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]

References

  1. Sayer, Karen (2000). "Introduction". Country Cottages: A Cultural History. p. 1. ISBN 978-0719047527.
  2. Owens, Carole (1984). The Berkshire Cottages: A Vanishing Era. Cottage Press. ISBN 978-0-918343-00-0. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. Gilder, Cornelia Brooke (2017). Edith Wharton's Lenox. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62585-788-0. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

See also

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