The Republican journal., 1881-06-09
New England Homes.

Illustrative cuts. of the most celebrated Of Ameri
can homes, from early colonial times down to the
present, or perhaps it would be more exact to say
of the homes of celebrated Americans, since all
the estates included have not been at any time
really famous Such a compilation, of course, in
cludes many places i'll New England, and indeed
these will prove not least in interest to the gener
al reader Concerning this latter class, what fol
lows is based upon accounts III the work allud
ed to.
The editor Mrs Martha ]. LAMB, referring to
the fact that no two races Of men could be more
different than the New Workers OF the colonial
period and the people Of New England at the same
day, says that the contrast in the habits Of thought
and modes of living between the two provinces is
| nowhere more distinctly apparent than in their
old. time-worn mansions the former having keen
eyes for temporal aggrandzement, while the lat
ter were welded to schools and colleges, and cher
lshed high respect for poetry and philosophy,
and all that pertaiIed to religious rhapsody. The
Purltans trowned upon exterior show, and archi-
tectural Ornamentation was taboocd, like high
sounding titles. The colonial homes show these
traits of their possessors, and may fairly be studied
in that light.
An example of the country house of early New
England is found III the old mansion of Sir William
| Pepperel, at Kittery Point, Me- Though less in
size than 1t was once, it is still large, and must
once have contained as many rooms great hotel.
| Like many another New England mansion it had
two periods that is, its southern half built
by the father of the conqueror of Louisburg. and
! the northern afterward added by Sir William.
Both father and occupied 1t until the death Of
| the former in 1874 Estates "al in one piece
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feet wide in front orarloolinc tbo 'Riror Cbarlos
in old Cambridge The house is half mile west
Of the university and is in the centre OF plot of
| ten acres of ground Various ausious are made
by the poet to his home in his verse-its site its
antique clock its memories Its ..study" was
once the dining room of Washington. and from
the room in rear Of this the general sent forth
every morning his order for the day. Mrs Wash
| ington made the old drawing rooms famous for re-
ceptions and grand dinner parties Its age is not
exactly known 1t was built by a rich aristocrat
of pre- revolutionary times Col John Nassal but
has since been enlarged Andrew Craigie who
"built bridge over the Charles" at one time
owned it, and once entertained within its walls,
according to tradition, no less a parsonage than
Talleyrand The widow Craieie being poor. and
able to entertain no one. filled the mansion With
boarders and among them were to re- found IA
ward Everett Jared SHARKS Willard philliDs and
Worcester the lexicosraDher The nronertv was
purchased by LongfelIow in 1913 though he lived
here some time previously
In the immediate neigiborhood is "Elmwood >
the residence of James Russell Lowell. In ap
Dearance if is moro the abode of reverie and noerv
than its neighbor 1t was built BY Thomas Oliver.
the last royal Lieutenant Governor of Massacbn
| setts more than one hundred wears apo 1t il
roomy and substantial With an aristocratic air
and a fine sample of the domestic architecture Of
! New England and New York which Aonrisbnd
nearly century ago In this house Lowell was
born and here he ALWAYS lived. and he has sung
the praises of His home in some OF his most can't
waiting strains
o. w., A..
:, III ooncolu, Mass the nollle ol 'aipn " aldo
Elnerson - Plall, squale' "nlte u~elnng, OF
slhlla[ an!1que alchilecIuIe as lhat OF Lowell $,
| ,hough Dulll solne Years !a'eI' II was purchased
Dy Emerson III looo' ana ma is ABOUT Ten miles from
harvard onlyersity Inc site OF tnls mouse Is not
historical althoush the town IS lull OF interest IN
lnat uiiectlon. II S.anus ns near me puollc square