Berkshire Cottages
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 estates in Newport, Rhode Island, Bar Harbor, Maine and 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-five estates were built in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts, including:[2][3]
- Allen Winden
- Ashintully
- Beaupré
- Bellefontaine
- Belvoir Terrace
- Blantyre
- Bonnie Brae
- Breezy Corners
- Brookhurst
- Chesterwood
- Clipston Grange
- Coldbrook
- Deepdene
- Eastover
- Edgewood
- Elm Court
- Erskine Park
- Groton Place
- Gusty Gables
- High Lawn
- Kellogg Terrace
- Lakeside
- Merrywood
- Naumkeag
- Oakwood
- Overlee
- Pine Needles
- Searles Castle
- Shadowbrook
- Spring Lawn
- Stonover
- Sunnyridge
- Tanglewood
- The Homestead
- The Mount
- Valleyhead
- Ventfort Hall
- Villa Virginia
- Wheatleigh
- Windyside
- Wyndhurst
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.