The church Alice's Restaurant Massacree

the former church story begins, located @ 4 van deusenville road in great barrington, massachusetts; building later became guthrie center.

the church, built st. james chapel in 1829, enlarged in 1866 , renamed trinity church. ray , alice brock purchased property in 1964 , made home. alice sold building shortly after film adaptation released, commenting song , film had brought great deal of unwanted publicity. building changed ownership several times in 1970s , 1980s until guthrie bought facility in 1991 , converted guthrie center, nondenominational, interfaith meeting place.

the church s exterior covered white vinyl siding original cornerstone dedications still intact. there 2 public entrances, ramp guests disabilities on side of building , consisting of 2 large wooden doors. entrance side leads directly chapel. front entrance leads living room couches , kitchen left. bathrooms located down straight hallway right. above hallway sign reads 1 god — many forms / 1 river — many streams / 1 people — many faces / 1 mother — many children -ma .

in main chapel area stage on officer obie s chair sits reminder of arrest. in rear of chapel set of stairs , loft area. set of private rooms in alice , ray once lived remains.

in later years, guthrie center became folk music venue, hosting thursday evening hootenanny troubadour concert series annually memorial day labor day. musical guests have included john gorka, tom paxton, ellis paul, tom rush, highwaymen folk group and, of course, arlo guthrie. troubadour series helps support church s free community lunch program held @ church every wednesday @ noon. on thanksgiving, church hosts thanksgiving dinner can t beat local community. annual garbage trail walk , retracing steps of arlo , folksinger rick robbins (as told in song), raises money huntington s disease research.