The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-12

front and along one side extend upper and
lower verandas sixteen feet in width. me
composition OF the sky line Is well adapted for
harrnonizing with rural scenery, its monotOny
being broken by pinnacles gables Of differ
ent styles, ornamental projections and two
towers and an observatory.
All the front ROOMS and all the CDlef rooms
elsewhere have large bay-windows. Iron
crestings, balconies, corbled ehimneys and
other architectural devices OF the kind lmpart
elegance and variety. The style OF the gables
and projections is much freer than would be
permissible with q city residence, but is well
adapted for the country. The roofing Is Gov
cred with imported felt, over which fine shin
Cling is laid, while in the cutters, flashes;
junctures Of walls and OF roofs, and in all
other such places where tin is ordinarily
used copper is employed, The descending
pipes are composed OF the same material. All
tho windor7s, large and small, front and rear,
are fitted with French plate-glass. Judged
as whole. the exterior is ornate al. and the en- en-
| are laid out and improved, and the structure
| is surrounded by green foliage, its appear
ance will be noble and picturesque. The OBJ
servatory is 14o feet high, and commands
| magnificent view Of the estate and adjacent
| lands. The staircase tower is 12O feet in
height, and is circular In form. The other
| tower is 100 feet high, and will be utilized to
| force water to every floor and into every
apartment. The basement Is subdvided into
| O. multitude of large rooms or vaults, which
| will be used for storage and variety OF other
similar purposes. Prominent among them is
q commodlous wine-room, which will be
equipped with all requisite cOnyeniences, and
| in which will be deposited the rarest wines Of
every land In addition to the front entrance
there Is q coach porch and entrance on the
| left side, and garden entrance on the right.
| Not far remote from the garden entrance will
stand an elegant glass conservatory, which
| will be filled with choice exotics. Extensive
| forcing houses will be erected some distance
| to the rear Of the mansion, where shrubs and
! flowers will be produced on o scale os
luxuriance commensurate with the other de-
| tails of this magnificent retreat. At present
! the plans for these adjuncts are held in abey-
| ance. The innumerable apartments on the
first floor are laid off as follows: On the right
of the vestibule is q hat room. Thence run
| ming rearWards, Is O. spacious hall, connecting
with an inner hall and with two other halls
that cross at right angles. One OF the latter
forms an entrance from the carriage porch at
the left side OF the mansion, and also gives
space for q grand staircase leading to the upper
floors. The other leads out to the garden
grounds at the right of the mansion. On first
passing the vestibule the visitor finds a splen-
did apartment on the right of tho hall, which
is intended for q library. To the rear OF it,
opening on the hall, is q stately mushroom
which communicates with a main garden en-
trance. To the rear Of the music room Is the
lsmOkiDg-rOOm one OF the halls referred tC
separates it from the billard-room, to the
rear OF which is the break fast-room. On the
at the vestibule Is a large reception-room,
with sliding doors that communicate with the
drawing groom, Immediately to it's rear. The
music-room and library are connected In the
same manner.) To the rear OF the drawing
room is the hall that connects with the car
riage porch, and beyond that Is the dining
room; still to the rear is the butlery, then the
kitchen, scullerics, pastry-rOOms, china
room, lavatOries, linen-clOsets and hooks and
corners without end. The reception-room
drawing room, music-room and library are all
very much the same size, their width being
forty feet or more. One remarkable feature
large apartment, sufficient in extent for al
most any ordinary requirements, but by
means Of an ingeniOuSly cOntrived arrange
ment it can be made to include q section OF
the hall, and also the cOmmOdiOus billiard
room opposite, thus constituting an unbroker
banquet hall one hundred feet in length
Here can be spread feast from which many
hundreds could Dartake, ana no better OF
more extensive ballroom could be desired I
q private mansion. Throughout the interior
Of the structure polished woods OF the most
costly character will be used. All the floors
will be inlaid and the cornices will be of az
elaborate description. hundred and fifty
feet to the rear Of the mansion the stables are
being erected, which will conform In style tx
the principal building. Fountains and orna
mental waters will be advantageOusIy estab
ished around the front of the mansion and I
near proximity to it. Also, fish-pools, such as
the old English monks were won't to create or
their abbey lands. The drives will be laid out
graded and graveed in unexceptonable style
and will be bordered by choice ferns and frs
and in the vicinity Of the mansion some fin
statuary will be placed.