Berkshire County native Holly McLennan Ketron, raised at Ashintully in Tyringham, will give a visual presentation on the Palladian mansion s history and its architecture at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, on Zoom.
Titled Ashintully Remembered: Postwar Living in a Gilded Age House, the speaker will focus on its role as home to its builders, Robb de Peyster Tytus and his wife, Grace, as well as the year-round residence of Grace s son, composer John McLennan and his family.
One of the largest country retreats in the county, the Tyringham mansion s Georgian Palladian style differed from many of the area s shingled cottages. But like every Gilded Age cottage, with owners in residence for the Berkshire season, or year-round, Ashintully was the setting for both private family life and social functions.