Mount, The - Edith Wharton Restoration - Lenox Museum
- Address: 2 Plunkett Street, Lenox, MA 01240-2704
- Phone: 413 / 637-1899
- Email: info@edithwharton.org
- Website:www.edithwharton.org
| Average Rating |
3.5
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4+ reviews from 3 sources |
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| Frommers | 1.0 |
1+ reviews |
| Yahoo! Travel | 5.0 |
1+ reviews |
| Yelp | 4.0 |
2+ reviews |
Mount, The - Edith Wharton Restoration
2 Plunkett StreetLenox, MA 01240-2704
Mount, The - Edith Wharton Restoration Details
Descriptions from Across the Web
- Open yearly from the first of May through October 31st, this impressive home was built as the country home of Edith Wharton, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction; with thirty five extraordinary rooms, the home is reminiscent of an English estate with a French courtyard and Italia... more on Yahoo! Travel
- Celebrated writer, Edith Wharton, was first renowned as the co-author of the best-selling Decoration of Houses. -- She designed this home according to her ideas which valued balance, symmetry, and suitability in reaction to the Victorian style and the excesses of the Gilded Age. -- The Mount surv... more on MuseumStuff.com
- Author Edith Wharton's self-designed estate features historical exhibits, garden tours and educational lectures. more on TripAdvisor
- Wharton, who won a Pulitzer for her novel The Age of Innocence , was singularly equipped to write that deftly detailed examination of the upper classes of the Gilded Age and the first decades of the 20th century. She was born into that stratum of society in 1862 and traveled in the circles that m... more on Frommers
- This mansion built in 1902 with myriad classical influences was the summer home of novelist Edith Wharton. The 42-room house and 3 acres of formal gardens were designed by Wharton, who is considered by many to have set the standard for 20th-century interior decoration. In designing the Mount, she... more on Fodor's
Reviews From Across The Web read all
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3.0 -
Nice, But Not Worth the Admission
The Mount is interesting, because of who the owner was, but when we saw it last year more than half of it was still unrenovated, yet we were charged (I believe) about $16 admission. Also, it's known for it's grounds, but I didn't find the gardens that impressive (especially compared to those of o... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor
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4.0
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Sandi C. 's review
When we decided to visit Lenox, MA, I didn't know much about the area, so I did some research. The Mount came up imediately as a place to visit. Having ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp
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5.0
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We loved this mansion!
You would love this place especially if you like Edith Wharton and/or are interested in the time called gilded age. It was fascinating to feel the space she once lived and the atmosphere of the time. We were very impressed by a volunteer guide who was very knowledgeable on the subject. If you are... waka4, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor
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4.0
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Dan C. 's review
A real pleasure to visit. Even though my family would visit Tanglewood once a summer for a good 10-15 years in a row, I'd never known about this place ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp
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4.0
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Restored Splendor
We visited the Mount and took the tour through the house and gardens. We were so excited to see that the mansion is being taken care of. The rooms were amazing and the knowledge of the Docent was superb. This is really not a place for kids despite seeing a few. There is a lovely cafe connected to... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor
Directions
At the intersection of Routes 7 and 7A
Hours
Late Apr to Oct 10am-4pm; guided tours given June-Oct daily 9am-5pm
Miscellaneous
- Admission: $10
Other Web Resources
- Read more about Mount, The - Edith Wharton Restoration on Yahoo! Travel
- www.edithwharton.org
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