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The Mount (1902) *

Artist/Designer: Ogden Codman, Edith Wharton

Project Location: United States

Figure 1: Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman, The Mount. Source, John Arthur, Massachusetts – Library. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : October 2, 2013 | Photographer: John Arthur )
Figure 2: The Dining Room, The Mount, (1902) Lenox, Massachussetts. Source : Edith Wharton Web. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : October 2, 2013 | Photographer: NA. )
Figure 3: The Library, The Mount, (1902) Lenox, Massachussetts. Source : Edith Wharton Web. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : October 2, 2013 | Photographer: NA. )
Figure 4: Edith Wharton, The Mount, (1902) Lenox, Massachussetts. Source : Edith Wharton Web. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : October 2, 2013 | Photographer: NA. )
Figure 5: Garden, The Mount, (1902) Lenox, Massachussetts. Source : In the Spotlight Inc. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : October 2, 2013 | Photographer: David Dashie )
Figure 6: The Living Room, The Mount, (1902) Lenox, Massachussetts. Source : Edith Wharton Web. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : October 2, 2013 | Photographer: NA. )
Figure 7: Fountain Garden, The Mount, (1902) Lenox, Massachussetts. Source : House Beautiful. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : October 2, 2013 | Photographer: David Dashie )
Figure 8: The Estate, The Mount, (1902) Lenox, Massachussetts. Source : Edith Wharton Web. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : October 2, 2013 | Photographer: NA. )
Figure 9: Public Hall, The Mount, (1902) Lenox, Massachussetts. Source : David Watts Photography. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : October 2, 2013 | Photographer: David Watts )

Style/Period(s):
Colonial Revival

Primary Material(s):
Wood, Paint

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

Edith Wharton's Home | Accessed : November 5, 2018
Ogden Codman Jr. - Architect Information | Accessed : November 5, 2018
The Mount - General Information | Accessed : November 5, 2018
Edith Wharton - General Information | Accessed : November 5, 2018

Significant Date(s):
20th Century

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:

Doumato, Lamia. Ogden Codman, Jr. (1863-1951) : A Bibliography. Architecture Series--bibliography ; A-2259. Monticello, Ill.: Vance Bibliographies, 1989.
Joslin, Katherine, and Annette Zilversmit. "Edith Wharton at the Mount." College Literature 14, no. 3 (1987): Iii-V.
Kaiser, Mary Ignatius. "Edith Wharton: An Extraordinary Life." World Literature Today 69, no. 1 (1995): 149-150.
Kathrens, Michael C. Newport Villas : The Revival Styles, 1885-1935. First ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2009.
Luria, Sarah. "The Architecture of Manners: Henry James, Edith Wharton, and The Mount." American Quarterly 49, no. 2 (1997): 298-327.
Wharton, Edith, and Codman, Ogden. The Decoration of Houses. Revised and Expanded Classical America ed. Classical America Series in Art and Architecture. New York: Classical America : Arthur Ross Foundation : Norton, 1997.
Wilson, Richard Guy. Edith Wharton at Home : Life at The Mount. First ed. New York, New York: Monacelli Press, 2012.


Building Address: 2 Plunkett Street Lenox, Massachusetts 01240-0974

Significant Dates: Construction Dates ( Unknown - 1902)
Property declared a National Historic Landmark (1971).

Supporting Staff/ Designers:
Edith Wharton (Writer/Designer)
Ogden Codman Jr. (Architect)
Beatrix Jones Farrand (Landscape Architect)

Tags: Colonial Revival, Historic Residential, Neo-Classical

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