New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-12
SUBURBAN SUMMER REST.

DRSCEs AND HOTELS BY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
HOPES DEFERRED-THE HAcKENsACK VALLEY.
Above Englewood, on the Northern Railroad
OF Hew-Jersey there many country seats and sum
mer resorts well worth description. On the Rockahu
road 20 he reached from spark and Tsppan Stations
re the Summer residence OF Peter King the estate
of w. $, Gilmori and his son. of DR.. C. r. AgneW ol
Col Elliott and others. In this vicinity DOWN W
.Sneden's Landing is small Summer population con-
etantly changing The estate first mentloheu Tue ouu
mer home OF F. " King, is ono OF tue huesV pie'os VI
property all these parts No expense mas oeen spared
in establishment. Every convenience Is iouno ln the
uaus,on the cost OF which over 100000, and the
grounds show the best accomplishment OF wealth and
taste An easy road, opened at immense expense Is
feature 10 be noticed Col Eotts place has been leased
tor recept Summers. The broad bosom Of the Tappan
Toe reveals the expanded river. Across It's waste OF
waters bask warm In the sunlight though all set about
with green, peaceful Tarrytown and Irvington, and
romantic sunnysde Americas Abbotsford, the demesne
of fancy and graceful bumor and bthe romance. TOO
soon oyerborne The Of the little hamlet Of Tap
pan on the hither side OF the Hudson and OF many
locality TO be deserted on the opposite slde
are interviewer into Revolutionary story. Piermont
itself f. queer compound OF grimy hustle ana lo"y
living with the contrast Of elegant Summer leisure and
comey country seats The meong pier which stretches
out to deep water marks the terminus OF the oo mann
Iue OF the Erie Railway. The ubiquty OF punng en-
gines with all their unpleasant Accomplishments anu
the sOrdt0 dwellings OF tue lower olssSi wv H"N
conspicuous such attractions the neither half OF Per
mont NAV possess The scanned and sandy bluff. on
shelves of which homely houses cling and ugly roads
climb does not prepare for the woodland beauties OF
the upper ridge the cultured charms OF the river road
60 Nyaek The Northern Railroad which struggles up
a sharp incline from SpaTkln, Is far above
,be main part Of Piermont, but still far below
the crown of the lofty ridge which to continue
The Catsnlls. Above the station high and bold on
sort OF lofty table land, is uncOuth old editce OF
backened wood built by Eleazar Lord, sometime Presl-
dent of Erie who came to Piermont two score years
agone and died in 1871, full of years. This breezy
wooden building has been used for zen years as
summer hosiery, and hther come, year after year,
York families Of position TO the OF stately
dame the wteness of whose venerable locks contrasts
with her piercing eyes and brisk gait Weary OF the
cares Of hostess she had made arrangements 10 lease
the property this Summer The contract fell through
aud the Mansion House. II is called, again opens It's
doors 10 its tried and faithful friends. of whom 1t can
accommodate half hundred. The misunderstanding
shout and the consequent delay maze most OF
the rooms empty in June which all full last sea-
sou. bat they will be occupied soon. The I'M
falling refreshment OF heathgYing breezes-
never absent in the suleSt Summer heat
she full and charming views from this
lofty position and the pleasant drives in this section
notably along the River Road attract Eleazar Lords
experience of nearly forty years to the utter abb
sence OF epdemics Of any sort. the impossbty OF ehs
aud fever and the nOne1lsbence OF mus
Leto The handsome stone house built by Mr.. Lord on
the ridge behind the Mansion House is now occupied by
ms widow NJ. FernO has leased for this season the
rountry-seat Of W. A. smith OF NewYork. W. HWhyton
of this city has villa by j. NJ Dederer has com
peted this season $4,000 mansion here. JAS DE Pegs
Ter Of NewYork leased this season. as for several
seasons past Seymour estate, imposing mansion
with white columns Hereabout is also the estate OF
the late Judge Ashmsn and OF Mr.. Dow of New York,
who is now tine South. Charles Gould and CORTLAND
Palmer OF New-York large owners OF unimproyed
land ON the upper part Of the ridge. Work slowly adj
Vancng on a boulevard which is to extend along the
ries Nyack and even so far as Roekland Lake. ana
10 enhance the value OF property in its vicinity.
Though there are several admirable country seats
above the village OF PiermOnt its glory and, in small
degree that Of Nyack also, is the Piermont Road OF
piermOut-aye.. which, running by the river side -FOUR
miles 20 Nyack is largely lined with dwellings, which
vary from an humble cottage to a lordly mansion but
which are almost without exception neat and pleasing
40 the eve in themselves aud surrounded with tasteful
grounds. within six years good building lots around
Tue village OF PermOn have nearly t1pled In value
Many of the estates the river road have been i'm
proved from year year till they have been brought up
10 their present CURES Among the most prominent OF
fhe many pretty country seats Of NEWCOMERS along
this thoroughfare may be noted the following: s. W.
Garfield Is q large owner; T. p. Richards Is neatly
honeed; H. BOde has charming little villa with large
and well kept gardens F. A Hards estate is trim and
-
aud bril- ant cottage little beyond the slope OF the
ridge grows sleeper and the railway station perched on
high well merits its name-Grand View. Below tho
station is clustered group Of cunning cot
tages, dainty and fair, nesting In shrub
befy against the hillside A. S. Garlic purchased
this season $1,000 the retreat OF A. Miche on this
road j. Weeks, G. Cox. and A Amber have attractive
doInlciles in the neghbOrhood W. II. Plat, who has
done much for the improvement Of this section, has
PRETTY surrounded white villa c. II. Green's mansion
- placed on the shoulder OF prominent bu, and Gen.
ID Hulma's simple country seat is shrouded in hedges
and masses Of green Brown stone quarries, some
abandoned others ofarge extent and in active operation
ina the face OF the ridge close by the road explain the
abundant use Of this handsome material in houses, walls,
aud ornameutation throughout Nyaok and Permont.
chanel OF stone for the wOrshpnR Of dweleFs on the
river road adorns the highway the right hand. The
last noteworthy country seat before reaching Nyack is
the Corneliscn estate. owned and occupied by Mr.
s,lisbury OF New-YOrk. The house Is agreeable in
design Is Of stone well put together and set in roods Of
beautiful grounds, with turf, trees, and water
IN AND ABOUT MACK.
Nyack among the neatest ana ehastest OF suburban
resorts favored by NewYorkers, abounds In beauties
and A, thout the blenishes which dsfgare Permont
m baa 40 many stately country seats OF NewYOEk gen.
,iemeu that more than hint OF their number and variety
would DO wearisome 1t has,,besldes three hotes-tWo
f considerable siZe OF which Is Just finished, Gil
eagerly sougnt-One large family clearinghouse and
multitude OF families that entertain few city guests IN
the Summer The pleasant of reaching Nyack from
New-York their frequency and variety have something
10 do With the popularity Of the place and its own pleas
ures art not few.
situated on pleasant promontOry which us out into the
Hudson about midway in the semicrele formed by the
sweeping hills on the western side OF the Tappan Zee Is
a considerable eddce where young women are In
truoted nine months in the year. The Institute is used
as a summer hotel In the with spacious lawns
and lofty shade with river breezes, boating and bath
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