America's Gilded Age, the post-Civil War and post-Reconstruction era, from 1865 to 1901 saw unprecedented economic and industrial prosperity. With this prosperity, the nation's wealthiest families constructed monumental estates in Newport, Rhode Island, Bar Harbor, Maine and The Berkshires in Massachusetts. The Breakers, a gilded-age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Reconstruction was the attempt from 1865 to 1877 in U.S. history to resolve the issues of the American Civil War, when both the Confederacy and slavery were destroyed. ... Newport is a city in Newport County, Rhode Island, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Providence. ... Bar Harbor, Maine, it the name of two places in Maine Bar Harbor, census-designated place Bar Harbor a larger town This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Berkshires are a branch of the Appalachian Mountains in Western Massachusetts. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ...

Approximately seventy-five estates were built in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Settled: 1750 â€“ Incorporated: 1775 Zip Code(s): 01240 â€“ Area Code(s): 413 Official website: http://www. ... Stockbridge is a town in Berkshire County in Western Massachusetts. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ...

• Allen Winden
• Ashintully
• Bellefontaine
• Belvoir Terrace
• Blantyre
• Bonnie Brae
• Brookhurst
• Chesterwood
• Coldbrook
• Deepdene
• Eastover
• Elm Court
• Erksine Park
• Groton Place
• Gusty Gables
• High Lawn
• Kellogg Terrace
• Lakeside
• Merrywood
• Naumkeag
• Oakwood
• Overlee
• Pine Needles
• Shadow Brook
• Spring Lawn
• Stonover
• Sunnyridge
• Tanglewood
• The Homestead
• The Mount
• Valleyhead
• Ventfort Hall
• Wheatleigh
• Windyside
• Wyndhurst

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See Also

Vanderbilt Houses

External Links

Museum of the Gilded Age at Ventfort Hall