Belvoir Terrace Summer Camp

Performing arts camp in Lenox, Massachusetts

42°21′54″N 73°17′06″W / 42.365013°N 73.284978°W / 42.365013; -73.284978Opened1954SloganBelvoir offers exciting training in art, acting, music, theater, dance, music and individual sports!Operating seasonJune–AugustWebsitewww.belvoirterrace.com

Belvoir Terrace is a performing arts summer camp for girls near Lenox, Massachusetts, US. The camp is used by girls to expand their abilities in theatre, art, music, and dance.^[1]

History

Edna Y. Schwartz created a performing arts summer program for women at Belvoir Terrace in 1954. Her daughter, Nancy Goldberg, and granddaughter, Diane Goldberg Marcus, are the current directors/owners.^[2]

Belvoir Terrace was built by Rotch & Tilden between 1888 and 1890 for Morris K. Jesup. Its landscape was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.^[a] In the early 1920s, John Shepherd purchased and renovated the property as a summer retreat.^[2]

Notable alumnae

Terra Naomi (an alternative rock/pop musician)
Jennifer Elise Cox Actress

References

Notes

^ Morris K. Jesup died in 1908 and left Belvoir to his wife. Upon her death in 1914, the house was left to a niece, Eleanor DeGraff Cuyler. In 1924, Cuyler sold the house to Howard Cole, the Palm Beach developer who snapped up Wyndhurst, Coldbrook and Blantyre for bargain prices and created the Berkshire Hunt and Country Club.^[2]

Sources

^ Parnass, Larry (July 6, 2020). "Another season lost to virus: Berkshires overnight summer camps pushed to 2021". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Huberdeau, Jennifer (January 16, 2017). "The Cottager | Belvoir Terrace — barely touched by time". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 16 September 2020.