America's Gilded Age, the post-Civil War and post-Reconstruction era, from 1865 to 1901 saw unprecedented economic and industrial prosperity. As a result of this prosperity, the nation's wealthiest families were able to construct monumental country estates in the Berkshires in Massachusetts.
History
Although most uses of 'cottage' imply a small house, the use of the word in this context refers to an alternative definition, "a summer residence (often on a large and sumptuous scale)".[1]
Cottages
Approximately seventy-six estates were built in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts, including:[2][3]
- Allen Winden
- Ashintully
- Beaupré
- Bellefontaine
- Belvoir Terrace
- Blantyre
- Bluestone Manor
- Bonnie Brae
- Breezy Corners
- Brookhurst
- Brookside
- Cherry Hill
- Chesterwood
- Clipston Grange
- Coldbrook
- Deepdene
- Eastover
- Edgewood
- Elm Court
- Erskine Park
- Groton Place
- Gusty Gables
- High Lawn
- Kellogg Terrace
- Lakeside
- Merrywood
- Naumkeag
- Nestledown
- Norwood
- Oakwood
- Orleton
- Oronoque
- Overlee
- Pine Acre
- Pine Needles
- Rock Ridge
- Searles Castle
- Shadowbrook
- Spring Lawn
- Stonover
- Summerwood
- Sunnyridge
- Tanglewood
- The Homestead
- The Mount
- Valleyhead
- Ventfort Hall
- Villa Virginia
- Wheatleigh
- Windyside
- Wyndhurst
See also
References
- ^ Sayer, Karen (2000). "Introduction". Country Cottages: A Cultural History. p. 1. ISBN 978-0719047527.
- ^ Owens, Carole (1984). The Berkshire Cottages: A Vanishing Era. Cottage Press. ISBN 978-0-918343-00-0. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ Gilder, Cornelia Brooke (2017). Edith Wharton's Lenox. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62585-788-0. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
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