By jdubble07
(2017-07-24)Giraud Foster was a coal and shipping executive during the America's Golden Age. Foster and his wive built this estate, Bellefontaine, as a holiday "cottage". The mansion was built by famed architecture firm, Carrere and Hastings, and was based on that of Ange-Jacques Gabriel's Petit Trianon at Versailles.
Today, Bellefontaine serves as the centerpiece building of the Canyon Ranch Spa in Lenox, Massachusetts.