Berkshire Cottages
# 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
