Sitting atop a hill on a plot of land rumored to have been won in a high-stakes poker game , the building was completed in 1902 , as the country estate of Chicago industrialist and railroad manufacturer Albert M. Gilbert . Historic mansions across the U.S. now welcome overnight guests . The Mansion in Philadelphia once belonged to a wealthy cotton merchant . Cranwell Mansion in Lenox , Massachusetts , provides a stunning Berkshires view .
Historic mansions across the U.S. now welcome overnight guests . The Mansion in Philadelphia once belonged to a wealthy cotton merchant . Cranwell Mansion in Lenox , Massachusetts , provides a stunning Berkshires view .