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Berkshire Cottages
America's Gilded Age, the post-American Civil War, Civil War and post-Reconstruction era of the United States, Reconstruction era, from 1865 to 1901 saw unprecedented economic and industrial prosperity. As a result of this prosperity, the nation's wealthiest families were able to construct monumental country estates in the Berkshires in Massachusetts. History Although most uses of 'cottage' imply a small house, the use of the word in this context refers to an alternative definition, "a summer residence (often on a large and sumptuous scale)". Cottages Approximately seventy-six estates were built in Lenox, Massachusetts, Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, including: * Allen Winden * Ashintully Gardens, Ashintully * Beaupré (Lenox), Beaupré * Bellefontaine (estate), Bellefontaine * Belvoir Terrace * Blantyre (estate), Blantyre * Bluestone Manor * Bonnie Brae * Breezy Corners * Brookhurst * Brookside (estate), Brookside * Cherry Hill (estate), Cherry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilded Age
In United States history, the Gilded Age was an era extending roughly from 1877 to 1900, which was sandwiched between the Reconstruction era and the Progressive Era. It was a time of rapid economic growth, especially in the Northern and Western United States. As American wages grew much higher than those in Europe, especially for skilled workers, and industrialization demanded an ever-increasing unskilled labor force, the period saw an influx of millions of European immigrants. The rapid expansion of industrialization led to real wage growth of 60% between 1860 and 1890, and spread across the ever-increasing labor force. The average annual wage per industrial worker (including men, women, and children) rose from $380 in 1880, to $564 in 1890, a gain of 48%. Conversely, the Gilded Age was also an era of abject poverty and inequality, as millions of immigrants—many from impoverished regions—poured into the United States, and the high concentration of wealth became more vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherry Hill (estate)
Cherry Hill most commonly describes Cherry Hill Township, Camden County, New Jersey, U.S. It may also refer to: Places ;United Kingdom * Cherry Hill, Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a listed house ;United States: (by state) * Cherry Hill, Arkansas (other), several places * Cherry Hills Village in Colorado * Cherry Hill, Baltimore, Maryland, a neighborhood * Cherry Hill, Cecil County, Maryland, a village * Cherry Hill, a nickname for Landover Hills, Maryland *Cherry Hill, Michigan, an unincorporated community in Canton Township, Michigan. ** Cherry Hill Historic District, Canton Township, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) * Cherry Hill Mall, New Jersey, a census-designated place within Cherry Hill Township ** Cherry Hill Mall, a shopping mall * Cherry Hill Public Library, in Cherry Hill Township * Cherry Hill, Bergen County, New Jersey, now known as New Bridge Landing * Cherry Hill, New York, a hamlet in the town of Harmony * Cherry Hill (Alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakeside (estate)
Lakeside or Lake Side may refer to: Places Australia * Lakeside College, Pakenham, Victoria * Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City, Joondalup, Western Australia * Lakeside, near Reservoir, Victoria * Lakeside International Raceway, Pine Rivers, Queensland * Lakeside Mental Hospital, formerly known as Ballarat Lunatic Asylum, Ballarat, Victoria * Lakeside railway station, Melbourne, on the Puffing Billy Railway * Lakeside, Queensland, a locality in the North Burnett Region Canada * Lakeside, Nova Scotia, just outside Halifax * Lakeside, New Brunswick * Lakeside, Kenora District, Ontario * Lakeside, Oxford County, Ontario * Lakeside (electoral district), a political district * Rural Municipality of Lakeside No. 338, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality Malaysia * Lakeside Campus, Taylor's University, Subang Jaya New Zealand * Lakeside, New Zealand, a locality in Selwyn District Singapore * Lakeside MRT station, an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West MRT line in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Searles Castle (Massachusetts)
The Searles Castle is a French chateau-style castle-style house in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Built in the 1880s, the romantically imagined structure has seven stories and includes a "dungeon" basement. The castle was initially designed by Stanford White of McKim, Mead and White, a famous New York architectural firm at the time. There are 40 rooms containing of floor space, as well as 36 fireplaces. History Originally known as Kellogg Terrace, the castle was commissioned in 1875 for Mary Sherwood Hopkins by her husband Mark Hopkins, treasurer and one of the founders of the Central Pacific Railroad. Mark Hopkins died in 1878 and Mary Hopkins married Edward Francis Searles, who had designed the interior while the castle was being built. He was thirty years younger than she was. Hopkins died in 1891, but Searles maintained the castle until his death in 1920. After his death, the structure was used as a private girls' school for 30 years. It then passed through a variety o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Lawn
High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory * High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift took or takes place * Substance intoxication, also known by the slang description "being high" * Sugar high, a misconception about the supposed psychological effects of sucrose Music Performers * High (musical group), a 1974–1990 Indian rock group * The High, an English rock band formed in 1989 Albums * ''High'' (The Blue Nile album) or the title song, 2004 * ''High'' (Flotsam and Jetsam album), 1997 * ''High'' (New Model Army album) or the title song, 2007 * ''High'' (Royal Headache album) or the title song, 2015 * ''High'' (EP), by Jarryd James, or the title song, 2016 Songs * "High" (Alison Wonderland song), 2018 * "High" (The Chainsmokers song), 2022 * "High" (The Cure song), 1992 * "High" (David Hallyday song), 1988 * "Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gusty Gables
