The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-08-16
GOMBROON.
Senator Vance's Beautiful Black
Mountain Home.

Nesting among the shrubbery and
foliage of the highest peak of Black
Mountain is quaint "Gombroon." tue
magnificent simmer home of United
States Senator Zebulon B. Vance.
Its location is picturesque and its sur
roundings are magnificent in the
grandeur inimitable Of weird, wild
mountain scenery. From the peak
upon which the house is built can
easily be seen the Craggies, Bulls
Head, the pinnacle Of The Blue
Ridge, and many other mountain
peaks, whose names we cannot now re-
call to mind. The purling streams,
the sylvan glens, the wild mountain
trails and by-paths which environ
"Gombroon," all tend to make this
chosen spot one of the most attractive
and delightful summer residences in
the mountains of western North Caro-
lima No wonder the Senator selected
this place from among so many others
to flee to from the vexations and cares
of active political life, wherein to seek
pleasant retirement and undlsturbed
ease from the senatorial ills that sore
| beset him "Gombroon' is easily &C
cessible by rail, and all the conven-
fences that render a suburban coun
try "a thing of beauty and JOY for
ever" are found there.
The house is an elegant structure,
roomy, and conveniently arranged.
Its interior is finished in native woods
antique oak, walnut, poplar, yellow
pine and maple predominating. The
structure is of that style of architec-
ture known as "Queen Anne and Is
a splendid testimonial within itseli
to architectural art. There is moth
ing lacking everything for comfort
convenience and beauty is to be found
within its four walls, while the exter-
ior presents most attractive view L
the eye of the spectator. The ground;
surrounding the building have beer
laid out in well kept drives, lawns, ans
grass plats, with now and then how
er bed, containing rare plants an
beautiful blooms. Outhouses are dot
ted here and there about the place
and the whole presents the appearance
OF & model residence.
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nished throughout with elegant an'
costly furniture Of the iates: style
and patterns, and the carpetins, rug
&c, are said to be Of the finest tex
turo and design. Costly painting;
musical instruments and brio a bra
adorn the parlors and reception room
and there are china and silver plat
that would he the pride Of any house
keepers heart.
The library IL filed with many vol
umes Of choice literature Of every de
scription, from the solid works Q
the mo profound and learned write
To the airy nothiugs Of the most III
aginative and fancifiii compiler ut, tic
ton. There are many other feature
about 'Gombroon' that might we
be incorporated III this article, bu
we will reserve them for the future
when a more extended and comp!et
description will be given of the mas
nificent mountain home Of North Cai
olina's witty, popular learned and loN
ed junior Senator.
Mrs Vance, thn esteemed wite {
the Senator, is now at -'Gombroon
, for the summer, and it is safe to pr.
diet that ere long the Washington ps
f pers will chronicle the fact taat "oi
Zeb" "has gone to North Carolina /
rusticate among the mountains 4
4 sheuiUe Citizen.