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Berkshire Cottages

Wealthy family buildings in Massachusetts, US

Wealthy family buildings in Massachusetts, US

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)".

Cottages

Approximately seventy-six estates were built in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts, including:

  • Allen Winden
  • Ashintully
  • Beaupré
  • Bellefontaine
  • Belvoir Terrace Summer Camp
  • 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 - Now for sale
  • Rock Ridge
  • Searles Castle
  • Shadowbrook
  • Spring Lawn
  • Stonover
  • Summerwood
  • Sunnyridge
  • Tanglewood
  • The Homestead
  • The Mount
  • Valleyhead
  • Ventfort Hall
  • Villa Virginia
  • Wheatleigh
  • Windyside
  • Wyndhurst

References

References

  1. Sayer, Karen. (2000). "Country Cottages: A Cultural History".
  2. (1984). "The Berkshire Cottages: A Vanishing Era". Cottage Press.
  3. (2017). "Edith Wharton's Lenox". Arcadia Publishing.
  4. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/319-Under-Mountain-Rd-Lenox-MA-01240/59219722_zpid/
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