Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-11-03
Mr.. Forests Castle.

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About two miles south of Yonkers, Mr.. For
rest, the celebrated tragedian, is building a cas-
tie, combining the Gothic and Norman STYLES
OF architecture, that attracts the attention of
all who pass up and down the river, The
building consists of six octagon towers clum-
ped together, one rising above the other, the
battlemenls Of some being notched with en-
brasures, and those Of others CAPPED with so.
lid corniced coping. The highest, the stair
case tower, will rise about sixty-fve or sew
enty feet from the base. The others are ma
med the centre tower, the main tower, and
the dininp-room tower. The basement will
contain the kitchen, cellars, &c. On the
next floor will be the drawing-room, dining
NON, study, boudoir, and library. The cen
ire tower will comprise a rotunda or hall,
and, above this hall, a picture gallery lighted
from the dome. The upper rooms are to be
divided into chambers and servants apart
ments. The staircase tower contains a spl-
raj staircase Of granite, inserted in a solid
brick column rising from the basemen TO the
top Of this, the highest tower, and contain
inp landings on each floor, leading TO the
principal apartments. The p~icture-gallery
will contain some of the rarest specimens OF
art; and the library will be enriched, it is
said, with works of every civilized tongue.
The interior will, Of course, be fitted up in a
style OF magnifcence commensurate with the
wealth and taste Of the owner. The chisel
Of the sculptor, and the pencil Of the artist
will, no doubt, be literally employed to
make it, in beauty of detail, equal 10 the
grandeur of the general design.
This design is Of Mr.. Forests W con-
ception. The castle, as | have said, COM
bines both the Norman and Gothic styles,
softened in some Of their details, so as to en-
brace some of the luXuries Of modern i'm
provements. For instance, the drawing-room
and dining-roOm are lighted with deep,
square, bay windows, while those of the up
per chambers, and Of the boudoir are of the
Gothic order; and in other portions of the
building, are TO be seen the rounded windows
Of the Norman period, with their solid stone
mullions, dividing the compartments again
into pointed Gothic. 1.oopholes and buttres-
ses are not wanting, giving the building the
appearance Of a regularly fortified CASTLE
There are two entrances on the land and the
other on the waterside, each opening into the
octagonal hall Of the centre tower. The
window Of the drawing-room looks out on
the river, while that of the dining-room looks
on the land in the opposite direction.
The site chosen for this castle, although,
from its small elevation, rendering the build
ing invisible at any great distance, has, new.
ertheless, the advantage of commanding an
extended prospect up and down the river
From the top of the staircase tower, one
sees as far as Sing Sing on one side, and Sta
ten Island on the other. On the opposite
shore frowns the gloomy walls Of the Pdli-
sades, rising precipitously from the rivers
bank. On the north lies Ionkers, and Has
tings, and Nyack. and the pretty little. inlet
called Tappan's Bay, and the village uf Pier