As the following images from the Lenox Library Association show, the home was impressive.

But despite its size and spectacular location, halfway up Bald Head Mountain overlooking Stockbridge Bowl, also known as Lake Mahkeenac, the estate was never occupied by any one family for longer than seven years. This led to local superstitions that the original American Indian inhabitants had cursed the land.

Stokes was one of several Gilded Age figures, including Margaret Emerson Vanderbilt and Andrew Carnegie, who made Shadow Brook their summer home and contributed to its reputation as one of the most lavish properties in America. Let's hear their story...

A look inside Shadow Brook, the massive 100-room mansion lost to tragedy