Edith Wharton – the Godmother of interior decoration (Decoration of Houses ) and the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize – built “The Mount” in the Berkshires in 1902. At the time, she was assuredly one of the first women to build her own home.
This beautiful mansion – a National Historic Landmark – is in trouble!
After a major restoration that was completed in 2006, The Mount is nearly in foreclosure! The bank extended the deadline to October 2008 and to date they have raised nearly 1/3 of the $3M needed.
Click here for more information and to donate!
For more:
Click here to visit EdithWharton.Org
Public Radio interview with Dominique Browning on the importance of the Estate.
Bob Vila video tour.
Save the Mount on Slate.com – includes a slideshow
All images courtesy of EdithWharton.org.
I read an interesting New Yorker article recently about this. I think the director spent millions to buy back the original library, hoping to make money by having people adopt a book. It was an excellent idea but I don’t think they made back the money. Too bad.