Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-08-10
HISTORIC HOUSES.
Some That Were Built In WashIngton'G
Time stan Standing in New York.


Time Stin Standing in New York.
The celebration of the centennial Of
Washington's Inauguration has stimu-
lated an interest among New Workers
in the history Of Washington's time,
and especially in the landmarks still
existing in the city that were asso-
ciated with events of the revolution
and the years Immediately following.
OF the few buildings of Washington's
time which still remain the oldest is
probably the Jumel mansion in One
Hundred and Sixty-6rst street, near st.
Nicholas avenue. The house, which
was then called the Morris mansion,
was built by Roger Morris in 1857
The main part of the building was
nearly square, two stories high, with
spacious attic, An extension of &C.
tagonal form contained large and
stately parlor, magni6cently furnished,
with bed chambers over it. The GEN.
trail hall, or. passage way to the par
lor, was twenty feet wide, The
walls Of the mansion were of
imported Holland brick sheathed
with planks. Under the entire build
ing was cellar dug out of the solid
rock In this building Washington had
his quarters while the Americans were
slowly evacuating the city. From the
porch in front of the house he watched
the movements of the enemy's fleet in
the Hudson below.
Long before the revolution the re-
gion about Riverside Park was dotted
with country seats and deer parks, and
was then known as Bloomingdale.
Here was built the famous Apthorpe
mansion, originally a nobleman's
palace, now restaurant and beer
saloon in ex-Alderman Wendel's Elm
park. Under the roof of this mansion
the secret expedition of Nathan Hale
was planned late on Saturday night,
September IA, 1776. Here Washing
ton had his quarters when the intel
ligence of the approach of the British
fleet was brought to him. When he
moved farther north and the British
occupied the city Lord Howe and his
staff occupied the same apartments in
which Washington had slept. Thi:
building will soon be torn down to
make way for new street
There are two other historic build
ings, though of a somewhat later
period, in that neighborhood, One,
1.-The Grange" in One Hundred ant
Forty-seventh street, near Tenth ave
nue., was built by Alexander Hamilton
in 1902. The other, built about tn,
: same time by DR.. Samuel Bradhurst
stands in One Hundred and Forty
eighth street.
Another building of still later dat,
stands near General Grants tomb. Il
is the Claremont mansion, occupied al
various times by many distinguished
persons. 1t was built by DR.. Post. HI
was succeeded by Viscount Courtenay
afterward Earl of Devon. After the
Earl came Francis James jackson
British Minister. Joseph Bonaparte
ex-King of Spain, lived in this man
sion in 1915. Now a prosperous res
taurateur occupies it, and dispense
beer and sandwiches to west side pleas
ure-seekers.
In the lower part of the city, nov
: called downtown" and then know
/. as "the city," few of the old building
remain. The old Clarkson house i
. Whitehall street was burned in 1776
In 1898 three-story brick buildin
was built on its site, and is still there
The row Of old-fashioned houses o
State street is also relic of 1882 TIL
t site on the French Huguenot Church
s which was built in 1888, is now occl
t pied by the Produce Exchange. TIL
# Kennedy house adjoining it, frol
g which Washington is said to hav
!, viewed the fireworks on the occasio
of his Inauguration, were removed t
make way for the Washington built
D ing.-N. Y. Sun.