The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-02
4 PALACE FOR HIS HOME



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'cription Of the residence q Henry VII ia
rd president Of tile Northef Iaeine lihe
ilfoad Henry Willard, the railroad ny p
agnate, has nearly completed NE new seem
sldence, Or more properly residences, gree.
ne occupies an entire block, having by y
ontare on Madison nvenue of 200 feet. 70 t
hat Dart which he wiz occupy Is On the apie'
1knef Of Fiftv-frst street Its frontage must
sixty feet and its depth 100 feet. The toI
Iher wing win be perieelly similar ex- and
ST that It is divided into three houses the
Id between the two wings il court imb'
Iohtv feet IN width and seventy three dust
let in depth. ThQt portion Of the buAla- on 7
a. back Of the court extends back forty le9s
pet beyond the wings and is double SHIN
ouso Of itself. ate
In the center Of the court win be placed tne
magnificent fountain, around which II q
vill be broad drive, and IN each corner aga
grass plat. Each house will corununl- St
afe directly with the court Mr.. Vii drel
nrd's house and the two center houses and
re completed, excepting the interior, feet
4A1ile the walls Of the remaining wing are Ilil
10 the second story. The exterior OF iroi
up-Nat building Is more grand than pro
the Il is the result Of com yisl
benutais Roman and Florentine archi- day
bSnaton,s Of the Cancelleria palace At a d
lecture, plararncz palace being copied1 DIRE
Rome and the The material is Belle- dal
7 by the architects the light grayish chs
VILE, N. J aandstonssity church was sui
4 amber stone Of which TN. and there e'
, built Everything Is massat HugeV
:; Is little attempt at ornan1ea anoth
+ blocks Of etone are piled upon onee Of IN
b er and oyertopped by heavy corpio "a
Q the same material. The wings are thl'eel
+ stories III height, beside the basement
!. and attic stories From the sidewalk to
i the ton Of tho coEnice the measurement is
!. sixtv-eight feet The basement and 'front.'
!. erorv are 1usticafed and the Others plain
Is stone ashlsr, with the angles strengthened
bv rustication The front Of the two
is center houses is supported by five arcades,
- with heavy columns Of polished Jones
boro granite. Dutch tiles cover the roof
ii The whole effect is severe and digni6ed.
q Entering the spacious portal Of the Vii
ID lard residence, your correspondent found
himself in magnificent reception room,
ie fourteen feet by twenty-esght N deptn'
'd Everything here was in inlald wooa,
er floor, ceiling, walls and columns. On
ne either side opened the drawing rooms
ly Thev are each 19x28 feet, and are being
ou fihished in mahogany. inlaid with light
81 woods. satin wood and maple being nor
u, ticeable. Between the pilasters will be
hung rich embroidered stafis. The
ou predominating tones are light reddish
ne brown, and light yellow. The draw
en- ing-rooms and reception room are SO ar
ny ranged that they can be thrown into one
ch spacious apartment 100 feet IN width ana
ret twenty eight in depth.
lg, From the reception room hall TOUR
teen feet in width and forty-two ~
ny lenqth leads to the music room, Alad'
{. din's lamp never revealed hall more
magnificent. 1t is entirely IN mosaic
me The material Is yellow Italian marble
in, The floor Is in chaillon marble IL
small. pieces woven into beautiful
I'd, designs The mantcl is mas
es. terpiece Of the sculptor from 81
his Italian design, and the whole apartment
no was executed by Italian artists ~ Z;
sad style OF modern Pompeian palaces. ~
hall IS spanned by three selni-cire>
aw. arches in Sienna marble with scnlN y,
by Louis st. Gaudiens. vestlhui
ere the same design leads out Of the NJ
vas backof the drawing rooms. The nnusi
nj, room is the chef d'uuvre Of the decoIa
out tors art 1t is diminutlve tneate
ate forty-eight by twenty-four feet IN d'men
the sion and thirty-tw0 feet from the floor
non ceiling. extending to the third story.
Iure "A in The style of the Francis ]. room (
las Foptainbleau palace. The colors af
bed white and gold A wainscoting eigt
ute feet in height in carved pine surround
The the room. The ceiling is an eleptics
red vault. and every detail shows the skill
my the artist. Between the music room an
and the yestibule, marble stairs twelve ies
Iou, broad lead to the upper stories Agar
face the tone is yellow. An elaborate fenal
e tc sance ceiling spans the stairs. The el'
iaye vator way occupies the remaining space
nave Across the hall are the main breaktas
room and dining-room, which can
ear thrown into one apartment twenty 3
and sixtv feet in size Carved Woo
that again replace the marble. The room
was executed in English cal inlaid with whi
trib mahogany The ceiling is divided wi
lged beams cased with English oak, and 4
ant carved friezcs, three feet in width, arc y
sor' laid with floral designs. The two ma
hem ties are of red Verona marble, and q
perl copies Of those which Mr.. Mead was scl
TO Italy to select, but which arrived -
somewhat damaged condition and we
that P1e'0',sS~ - slse 81 Gandiens, akin
as -, , Inc ,,nner stor;es are IN keepil
Bob sesh s.h .ha - sngensior below ALTHOUGH.
"a in WI. WIZ '''S 81 elahorate Tho geneI
usual eoIt7el t,n S.s,;an renaisaance. The furr
ngeo ture will be especially magnificent. tn
kecF - 49,, 1ro.t.s, roorne will he uDbOisteF
f the - oaS ~ cglors 5armonizino wien the dt
read. orations the reddish brown tone predol