Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-27
Vdbasha,c COunty's Great Farmer Gan
Justly Boast of Orning the Most Nag
nifcent Residence in the State.

UdbdShdtc COuHty'S Great Farmer Can
Justly Boast of Orning the Most May
nifcent Residence in the State.
To the Editor of the Globe.
LAKE CITY, Mimi, Dec Isl have
travelled through the principal part of the
State and the West generally, and am
one of those who wish to see and investi-
gate everything worthy of notice when
he travels. Long before l entered Wa
bashaw county heard of the fine resi-
dence that Hon. p. HI. Rahilly was erect
ing on his farm at Lake City. | was on
" too anxious to avail myself of the opor-
tunity to examine this grand structure,
and let me say right here, Mr.. Editor, if
YOU ever stop at Lake City, be sure to
visit the Senator on his splendid estate
In case you are not pleased with your re-
ception, charge the bill to your CORE
spondent. The above residence is built
of stone and brick with tin hip roof.
The size of the building on the ground
is 81 feet square; basement same size,
height of basement, 9 feet; ciStern at
tached containing 200 barrels of water,
surrounded with a four-foot wall; arched
over with double brick arch. The base
ment is divided into four rooms, dining
room for help, 16X30 feet: kitchen, 1Sx24;
wash room, 10X16; store room also There
is baking brick oven 6xS in the latest
style. A dumb waiter running up to the
dining room on the first floor The base
ment being 5 feet above the ground adj
joining and the windows very large. The
first floor IS divided into eight rooms with
hall 10x35; the two front parlOrs 20x21;
sitting room 16x20; dining 15x30; kitchen
1Sx20; pantry 10x12; grocery store room
Sx10; bath room 7X20; ceilings 49, feet
high with heavy cOrnice and elegant cen
tiers of the latest style and with chande-
Tiers to correspond. One of the most in
teresting features of the first story
is sliding doors, 10 feet wide,
between the parlor, sitting room
and dining room, thus making
one room 2lX52 The second story is
divided into nine rooms, with hall same
high Carrot is divided into store rooms
Observatory Is feet square, with Is
windows. The brick walls, above the
basement, 80 feet high, with four pilasters
on each side, land very heavy cornice, pro-
lection four feet. The piazza is s feet
wide, in the most approved style, on the
four sides of the building. The windows
are feet inches by s feet, double thick
French glass, two lights. Every room
has two registers. The building is hard
finished from cellar TO garnet. 1t will he
heated by steam and hot and cold water to
every room.
Take it all in all ii is the most magni-
ticcnt farm residence your correspondent
has ever seen. L doubt very much
whether st. Paul or Minneapolis can sur
pass it. 1t is certainly a credit TO the
head and heart of the gallant farmer who
built and owns it. and an honor to Waha-
shaw county Admitting this noble struc-
ture inquired of Mr.. Rahilly the amount
of material and cost, and he at once refer
red to his books, and gave the following
items: Eighty-tive cords of stone, $50, 600
brick SO, 900 feet of lumber, 600 wagon
loads of sand, 400 barrels of lime, thirty
five barrels of cement, twenty-five barrels
of plaster paris Total cost $50, 900. The
architect and builders are as follows: Mr..
Alexander architect and builder, ably as
sisted by Messrs. Clarkist and Carlson;
basement by Mr.. DonnOvan: brick work
by Hon. w. B. Lutz; plastering by Mr..
Newburg; painting by Mr.. Clarke, all
of Lake City, and well may she be proud
of her mechanics.
While Mr. Rahily never loses sight of
the pillow he is evidently gentleman of
taste and culture Mr.. RS. farm is To-
Gated three miles from Lake City, over
looking the Mississippi and the lovely
Lake Pipin, is one of the finest in the
State, containing some 100 acres of roll
ing prairie. In conclusion, Mr. Editor,
would say it really does the soul of
Yankee good to visit such Il broad
gagged gentleman as Mr.. Rahilly, and on
my departure | could not help but cS-
claim to myself would that Erin would
send us many such men
1t will be remembered that Mr.. Rahil-
ly's residence was burnt 10 the ground
last spring. No insurance.
j. ID. HUSSY