The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-09-28
rILDENrs NEW PALACE.
Tho Ola Statesman Proposing 4 Live
in style.


in style.
New York Letter to Philadelphia Times.
A year or so ago Sammy Tilden deci-
ded to transform his famous Gramercy
park retreat into IL mansion that would
throw Vanderbilt's new palace COM
pletely in the shade. at that time it
was said that the house, with its owner
and other %curios. was to form a sort of
matrimonial prize package for a st.
Louis belle, but IS there is no nursery
in the new edifice the story is be-
lieved to have been made out of whole
cloth. Be that as it may, the mansion
is undoubtedly the hobby of Mr.. Til
denis life and when completed it will
have cost something like a half a mil
lion of dollars, and eclipse in artistic
finish anything of the kind in the
country. For months past he has spent
n or two days every week in his archi-
tectural temple, and when he does not
appear on the scene of action he sends
down his tri-weekly documents of in
struction from his So, 000, 600 place
on the Hudson.
When he began the alterations Mr.,
Tilden intended to spend about $50, 900
on them but hat sum was swelled to
S30O,0 00, and it is thought that $780,
600 more will be required to finish the
decorations. The building fronts on
Gramercy park and takes in Nc. Is,
Mr.. Tilden's old house, which has been
remodeled throughout and united to an
adjoining building of the same size.
This gives the e palace, which is
four stories high, a frontage of sixty
and a depth of one hundred and ten
feet.
The architects have worked under
the personal supervision of Mr.. Tilden,
and the result is one of the most unique
and beautiful residences in America,
The front of the building is based on
brown sandstone brought from Belle
vile, New Jersey, with a superstruc-
ture of delicate pink Scotch sandstone.
The prevailing one of the facade is
pink, and a brilliant contrast is brought
ahont bv narro,y hel,s 90 Mo;,a -
which separate the native and impor-
ted s,ndstono Tha.a naan~ -.
belts are biobIv noI;ohod 81 n.a.,na
enoravad The orohos "a 80
trimmings are all of black granite.
of tho m,noion 80 -
,ead;,o ;nto NJ r;,,a.,a -
remorl,ob,v ho.utif,I ~ a
of nolisbed rod mottled a,onita anaan-,
tho bondsoma noroh 80
trance and ahova tho.a Etc. -
four oo,oosol fan,i,,.o
inc the seasono Thasa a~~1
from scotch orarito and No -
craven FOLIAGE r~vn;coI 90 onr;na 49,
mer autnmn and winter ;, s,.n 80
hlack oran;ta so hiobln noI;.hod 49,.
its under side reAects lilo a mirro,.
forms the ton oY tbe ro-oh
The stone trir,min,s ~ .bo ,o.,,
and indeed of t,e whole Of tho bonaa
are beautifnnv and e,ahoro,oIy oornad
and the DESIGNS are as oroint 40 thon
are varied In the ro,ntIoss a,,,Stn-,
and parlands of foIiaoe .ro - ~
hits sonIrre,s frogs toodo tnrtroo
makes lizards hpgs and hu,tors,o,
the whole formino a m,r,o,o,oIu 80
cuted stndv in notrro, hi0toru =.
would take honrs IN evomino tho fo,i,
ted carvings in the mini sandstone fo-
these carvings are renresantot;ors of no
less than 15e varieties of fo,;o,o ra,n
ing from fern and clover 70 manlo ana
oak. In this mass Of FOLIAGE o. 900
animals birds rent,Ios o,d ;noao,s
Between the two jmmense hav win.
dows is found one NJ tho mos, otr;Linn
pieces of decoration n, tba buildirG
In a large panel of b,ovvn sardstono
are five niche containing the Moods Of
Shakespeare. Milton cnethe Donto
and Reniamin Fr,nLl;n tho Iat,es
ooo,nn;,|,L
.oup'ins '"e eehVfe, win .the others
at h corners OF the tablet. The high
roof is broken by dOrmer windows of
modern Gothic STYLE and anioIs orro
mani tho ooninn
NI".
the. artistic beauty
OF the exterior of the mansion.
IL ia the intar;or th,t u,ilI o~o;to ~