Built in 1902 by Robert Paterson, a wealthy New York City businessman, it is named for his mother's ancestral home in Scotland.
[1] After Paterson’s death, his widow sold Blantyre Cottage in 1925, at which point it became a clubhouse for a golf course that had been built on the property.
[2] Guests also included parents of campers at Watitoh, a summer camp that the Mendes family had established in nearby Becket, Mass.
[3] Henry Mendes sold Blantyre in the 1960s, after which it passed through several hands until in 1980 it was purchased by Jack and Jane Fitzpatrick, owners of the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Mass.
[1] In June 2017, Blantyre was purchased by Linda Law, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and real estate developer, for $8 million.