Car Crashes Into Main Street Home in Lenox
LENOX, Mass. — A sport utility vehicle veered off Main Street, traveled through some greenery, and struck the front of a historical home on Friday afternoon, toppling its porch pillar.
No injuries were reported, and the cause is unknown and under investigation. The house at 73 Main St., will need repairs to its front step, and the vehicle, a Lexus crossover, incurred serious damage to its front end.
Around 12:30 p.m., the Police and Fire departments received a call for a car into a building, with someone trapped in the vehicle. Upon arrival, they saw that the driver couldn't get out of the car because the driver's door was pressed against the house.
"The driver was unhurt. He was actually able to crawl over the center console and sit in the passenger seat when we got here," Fire Chief Robert Casucci said a little after 1 p.m.
"Unhurt, refused treatment or transport to the hospital. We're basically just standing by until the car is removed from the building."
He reported that the Lexus did come into contact with another vehicle on the road, but there were no injuries from the incident.
Main Street remained open during the investigation and removal of the Lexus. Casucci said traffic slowed a little with congestion from first responder vehicles, but was moving again pretty quickly.
"Just typical Friday afternoon traffic at Lenox," he said.
Because there is a gas meter at the end of the house, Berkshire Gas was called to ensure that none of the connections were loose or leaking.
The house is believed not to be badly compromised. According to Zillow, the property's 2025 tax assessment was $888,700, and the more than 4,000-square-foot home has five bedrooms.
Casucci confirmed that this is a residential home and believes it is undergoing renovation at the moment.
According to the Lenox Historical Society, 73 Main St. was built in 1807, and the original owners were James and Maria Robbins; Robbins' maiden name was Egleston, and she was probably related to the locally prominent Egleston family whose members included Revolutionary War hero Maj. Azariah Egleston.
The Federal style house has two stories, and the one-story flat-roofed front entry porch has fluted Doric columns and a frieze with metopes and triglyphs," the historical society's profile reads. The Lexus knocked down the columns and an attached bannister.
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