Lenox, MA Hotels and Inns

Lenox, MA county seat of the Berkshires until 1868, today is the center of Berkshires cultural activity because it is home to Tanglewood, the summer home since the 1930s of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which annually attracts 300,000 concert patrons.

Lenox began its rise in favor with the wealthy after Catharine Sedgwick moved north from Stockbridge in 1821 and then inspired Fanny Kemble to re-settle there. Nathaniel Hawthorne had a brief residency in 1850-51 and then Edith Wharton built a big house and gardens in 1902 and lived there for ten years or so.

Astons and Vanderbilts had cottages in Lenox, as did George Westinghouse and Andrew Carnegie, who died in Lenox, and whose property now houses the Kripalu Yoga Center. Currently, musicians Yo Yo Ma and James Taylor live near Lenox, as does TV personality Gene Shalit.

Compare lodging rates, availability, and amenities at these Lenox, MA hotels and book room reservations:

• Canyon Ranch In The Berkshires
• Lenox MA Days Inn
• Knights Inn Lenox
• Econo Lodge Lenox
• Yankee Inn
• Howard Johnson Express Inn
• Wheatleigh
• The Village Inn
• Hampton Inn Suites Berkshires Lenox
• Cranwell Resort Spa And Golf
• Wagon Wheel Motel
• Cranwell Resort Spa And Golf Club