Lenox / Lenox Library Association.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lenox Library Association, author.

Contributor:

Lenox Library Association, author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manners and customs.

Lenox (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works.

Lenox (Mass.).

Lenox (Mass.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2016]

Summary:

"As he rode through mid-19th-century Lenox, Massachusetts, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote, "Perfect almost to a miracle." Founded in 1767, Lenox had sent Gen. John Paterson riding to the Revolutionary War 75 years earlier. Named the Shire Town because of its central Berkshires location, Lenox was home to the county courts. In the east, the center of a bustling glassworks and ironworks industry was situated by the Housatonic River. In the west, rolling hills and sparkling waters drew the literary lights to the New England Lake District. When the county seat moved to Pittsfield, fears of a local economic decline were unfounded with the arrival of the Gilded Age millionaires, who built stately seasonal estates with the charmingly ironic nickname of cottage. The exodus of the millionaires saw Lenox reinvent itself as a cultural and educational center, with private schools and performing arts organizations, Tanglewood chief among them, located on former estates. Change may come to Lenox again, but one constant remains throughout these past 250 years: its scenic beauty." -- From cover.

Contents:

Introduction

Birth and revolution

Shire town Lenox

Civil War times

Gilded age Lenox

Lenox at work

Cottages and "cottages"

Lenox at play

A natural delight.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (page 126).

ISBN:

9781439659113

1439659117