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The Mount - Home of Edith Wharton
Lenox, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Biographical Museum | Literary Museum

The Mount - Home of Edith Wharton
(Photo credit: Edith Wharton Restoration, Inc.)
 
 

A National Historic Landmark since 1971

This twenty-nine-room American classical mansion was designed and built by Edith Wharton in 1901-02 in collaboration with architect L. V. Hoppin. She lived there from 1902 to 1911, before moving to Europe.
Edith Wharton: American novelist, short story writer poet and gardener (1862-1937)

Location
Southern junction of Routes 7 and 7A at the corner of Plunkett Street and Route 7
Lenox, MA 01240

Tel.: (413) 637-1899
Fax: (413) 637 0619
E-mail: admin@edithwharton.org

Hours
Open 7 days/week Memorial Day - November 3. 9 am - 3 pm.

Admission
$6.00; $5.50/ seniors; 4.50/ ages 13-18; under 12 free; special group admission rates

Museum URL: http://www.edithwharton.org/mount.htm

 
 

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