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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 [2] and until July 2012 was owned and operated as a hotel by descendants of the original owners.
Location of Essex County in Massachusetts. This list is of that portion of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) designated in Essex County, Massachusetts. The locations of these properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]
"Elm Court" in Lenox, Massachusetts, in 1887. It is the largest shingle-style house in the United States. The 1919 "Elm Court Talks," held at Elm Court, led to the creation of The League of Nations and The Treaty of Versailles. Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (Mrs. Hamilton Twombly) (1854–1952) Townhouse at 684 Fifth Avenue, New York (1883).
Elm Court may refer to: Elm Court (Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts), straddles Lenox/Stockbridge line, is listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts; Elm Court (Butler, Pennsylvania), listed on the NRHP in Butler County, Pennsylvania; Elm Court (Newport, Rhode Island), a Gilded Age mansion in Newport. Elm Street Court, Urbana, Illinois
Historic house museum operated by The Trustees of Reservations. The 1773 Sheffield Declaration was drafted in the house. In 1781 Elizabeth "Mum Bett" Freeman won her freedom in a case which led to the end of slavery in Massachusetts 8: P. J. Barrett Block: P. J. Barrett Block: April 1, 1982 : 70-76 Park St.
The 250 room mansion, with 175,856 sq ft (16,337.6 m 2) of floor space, is the largest house in the United States. While some of Cornelius Vanderbilt's descendants gained fame in business, others achieved prominence in other ways: Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (1877–1915), was a passenger on the RMS Lusitania and died when it sank.
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The Lenox Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing the historic village center of Lenox, Massachusetts. Settled in the 1760s, Lenox was the second county seat of Berkshire County , a role it served until 1868, and its early economic success revolved around this role and local mining industries.