Edith Wharton Designed Her Lenox Estate, Which Is Currently Available For Weddings
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Novelist Edith Wharton was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Her books include The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth. She designed and built The Mount in Lenox, Massachusetts, in 1902. It’s a National Historic Landmark and tourist attraction, and even weddings are held there.
The Mount rests on 113 acres. The main house is surrounded by formal gardens and a sculpted landscape. Wharton and her husband sold the property in 1911. It was owned by private families until it was turned into a girl’s school in 1942. The Edith Wharton Restoration currently owns the estate.
