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 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
 * 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