The Arizona sentinel., 1886-06-12
AN HISTORIC INN.

AN HISTORIC INN.
 Destruction of the old Bowling Green House in New York City.
 The old Bowling Green House, on the east side of Broadway, adjoining the Welles building, is one of the oldest structures in this city, and now that it is being demolished historic memories of pre-revolutionary times are recalled. In tearing the structure down some of the mortar was an alyzed by the master mason and found to consist of about the same ingredients as that used at the present day, but mixed in different pro- portions. Notwithstanding this, it was much firmer set than any similar com position manufactured for the same pur. pose to-day, and the whole building was built in fashion that indicated great strength and durability. At each corner the framework was dovetailed in an in. genious manner and firmly attached to the adamantine wall of brick and ce. ment. No modern house could boast oi such solid structure. This way ot
 building houses was characteristic oi the old Knickerbockers, and wherever they have left traces of their mechanical skill throughout the city, like them selves, short, stout and lasting buildings are discovered.
 In early revolutionary days the Bowl ing Green House was used as hotei and coffee house. The Sons of Liberty
 Ca society formed for the purpose oi flaming into activity the already en.
 kindled flames of independence and liberty) made this house their head
 quarters, after having moved from their
 original place of resort, called by them the Kings Arms Tavern and subse' quently known as Burns Coffee House. This latter building stood at No. Broadway, and was once occupied by General Washington and General Howe respectively. When it passed into the hands of Cyrus w. Field, a few years ago, it was demolished and more modern structure erected on its site. The Bowling Green House derived its name from the park which it faces, and associated intimately with the history oi this park. is an interesting incident, which occurred in the demolished build. ing during the revolution.
 When Bowling Green was laid out in 1928 no record of any other pleasure ground was known in this country, and for several years it had no rival. Ii was in the shape of a triangle, anG twice year agricultural fairs were held on its grounds. In 1858 the first mar. ket was opened to the public there and in 1890 the iron railing which now sur rounds the green was put up at cost of several hundred pounds. It was manufactured in England and sent over to this country at the expense of the colonies. In 1770 the posts, which stand about ten feet apart, were deo- orated with the likeness of George ILL, which caused an additional expense of several pounds. The inhabitants of New York grumbled at the time, for they were not favorably impressed with brotherly feeling for the third George, but they were allowed to be put on without opposition. The Sons of Lib erty, however, soon became the hot bed of rebellion, and, as they had taken up their headquarters in the old Bowl ing Green House, it became constant annoyance to them to see the likeness of their most hated enemy ever staring them in the face whenever they chose to look out of the window of their house. At last their exasperatiou got the better of discretion, and on July 10, 1776, they entered the park in body and twisted off the likeneSses of the King and threw them into the river. On the same day the statue of the King was pulled down from its pedestal in Bowling Green and carried triumphant ly through the streets. At night it was taken by the Sons of Liberty to their headquarters and set up in their ban quet hall, where they drunk to its health and otherwise showed their deep respect for the representation of their beloved King. A business meeting was then held and decision reached that it would be well to send the statue out of the city. This decision was acted upon, and the next morning it was forwarded to Governor Oliver Wolcott, at Iitch- field, Conn. The Governors wife and daughters had the leaden statue run into bullets, making no less than forty,two thousand, which did effective servise in the American army.
 The room in which the statue was kept over night was on the second story of the Bowling Green House, and at the further end of the room was scratched i Tn most legible letters these words: ''King George III. dimes with us to- night" The workmen in tearing the building down discovered this lettering, which seemed to be the work of knife l or some other sharp instrument, and for some time they were disposed to leave that wall standing. But, with the ! rest of the structure, it has now been demolished, and in short time another i building will take its place, and the old | Bowling Green House, with all of its historical memories, will be a thing of { the past.-N. y. Telegram.
 The Old Mans Ultimatum.