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Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
The Mount in Lenox was the home of famed writer Edith Wharton.
The movie Cider House Rules was filmed at Ventfort Hall Gilded Age Mansion in Lenox.
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Lenox includes: Lenoxdale and New Lenox.
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Lenox, Massachusetts, USA
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Curtis Hotel. Lenox, Mass.
"The Curtis, located in the heart of the Lenox Historic District, has been in continuous operation since 1776. Presidents Lincoln, Grant, and both Roosevelts were among the many famous guests of the hotel, the “Crown... Read MORE...

Lenox, Massachusetts, USA
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Shadow Brook, Lenox, Mass.
"Shadowbrook was built in 1893 for Anson Phelps Stokes, with Frederick Law Olmsted designing the 900 acre estate. It was purchased in 1917 by Andrew Carnegie, who died there in 1919; in 1922 Carnegie’s widow sold the... Read MORE...
History, News and Stories of Lenox, Massachusetts, USA

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1750 - Lenox is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - LENOX. [Pop. 1,313. Inc. 1767.]
Lenox was the family name of the Duke of Richmond, in honor of whom, Richmond, to which Lenox once belonged, was named. The Indian name was... Read MORE...
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1854 - Lenox
Lenox, a post-village and seat of justice of Berkshire county, Massachusetts, on the Housatonic railroad, 9 miles S. from Pitts- field. It has a... Read MORE...
1866 - Cruel Teacher
The citizens of Lenox, Massachusetts, are greatly incensed against a teacher in one of the primary schools there named Frances Williams, who beat a... Read MORE...
1867 - Attempted to Untie Shoe With Fork
A girl named Lydia Bliven put out one of her eyes at Lenox, Massachusetts, last week, while attempting to untie her shoe string with a fork. Weekly Progress
Raleigh, North Carolina
May 9, 1867
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Lenox Massachusetts, 1890
Lenox, noted as a select fashionable resort, is situated among the hills of Berkshire County, directly west of Boston, and separated only from the... Read MORE...
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1895 - Lenox
Lenox, a post-village of Berkshire co., Mass., in Lenox township, near the Housatonic River, 2 miles W. of Lenox Station on the Housatonic Railroad,... Read MORE...
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Aerial views of Lenox MA and the Berkshires
Aerial views of Lenox MA and the Berkshires (www.youtube.com) 1905 - Modest Summer Home
J. J. Hill has purchased a simple and inexpensive summer residence at Lenox, Massachusetts, instead of the elegant mansion which he was expected to... Read MORE...
1908 - SOCIETY PEOPLE FIGHT FIRE.
Save Contents of R. C. Dixey's Costly Stables at Tanglewood.
Special to The New York Times.
LENOX, Mass., July 6. - Fire to-day destroyed the... Read MORE...
1909 - SIX LIVES LOST IN $250,000 LENOX FIRE Dynamite and Turpentine Explode in Basement of Building, Trapping the Inmates.
SOCIETY PEOPLE GIVE AID
New Yorkers Take in the Homeless Ones and Start a Fund to Supply Their Wants.
Special to The New York Times.
LENOX,... Read MORE...
1909 - LENOX. Big Barn Destroyed by Fire.
Fire destroyed the large barn on the Ford farm, owned by Leonard C. Peters and Isaac J. Newton yesterday afternoon. The barn was 50 by 100 feet in... Read MORE...
1910 - George Westinghouse
New York, Aug. 1 - Almost on the eve of the annual election of officers of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing company Wall street was... Read MORE...
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1916
Lenox, a banking post-township (town) of Berkshire co., Mass., near the Housatonic River and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., about 33... Read MORE...
1919 - ANDREW CARNEGIE DEAD.
GREAT STEEL MASTER'S METHODS.
THE ROAD TO FORTUNE.
New York, Aug. 11
Mr. Andrew Carnegie died at 7.30 this morning at Lenox, Massachusetts. The... Read MORE...
Read more about Andrew CARNEGIE1926 - Deer Jumps Through Window
A deer from nearby mountains stalked through a paper mill at Lenox, Massachusetts, and jumped through a window into the Housatonic River, forty feet... Read MORE...
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