Berkshire Cottages

With Berkshire Cottages exclusive buildings are referred to, which arose before the First World War in the United States. The name comes from the The Berkshires mentioned area in the Berkshire Mountains with the main towns Stockbridge and Lenox, where they are mainly found.

In the so-called Golden Age (English: Gilded Age ) from 1865 to 1901, there was a never before experienced economic and economic prosperity in the United States. In this time were the richest families, including the Rockefellers, Vanderbilts and Carnegies, prestigious property in Newport, Rhode Iceland, in Bar Harbor, Maine, and in the Berkshire Mountains in western Massachusetts erect. Known property include Chesterwood ( Daniel Chester French ), Elm Court (Emily Thorn Vanderbilt ), Naumkeag (Joseph Hodges Choate ), The Mount ( Edith Wharton ), Ventfort Hall ( John Pierpont Morgan ) and The Breakers ( Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ).

Naumkeag in Stockbridge, Massachusetts

The Mount in Lenox, Massachusetts

The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Iceland