Byrdcliffe Colony - Merger With Woodstock Guild of Craftsmen

Merger With Woodstock Guild of Craftsmen

Upon Peter Whitehead's death in 1975, Byrdcliffe was left to the Woodstock Guild of Craftsmen who have continued to maintain and administer programs at the colony. In 1979, the Byrdcliffe Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in recognition of its historical and architectural significance. Byrdcliffe's cottages have been rented since 1984 only to working artists, maintaining sympathy with the founder's creative vision.

The Byrdcliffe Arts Colony received its name as a combination of Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead’s middle name and his wife’s, Jane Byrd McCall Whitehead, middle name. The colony is still in operation today and is located on 300 acres (1.2 km2) wooded with 35 unique Arts and Crafts buildings on country pathways in Woodstock, New York.