Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-03-07
GreYstOno.

Mr.. Cleveland's Sunday at Greystone
has attracted public attention to that
venerable and somewhat interesting
place, writes q correspondent of The
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. The
road which run past Nh. Tilden's
front door becomes the boulevard
when it reac' es New York. 1t is a
broad, smoothly-paved road, curbed
and paved in the most approved fash
ion. Greystone itself stands on a knoll
between the roadway and the Hudson,
commanding a beautiful view of the
river.
Greystone is q huge pile of gneiss
rock, quarried from the neighboring
hills, and is impressive from its very
size. 1t contains ninety-nine rooms,
and has a frontage of four hundred feet.
In the center is a tall, square tower.
Its effecti> eness is in its massiveness,
and Mr.. Cleveland might scour the
banks of the Hudson without finding
its equal in this and many other re-
spects. The edifice stands in a park of
one hundred and twenty acres of
magnificent woodland slopes, broad
meadows, sequestered lawns, and lovely
glades and glens.
From the uppermost room of the
tower, four hundred feet above the sur
face of the Hudson, the scene is magnif-
cent. To the north are the Peekskill
mountains and the environment of
West Point. To the west are the Pali-
sades; to the south the upper part of
New York City and the hills of Staten
island, while to the east r the sail
aecked waters of Long Island sound.
% every hand the prospect is not less
beautiful than vast. Near the house
are several large silver frs, which Mr.
Tilden imported from Greece. These
arc i~nterspersed with a unique and
beautiful collection of trees and shrubs,
among which are golden oaks and aid
ers, purple beeches, and evergreens
from the deepest shades Of green to the
richest shades of gold. Chief among
the latter is a beautiful specimen of
Japanese arbor-vit@.
From the rear veranda the grounds
descend by a succession of six terraces
TO the Hudson, four hundred yards dis
tant. Standing directly west of the
mansion is an old tree that towers the
other monarchs of the forest. 1t is
symmetrical almost to a fault, and
never fails to attract attention. Mr..
Cleveland asked if there was any
tradition connected with it. His host
smilingly informed him that he knew
of none, except that it had been dubbed
the "Tilden Oak" The spread of it's
foliage is seventy feet.
The main hall of the building extends
clear across, from east to west, and is
lofty and wide. On the right is the
secretary's Office. The secretary, as he
sits at his desk, a look at portraits Of
WilliamCullen Bryant, Charles O'Conor,
and Samuel j. Tilden.
Next to this room is a wide stairway,
and next to it the dressing-room. At
the end of the hall is the entrance to
the e piazza, and on the left one may
enter the reception-room, the dining.
room, or the library. MIR. Tilden'l
sleeping apartments and the chic
guests room are on the second floor
In the latter Mr.. Cleveland slept. Tht
furniture is of satin-wood, trimmed
with bamboo. The room is forty BY
twenty feet in size, and perfect in it.
appointments. Not far from this room
is another fitted up with a handsome
billiard-table and other requirement.
of the game. The third floor is en-
tirely occupied by sleeping-rooms.