Kay Davis
presented this multimedia project to the architectural history
graduate faculty at the University of Virginia in the spring
of 2001. Site redesign, summer 2003.
Special thanks to Scott Marshall, senior
vice president at The Mount, for reviewing this project and
making helpful editorial suggestions.
Terms of Use Please e-mail
the author if you plan to use this project as a source. Quotations
are acceptable, with proper attribution.
Use of photographs is in accordance with
fair use guidelines for educational materials. Consult the appropriate
historical agency before using any photograph on this site for
other purposes.
Photographs Photographs and their sources are as follows:
Edith Wharton, 1905: Lilly Library,
Indiana University
The Mount Photos: Beinecke Library, Yale University
Edith Wharton: Beinecke Library, Yale
Ogden Codman Jr.: Society for the
Preservation of New England Antiquities
Land's End: Beinecke Library, Yale
Shadowbrook: Lenox Library
Whartons at The Mount: Beinecke Library, Yale
View from The Mount: Beinecke Library, Yale
Francis Hoppin: Edith Wharton Restoration
Forecourt: Collection of Scott Marshall
Gallery: Beinecke Library, Yale
Drawing Room: Beinecke Library, Yale
Library: Beinecke Library, Yale
Boudoir: Beinecke Library, Yale
Flower Garden: Beinecke Library, Yale
Fountain: Beinecke Library, Yale
Kitchen Garden Drawing: UC Berkeley College of Environmental
Design