This simplicity of spirit is at the heart of what I love about country living and what I occasionally fear is lacking in our present-day approach to rural life.
Tag: Berkshire Cottages
CONNECTIONS: Berkshire Robber Barons, part 1: The Fosters of Bellefontaine
If we understand the nineteenth century Robber Barons are we any closer to understanding the 21st century 1 percent?
CONNECTIONS: Gilded Age crumbled of its own exclusivity
Even as the Berkshire cottages were being built, the seeds of the undoing of an American aristocracy were being planted.
CONNECTIONS: Berkshire ‘cottages,’ then and now
The size of these Gilded Age estates helped create South County’s unique beauty and semi-rural character. For a video tour of the cottages, go to the end of the article.
CONNECTIONS: Blantyre and the future of Berkshire ‘cottages’
Blantyre is a true restoration in that it can transport the guest back in time. But now this Berkshire Cottage is on the market. Will it — can it — be acquired by someone who respects its original architecture and does not demand density for profitability?
CONNECTIONS: A Berkshire Cottage antithesis in Lenox
The building is stridently modern. The art and the architecture of the Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio, on Hawthorne Street in Lenox, celebrate the owners and what they treasured.
Connections: Cranwell, iconic Berkshire ‘cottage,’ on the block — again
This sale of Cranwell will be the tenth in a series, and it will not be the last. It is not the first attempt to turn an epitome of indulgence – a Berkshire Cottage — into a profit center. It is not the first attempt to change a building symbolic of another age into something useful in this age.
Stockbridge selectman defer decision on Elm Court development — again
‘We are not against Elm Court. We encourage smart growth, but this is the commercialization of a rural neighborhood.’
–Old Stockbridge Road resident Barney Edmonds
Connections: Elm Court epitomized the (past) Gilded Age
‘Elm Court…has become famous…as an example of what the progressive modern spirit, backed up by abundant capital, can accomplish.’
— Berkshire Resort Topics, 1904