The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-29
WASHINGTON HOMES.
The Elegant Residences of Some of Our Sen
atOrs and Representatives.

"Ruhamah - in st Louis Globe Democrat.
Senator Palmer, of Michigan, who kept the
Window hearthstone warm last winter, and
gave the finest dinners known in Washington, is
building for himself a magnificent brown-stone
residence on K street. facing McPh square.
The ornamental bays and orioles of the front
wall are now being built in, and the four-story
house runs back to the end of the lot,
and includes in the plan Of the first
floor beautiful arched and vaulted dining
room. Senator Palmer has the millions to
make beautiful residence with and his cul-
tivated tastes may be trusted for having an
interior worthy of such a fine architectural set
ting He has always been patron of the arts,
and at his home in Detroit, and in Mrs. Palmer's
own particular dwelling in New York city, the
collection Of paintings, statuary, antiques and
costly bric-a-brae are wonderful Many Of those
treasures graced their temporary residence here
last winter and the drawing room was a verita-
BILE art museum.
On H street, facing Lafayette SO uare and the
old church OF St Johns Mr. John Hay and Mr..
Henry Adams are building two large and beat
tiful residences. The property, lying in the
heart of the most fashionable part of the city,
has never been built upon, although for few
years it has been, suggested as the most
desirable spot for an apartment house. Mr.. Hay
has the corner lot, running up Sixteenth street,
and in his house the bricks are all from special
molds and around the doors and windows are
fine ornamental pieces In brick work Mrs Hay
inherited q large fortune from the estate of her
at different times since her marriage has resided
here. Mr.. Adams whose house adjoins the Hay
residence, is the son Of Charles Francis Adams,
and, possessed of large means. has made his
home here for many winters In the old Gideon
We4es house, adjoining his new mansion.
Mr. and Mrs. Adams represent the flower of
New England culture and blue blood,
and lead in the ultra select circle, COM
posed of distinguished winter residents, who
pride themselves upon keeping aloof from the
official society, and to whom the very idea of the
ordinary congressman and politician is abhorrent.
Mrs. Adams is wonderfully clever and cultivated.
and some obstinate people have not given it up
yet hut that she wrote the anonymous novel of
Washington society entitled, Democracy"
The tone of that story SO clearly voices the be-
hefs and attitude of the circle of the swell non
official residents that it was the most natural
thing to attribute it to some one of them.
Senator Mcpherson, of New Jersey, has built
for himself beautiful home on Vermont avenue,
near K street, and his family, returning from a
two years residence abroad, are now busy set
Ting their new possessions in the new red-briek
house, with its quaint ehimneys, recessed door
ways and finely arranged apartments
Ex-senator Yulee of Florida is now installed
in his magnificent house on Connecticut avenue,
and his wife, who is a strikingly handsome and
sweet faced matron, and a daughter, whose dark,
tropical beauty has already made her famous,
will entertain great deal during the winter.
Representative Hit, of Illinois, who was for
long time secretary of legation at Paris, has
recently bought the house at the corner OF FIT
teenth and K streets, that has been previously
occupied by Senator Hill of Colorado and Sec
rotary Evarts. 1t is large, double mansion,
with a great lawn at one side and be-
fore it, and was built and for time oe-
cupied by Hayward Hutchinson, one of the
original members of the Alaska Commercial
Company, of San Francisco. The Hutchinsons
built themselves another residence here, and the
K-street house was leased. Mr.. Hutchinson ae-
quired an immense fortune from the sealskin
monopoly and died about two years since This
summer his widow lost deposit of 500, 600 by
the disgraeeful failure of the Middleton Bank,
and Mr.. Hit and his wife, who was heiress to
large fortune, Immediately made an offer for the
K-street house Mrs Hit is apretty and charm
ing woman, and has little fame here as tho
makes even the ladies of the diplomatic corps