Photo: Sherwood Hall, Menlo Park, California. Credit: Carleton Watkins; Wikimedia Commons.

Diary of Young Girl Recalls Gilded Age

By Melissa Berry on December 10, 2019

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a woman’s diary describing life in Mary Hopkins’ Menlo Park, California, estate, Sherwood Hall... (Read More)

Photo: Searles Castle, Great Barrington Massachusetts. Credit: John Phelan; Wikimedia Commons.

The Gilded Age Palace: What Mark Hopkins Bankrolled

By Melissa Berry on December 4, 2019

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her story about the estate left by railroad magnate Mark Hopkins, and the Gilded Age mansions built with that money... (Read More)