[3] Birdseye Blakeman (1824-1894) purchased 12 acres (4.9 ha) of land on Prospect Hill in Stockbridge, Massachusetts in 1886 and built the summer home "Oronoque" in 1887.

[5] In 1949 the long-time caretakers, Wendel H. Krebs and his wife Ruth, were transferred a cottage and an acre of land from the estate.

[7] A theater, dance studio, two "longhouses" (dormitories each housing 21 people), eleven wooden "teepees" (each with five beds), and two cottages were added.

Notable alumni include Arlo Guthrie, Julie Taymor, Ruth Laredo, Dennis Boutsikaris and Frank Rich.

[8] The illegal garbage dumping in 1965 detailed in Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" was done next door to Indian Hill, on Nelson Foote, Sr.'s property.

In 1986 the building was purchased by the Oronoque Realty Corp.,[4] which converted the mansion into six condominiums and later built four duplexes down the hill on the estate.