New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-29
Z. c. SrEDMAN's COTTAGE.
LAYING THE CORNERSTONE OF A FoEl's
HOUSE

LAYING THE CORNERSTONE OF A POTTS
HOUSE
IRON AZ occ.sIoyALC CORRESPONDENT oFrurrEmuSE
NEWCASTLE. y. H., July 27.-Thc island OF
New Castle has lately become widely known rs the so
Of the fashionable Wentworth House. which occupies
one OF It's highest points and whose electric lights are
seen these summer night by vtyaEers far out al Tho
island IL the ouerm5 .t OF group. connected by
bridges which -pnugic the harbOr or Portsmouth, max
g ,he broad P.cAtaqua OF which Aidrch has so often
sung look like companion to such lakes George and
Wnnepesaukce. There q no spot on the coast where
one can place himself equally between ocean In
'front.' and tidal archipelago marvellous of beauty, TO
the landward The three miles drive from Portsmouth
4. over romantic road. frcqnened by Bo-touans who
wish 10 pnes their within few hours Of the
Hub yet far enough away 10 cscaIe the hustle Of It's
suburbs
The corner stone OF the cottage Of the poet Ed
mund Clarence stcdmnn laid here with pleasant but
informal Monday last Ilis lot is situated
on Jarcy Point aud approached from tho main road
through lane bordercd with old gray stone walls, COW
cred here and there with Wild roses Jus now In full
bloom. more fitting spot than New Castle for poet
20 build his home in could scarcely be found Although
for the past hundred years. until tho erection OF The
Wentworth" this picturesque island has been given
over TO solitude except for the little nshng village
perohed on side 1t Is rs historic as beautiful The
first settlement OF New Hampshire made on IT'S
coast in 1923: s modern discoverer was John Alhee;
and It for many years during tho seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries the OF important events
in history. During colonial days Ecw-Castle WAS az
different times the residence Of the royal Governors and
the council chamber OF OF them, Governor Cranncld
SIN remains perfect preservation tho house Of which
IL IS n part being owned by the poet Alboe He and
Professor Bartlett OF Harvard Mr stedmnns near
est neiehbors and the only other occupants OF tho
Point Another neighbour directly opposite sir miles
away Is Mrs Tha1er the songstress Of tho Isles OF
/ ftVaana
zion OF distinguished touching at these shores-dls
coverers warriors. statesmen kings and presidents.
First among them are the OF Captain John Smith,
whose monument may be seen on Star Island, ana
Samuel Champaign; later, Washington and Lafayette,
Talleyrand and Louis Philippe.
Mr. sedmans house. which Is 90 be artistic one Is
designed by the young architect. Mr. T. NJ. Wheeirgh
OF Boston, who has Just completed the mansion situated
| near by OF Mr.. Jacob Wendell OF New-York con
spcuous feature OF II will be tower looking seward
built OF the native gray stone OF the Island IL STANDS on
rocky point, the foundations OF the tower rising from
ledge OF which II TO be part. II will be com
poste structure largely made up Of resemblance In its
stone work TO the Norman style, and In It's wood work
that OF Queen Anne, though the whole design Is an
original creation Oh the part OF the architect IL seems
peculiarly fitting that Mr. Wheelrlght should DO the
architect Of the houses this Island, as u was mere
that his ancestors the Erosts and Bunts. built their
houses early the seventeenth century, their names
being s decpherabe by the curious on the Ola inoSs-
| covered hcadstones OF the village graveyard
At half past IL Monday the was grace
fully laid by Mrs stedman who formed the centre OF
little group composed OF her husband the architect the
master mason a few friends and tho workmen; after
which goblet OF red wine poured over 1t amid three
rousing cheers In n eaden box placed under the stone
copies OF Mr. sedmans works, with the poems OF
his mother Mrs. Elizabeth O. Kinney, and those CT Mrs.
Thaxter and Mr. Albee, photographs OF tho family, some
coins newspapers of date Mr. wheerghrs drawings OF
the house aud various documents Altar SONIC punch