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

PALACE FOR HIS HOME !,
Ernx v1r.LARD's BAcNEFxcHMx in
RESIDENCE IN NEW XoBK. bi
Colossal BnlIdIng Modelled after an y
italian palfce--nts Exterior and -
1nteriOr, and its COsts .,
A New York letter gives the following 4
ecription of the residence OF Henry Vii
ird, president of the Norther Pacific II
liltoad Henry Willard, the railroad b
has nearly completed his new 81
or more properly residences, g
n Madison avenue. The colossal struc- Il
ire occupies an entire block, having b
-ontage on Madison avenue Of 200 feet. +
hat part which he wiz occupy is on the a
orner Of Fifty-tirst street. Its frontage n
sixty feet and its depth'10O feet. The a
ther wing will be perfeotly similar ex- a
ept that It is divided into three houses, Z
nd between the two wings is court Il
ighty feet in width and seventy-three d
ect in depth. That portion of the build G
no back of the court extends back forty
ret beyond the wings and is double 8
ouse of itself. q
In the center of the court will be placed I
magnificent fountain, around which /
pill be broad drive, and in ench corner q
grass plat Each house will communi- O
ate directly with the court. Mr.. Viii
ards house and the two center houses o
re completed, excepting the interior,
fhile the walls of the remaining wing are l
TO the second story. The exterior Of
uP~-at building is more grand than !
the 1t is the result of COM !
Deautilt Roman and Florentine archi- ,
pinatlones of the Cancelleria palace at {
lecture, PiaSarnez palace oeing copied (
rome ana tne 1.-The material is Belle {
py the architects; the light grayish I
Vilie, N. D., sanostoh'Sityc church was I
amber stone of which Tta and there
built. Everything is masat Huge \
is little attempt at ornanIel--a anoth- 4
blocks of stone are piled upon ones of \
er and overtopped by heavy cornic&
the same material. The wings are thrt
stories in height, beside the basemer
and attic stories From the sidewalk
: the top of the cornice the measurement
sixty-eight feet. The basement and iron
Story are Iusticated and the others plai
stone ashler, with the angles strengthene
by rustication. The front of the tw
: center houses is supported by five arcadei
with heavy columns of polished Jones
boro granite. Dutch tiles cover the root
! The whole effect is severe and dignifeC
Entering the spacious portal of the vi
lard residence, your correspondent foun
himself in magnificent reception room
2 fourteen feet by twenty-eight in deptl
! Everything here was in inlaid wooC
floor, ceiling, walls and columns. q
2 either side opened the drawing room
7 They are each 19x2S feet, and are bein
! finished in mahogany, inlaid with ligl
! woods, satin wood and maple being N
, ticeable. Between the pilasters will |
hung rich embroidered stuffs. TT
i predominating tones are a light, reddis
Q brown, and a light yellow. The draw
q ing-rooms and reception room are so a
ranged that they can be thrown into OF
4 spacious apartment 100 feet in width an
twenty eight in depth.
/, From the reception room o hall fou
q teen feet in width and forty-two
length leads to the music room. Alas
y din's lamp never revealed a hall mo
magnificent. 1t is entirely in mosai
G The material is yellow Italian marbl
i The floor is in chaillon marble
small pieces woven into beautif
/, designs. The mantel is ma
}. terpiece of the sculptor from ;
$ Italian design, and the whole apartme
Q was executed by Italian artists in q
q style of modern Pompeian palaces. Is
hall Is spanned by three semi-circ-\
Z. arches in Sienna marble with soul =
by Louis St. Gaudiens. A vcstibui
e the same design leads out of the h.
= back of the drawing-rooms. The mus
J, room is the chef d'euvro of the decor
Il tors art. 1t is q diminutive theat
e forty-eight by twenty-four feet in dime
e sion and thirty-twO feet from the floor
n ceiling, extending to the third story.
e is in the style of the Francis l. room
)! Fontainbleau palace. The colors a
d white and gold. A wainscoting Gig
e feet in height in carved pine surroun,
e the room. The ceiling is an eleptic
d vault, and every detail shows the skill
y the artist Between the music room aI
q the yestibule, marble stairs twelve fe
], broad lead to the upper stories. Aga
e the tone is yellow. An elaborate renal
e sance ceiling spans the stairs. The el
'e vator way occupies the remaining spac
e Across the hall are the main breakfas
room and dining-room, which can
e thrown into one apartment twenty
q sixty feet in size. Carved woo'
n again replace the marble. The room
as executed in English oak inlaid with viii
.. mahogany. The ceiling is divided Wi
d beams cased with English oak, and Il
q carved friezes, three feet in width, are i
r laid with floral designs. The two ma
N ties are of red Verona marble, and a
z copies of those which Mr. Mead was Sc
to Italy to select, but which arrived in
somewhat damaged condition and we
=. presented by him to the museum
- art. Here also St. Gaudiens' skill
= seen. The upper stories are in keepiI
I. with the splendor below, although,
Ln cn1rae not 50 alahnrafe The Ooner