Edith Wharton built The Mount in Lenox, Massachusetts in 1902 as a country retreat for herself and her husband, Teddy Wharton.
in Lenox, Massachusetts in 1902 as a country retreat for herself and her husband, Teddy Wharton. The 17,000 square foot house – half of which was given over to servants and their work – was modeled after European manses in which guests entered via an anteroom, where they waited to find out whether they would be received by the lady of the house.
But Edith defied expectations and not only wrote best sellers, but became the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize as well as the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate of letters from Yale University. When she built The Mount, Wharton used the architectural and landscape design theories she had previously published in . She thought that good architectural expression included order, scale, and harmony. The house exterior is a striking white stucco, with clusters of gables and white chimneys rising from a roof capped with a balustrade and a cupola.
After many years in which the house served as a school, a theater company headquarters and a designer show house, The Mount has been restored to its appearance during Wharton’s time there. The house and grounds are home to a summer lecture series, weekly bird walks, concerts, theater performances and outdoor sculpture exhibits. Best of all, Edith Wharton’s library has returned to the house. Included are 22 first editions of her own work.
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