Gusty may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Gusty Bausch (born 1980), Luxembourgian cyclo-cross cyclist * Gusty Spence (1933–2011), a leader of the Ulster Volunteer Force * Grégoire Laurent (1906–1985), Luxembourgian boxer also known as "Gusty" * Gustavus Louis "Gusty" Fries, the founder of a local park known as Fries Park in Marrtown, West Virginia * "Gusties", nickname of students of Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota Fictional characters * Gusty, a cartoon character created by the meteorologist Don Woods * Arthur Gusty and Mrs. Gusty, characters from the 1938 film '' Everything Happens to Me'' * Gusty and Baby Gusty, characters from the television series ''My Little Pony'' * Gusty, an elf character in ''Wee Sing Wee or WEE may refer to: * Wee, a slang term for urine (see also wee-wee) * Wee, short stature, or otherwise small Anthroponym * Wee (surname), Chinese surname and name * Wee Willie Harris, singer * Wee Willie Webber, Philadelphia TV and ...: The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groton Place
Groton may refer to: Places England *Groton, Suffolk **Groton Wood United States *Groton, Connecticut, a town **Groton (city), Connecticut, within the town *Groton, Massachusetts, a town **Groton (CDP), Massachusetts, the main village in the town *Groton, New Hampshire **Groton Wind Power Project *Groton (town), New York **Groton (village), New York, within the town *Groton, South Dakota *Groton, Vermont, a town ** Groton (CDP), Vermont, within the town Boarding schools in the United States *Groton School *Lawrence Academy at Groton Other * Groton Bridge Company, a former American firm * Groton High School (other) Groton High School may refer to: * Groton High School (Groton, Massachusetts), listed on the NRHP in Middlesex County, Massachusetts *Groton High School (Groton, New York) Groton High School, officially Groton Junior/Senior High School, is the o ... See also * Croton (other) {{disambiguation, geo simple:Groton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erskine Park (estate)
Erskine Park is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Erskine Park is located 42 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Erskine Park, along with Colyton, are the easternmost suburbs in the City of Penrith. Erskine Park is a growing, predominantly residential suburb with some industrial developments. The suburb has a high school, primary school and some local shops. It has two schools, Erskine Park High School and James Erskine Public School. History Erskine Park is named after James Erskine, Lieutenant Governor to Lachlan Macquarie, who was granted land in this area in the early days of the colony. The local school, James Erskine Public School, is named in his honor.''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia , page 101 Population At the 2016 census, there wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elm Court (Lenox And Stockbridge, Massachusetts)
Elm Court is a former Vanderbilt mansion located on Old Stockbridge Road, straddling the town line between Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and until July 2012 was owned and operated as a hotel by descendants of the original owners. Elm Court was built as the Berkshire summer home of William Douglas Sloane and Emily Thorn Vanderbilt, a member of the wealthy American Vanderbilt family. Designed by premier architectural firm Peabody and Stearns, with gardens and landscape design by Frederick Law Olmsted, Elm Court is the largest Shingle style house in the United States, with 106 rooms. Commercial use, decline and restoration Owners Colonel Helm George Wilde and his wife Marjorie Field Wilde (great-great-granddaughter of William H. Vanderbilt) opened Elm Court in 1948 as an Inn (Elm Court Club, Inc.) with an accommodation for up to 60 people. Dancing and dinner open to the public Saturday nights made for a popular sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Institute For Economic Research
The American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) is a libertarian think tank located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1933 by Edward C. Harwood, an economist and investment advisor. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. History Col. Edward C. Harwood was a graduate of the United States Military Academy and served in the Army Corps of Engineers. In the 1920s, he began writing freelance magazine articles on economic issues. With $200 saved from selling his articles, Harwood founded AIER in 1933. Policy positions AIER statements and publications portray the risks of climate change as minor and manageable, with titles such as "What Greta Thunberg Forgets About Climate Change", "The Real Reason Nobody Takes Environmental Activists Seriously" and "Brazilians Should Keep Slashing Their Rainforest". The institution has also funded research on the comparative benefits that sweatshops supplying multinationals bring to the people working in them. COVID-19 AIER iss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastover (estate)
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Eastover may refer to: Places in the United Kingdom * Eastover, Somerset, an area of Bridgwater Places in the United States * Eastover Surry County, Virginia *Eastover (Manalapan, Florida) * Eastover Country Club, New Orleans, LA *Eastover, North Carolina * Eastover (Salisbury, North Carolina), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rowan County, North Carolina *Eastover, South Carolina Eastover is a town in Richland County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 813 at the 2010 census, down from 830 in 2000. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The J.A. Byrd Mercantile S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepdene (estate)
Deepdene may refer to: Places ;Australia * Deepdene, Victoria, Australia, a suburb of Melbourne, in the state of Victoria **Deepdene railway station, Melbourne * Deepdene, Western Australia, a locality in the south-west of the state of Western Australia ;United Kingdom * Deepdene, Surrey, an area of the Surrey town of Dorking in England **Dorking Deepdene railway station (formerly Deepdene railway station) ** Deepdene House and Gardens (site of former house in Surrey) Other uses * Deepdene (diamond), an irradiated diamond * Deepdene (typeface) Deepdene is a serif typeface designed by Frederic Goudy from 1927–1933. It belongs to the "old-style" of serif font design, with low contrast between strokes and an oblique axis. However, Deepdene has crisp serifs and a nearly upright italic, w ..., a serif typeface by Frederic Goudy See also * {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
