The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-23

MRS. MARX hopkins AND HER NEW
HOUSE AT GREET HARRINGTON.
The ?ossassor Of ;s3O, 900, oJO-Leaving
Million Dollar Residence in California
T., Live in a Finer One in Mas
saeIlu.etts

IN yNa,..
had published the rer,rt that tba hons was
10 cost only one-ffth that sum AMI the
third and last report i, that the amount
to be expeadol is only Sj3J, o0J. 1t Is
true iuieel. Tint AIR; H1pkiai is going to
/ buila residence at Great harrington,
II j, furtheem Dre true that it il tD b. a very
expensive one-the most expensive probably
IN has>achu etts, or evel Now Engtaui. 1t
will not cost s. much a. $500, 0J0, but it
VIII cost more thaG 81 90 0J0 The plans
ara complst, All have b5el accepted.
| They now rest in tho hands OF New York
| architects and win not be male public for
some time. Work on the foundation of the
| building viii be commenced tho coming
spring and Mrs Hopkins expects to SOP it
| ready for occupancy three years honce
There is some interesting history woven in
and about the lie Of Mrs. Mark Hopkins.
Sac is the widow Of Mark Hopkins who was
one Of the five men Of California who built
the Central Pacific railroad and made each
/ princely fortune out Of It The others
were Leland Stanford, c. P. huntington,
| and the two Crookers Hopkins was the
treasurer OF the company from It's organize
ton in 1861 OF thereabJut, till his death in
at 81, 100000.
He died without having made a will and
without chIIrsu BY rho common laws Mrs
Hopkins would have bean entitled To only
oDe-thlri of the immense estate The courts
/ made her tba exa,,utrir and che to,l, ,osos-
| sion bpt the Two Lr5tha,s NJ bor d,ao.so !
husband Moses and Samuel or rathor MOS
| and +1a .nn. nj Sa-,,,ol fo, M, Io+ta, 10, !
dial hr,,,-tt q s,,it ho. o,,i -
be,. ra,noysl iron, no - +Iao-
/ tgro and ST., aror,,r+ino e i Thrr,.+t.,
WINS finally cornnro,nissd Mos. H,-,,,f,s
ami fh, sons NJ la,nrsI Ho,,,irs ioir,- n1,,
tent 70 r.caiva tooatbar. s,,oa >, ooo 5,aG :,
/ hard cash Mrs.. Honkins Got the reu9inley.
! which. as already stated. now amount, "a
! about So. 5000 Thus do we coma ta
! know who Mr.. Mark H2pkins is and how she
| became so rich.
T Before Mark Honki1s djej ha bpi!t tha
| first of those naIatiai Residences that beva
since excited tie wonder and admiration Of
| all who have in the mast ten wears visited
| the CITY Of San Francisco II WAS c,p-
structel of wood, like all the others Of its
class, but had about it all the elaHoratenaSa
aud cxtrayagance of some of the finest
have cost 81, 900 900, and at that tina the
Stewart residence in New York city was the
only dwelling house IN America that had
| cost that sum. 1t was the Hopkins mansion
! that made Knob Hill the fashiona bic quar-
ter Of San Francisco All have heard Of the
| splendid residences that Governor Stanford,
Games Flood and other California million
ahcss have since built there. Since her hUls-
| bands death Mrs. Hopkins has purchased
henl0 park, IsalStoIs famous country place,
and there she has settled her adopted son
James, a young man of 26, who recently
married a Miss Crittendea, OF California, a
niece Of Mrs. Hopkins.
Notwithstanding all these LARGE posses
sions, not to speak Of others on the Pacific
slope, Mrs. Hopkins proposes to make her
home in her husbands native town
Of Great harrington. Mass She has
always had al affection for the place ana
| comes there because its people ana surroun /
iHgs are coageaiaI to their tastes. During
recent years Mrs Hopkins has come hero &
! spend her summer. 1t was thare that sd
lived when q young girl, and there that she
Has married When she grew ricl -ns
| added the porticoes. put coioral giass in
some Of the windows and furnished 1t Ink.
! uviantIy. The CARPETS in every roomare A.
| soft as down, the chairs are of antoine ma
| ho-any upholstered in yellow SIX plush,
! Every bit Of pottery, every piece Of bronze,
| every foot-stool, every sofa. lounge. chair
| stand, vase or whatever it NAV be. bear
! evidence Of having been selected with cult.
| gatad taste.
This new dwelling that is to slpplaut the
! eli will be IT'S by us feet AMI will be built
| Of blue doomits 1t is 4 very hard stone, Of
! finer grain than granite, and is obtained
! from q neiga} oring quarry owned by Mrs.
| HOPKINS herself. The exterior walls are Il
| show the Stone in rourh surface with cut
| seams The stables and the coachsnan's cot.
! t,.ca are already built. They are Of tho
/ same doIcnite to be EMPLOYED in the con.
! sfruction Of tbe resitenee and look as thourl
! thev wouIi endgrs tbrough all the noes f.
| come. cannot rive a description of the
| residence for the excellent reason that bsve
! not saap the dra vri,,,-s
! Tho Ground mon which NTrs Honl-ins is +,
! huijd her castle extauds q Supdrad vnrI,
sl,no the uriocinal street and beck Of # /,
! tba south . H.tia il a level maaJo1v valley
! that Rms off oIonc the shore Of the Housa
! +17,i, ami n tba foot of the rict,,ra.ct,a PERI
sf;ra hIlls on ths otber side In tba midst d
! this smooth meadow fold is an ersifieia
! basin in which is q fountain from which II
| Summer sprin75 f stream of water naariv ,