone — remains, faithfully safeguarded by looming hemlock giants. But nature has begun to reclaim it. Wild animals have made their nests beneath the collapsing floors, and water damage threatens the cabin’s very foundation. Read More
The cabin in which African American poet, lyricist and author James Weldon Johnson wrote in during the late 1920s and ‘30s on his property, Five Acre in Great Barrington has not been renovated since its construction. The cabin has sustained heavy structural damage and the current property owners, Jill Rosenberg-Jones and Rufus Jones, are working to raise money to restore the historic structure. STEPHANIE ZOLLSHAN - THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE, July 7, 2019