Shingle Style Architecture at Elm Court
Bob tours the Elm Court mansion, which was built in 1886 by William Douglas Sloane and Emily Vanderbilt Sloane.
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The last stop on Bob's Berkshire Hills cottage tours is the largest Shingle Style home in America, the Elm Court mansion, built by William Douglas Sloane and Emily Vanderbilt Sloane in 1886.Over the years, Elm Court has seen some adaptive reuse but no outright conversions, and it remains a family home. Having begun as a 17,000 square-foot home, it is now 70,000 square feet in size.
The house, which has been occupied by as many as 70 family members, is currently owned by the great-great grandson of the original owners. He's started a painstaking restoration of the home to make it both livable and useful for the community.
