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The Museum of
the Gilded Age at Ventfort Hall
The Elizabethan Revival mansion was designed by Rotch and Tilden. The exterior of brick and Longmeadow redstone is somber and formidable. The interior is dominated by the Great Hall and the main staircase. The ground floor rooms are filled with stained glass, elaborate plaster ceilings and extensive and varied wood paneling and architectural detail. In May of 1997 this mansion was slated for demolition. The Ventfort Hall Association (VHA) was founded in 1994 as a non-profit corporation with 501 (c)(3) status. VHA board members and supporters worked from the first day to rescue this remarkable property from destruction. On June 13, 1997 with the help of many private donations and loans and with a 5 year loan from the National Trust for Historic Preservation VHA was able to purchase the property.
www.gildedage.org
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Ventfort Hall is a "Berkshire Cottage" built in 1893 by Sarah
Spencer Morgan and her husband George Hale Morgan. It is
located at 104 Walker Street in the center of the town of Lenox,
Massachusetts.
