Author Edith Wharton's Home Facing Foreclosure

Posted on: April 16th, 2008 by Sarah Heffern

The MountThe Mount, Edith Wharton's spectacular classical revival country house and its extensive Beatrix Farrand-designed formal gardens, were reborn following a 10-year, $13 million total restoration, for which it received a 2007 Honor Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. One of few National Historic Landmarks dedicated to women, this western Massachusetts site is in imminent danger of foreclosure. A fund raising campaign is now underway to raise the funds necessary to stop the foreclosure. Learn more...

-- Wendy Nicholas, director of the Northeast Office, contributed to this story.

Sarah Heffern

Sarah Heffern is the social media strategist for the National Trust’s Public Affairs team. While she embraces all things online and pixel-centric, she’s also a hard-core building hugger, having fallen for preservation in a fifth grade “Built Environment” class.

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