I am amazed at the success of my efforts. Decidedly, I'm a better landscape gardener than novelist, and this place, every line of which is my own work, far surpasses The House of Mirth.... - Edith Wharton in a letter to Morton Fullerton
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1899/00/00 | Whartons look for a summer property in Lenox, Massachusetts. | |||||
| 1901/00/00 | Edith Wharton | Architect, Home | Eager to escape Newport, Whartons buy 113-acre Laurel Lake Farm in Lenox for $40,600. Edith plans The Mount, a home created for a designer, gardener, hostess and writer. | |||
| 1901/07/14 | Beatrix Farrand | Landscape Architect | Beatrix Farrand designs Edith's kitchen garden at "The Mount". A design drawing dates from July 14, 1901 | |||
| 1902/10/00 | Francis L V Hoppin | Architect | July 1901 to Autumn 1902 - Inspired by Belton House, The Mount is built as a summer "cottage" for the Whartons. Estate includes a gatehouse, stable and greenhouse. Costs - Main house: $57,619, Stable: $20,354, Gatehouse: $5,356 | |||
| 1904/00/00 | Gaillard Thomas Lapsley visits The Mount. A graduate of Harvard College in 1893, Lapsley was an American constitutional historian and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge University, 1904-1949. | |||||
| 1904/10/00 | Howard Overing Sturgis | Guest | Howard Sturgis and Henry James visit The Mount. James wrote "I am very happy here, surrounded by every loveliness of nature and every luxury of art and treated with a benevolence that brings tears to my eyes." | |||
| 1904/10/00 | Henry James | Visitor | Howard Sturgis and Henry James visit The Mount. James wrote "I am very happy here, surrounded by every loveliness of nature and every luxury of art and treated with a benevolence that brings tears to my eyes." | |||
| 1911/00/00 | Edith Wharton | Bride | The Whartons sell The Mount in Lenox, Mass. Edith moves permanently to France and Teddy returns to his sister's home in Lenox, Mass. | Marriage of Edith Wharton and Edward Robbins Wharton |
| Particulars for The Mount: | |
|---|---|
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Literature |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Secondary structure |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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