Photography by Matthew Sussman There’s no shortage of historic towns in the northeast, but Great Barrington occupies its own category. In a region where many towns have centuries’ worth of history, this sleepy Berkshires enclave may not be the buzziest, it may not be the oldest, it may not be the “most” in any one category, but it doesn’t need to be—it’s got serious style chops and stands in a league of its own. Purchased by the Massachusetts General Court from the Mohican people in 1724 for £460, 3 barrels of cider and 30 quarts of rum, Great Barrington…
