Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-10-24
Wealth That Took Wings,

There sre very fsw people Ia jackson
willie who snoW cf thc foe Riverside prop
erty aud unccmp eted mansion OF Harriet
Hubbard Aver, the fam 1us manufac Gror OF
hair restorere cosmetics, 81, snd OF ihe
ssrsrge misfortune that befel the house OF
Aver thas led to tue Cessation OF the work
on ehi4 10000 mansion when S38 600 had
besu speot. Joat two mites ftoua the court-
house, Gu Commercial etreet, In Riverside.
this proper Is situated. The lot, over
TWO hundred fest front, we'll shaded by
beautiful hickory, cherry add maple trees
and moss EN- boss,d osks. l. guns back 400
feet to the river, and hae q water frant.ge Of
two hundred feet. The house is al elegant
three-story structure. designed by Mrs
aver herse'f, who intended It for winter
home 10 which she could entertain her
friends With al the luxury 'hst wealth can
puy. Half OF the The fret Fl Tor was devoted
10 theatre hall. 60 by 80 feet Ia one end
,s magnificent fireplace. incomplete, while
on the stage there is one OF enaler dimen-
stone. TIE ceIiOg, pane ed with handsome
yellow piue, with ,ioh mouidtDgs, is sup
ported by sSiiflIly carved pillars. From
ID hall beaatiiu stairway jeads to the
roomv chambers above. Toe house co.,
tsins in ali twenty-five rooms, besidts q
number of baths. 1t Gas originally ten.
room house. the property OF Senator Gall.
basement for ths culinary department is
arranged beneath The house snd dumb
waiter connects t with the pantry and din
log room above. Wide halls. running north
and south and eeeg aad west are. upon
eech & 9or, snd wide observatory sur
mouDts the houeeop, from which
magnificent view of the st. Johns, stretch
ing eouthward and north ward OF the city o
the east and OF the pino lands % the west,
cen be seen. Mrs. Aver built wharf ct
which yaonts snd steamers could land end
bad designed splendid stable, to be stock
ed with blooded horses. An sres'su well
Was 60 be driven, as the fountains and pipes
running here apd there evidence. Bat eud-
denly there csms crash In the great busi-
ness house of Aver, aod it was thought that
but little would be saved from the wreck.
That was about nine years ago. Had the
failure been delayed Blk Week5 longer the
| mansion would have been completed. There
| ere sll sorts of strange stories about the
| failure. S,me say that the reckless e1.rs7-
agsnce OF Mr.. Aver, caused by bis iufstua-
! ton for women, ,seuk huDdeeds OF thousands
At any rate there wss great scandal. aud
! then Mrs Aver carried her husband to Paris
to escape from 1t. But ths.s things grew
| worse. Mr.. Aver got into an intrigue with
French woman OF rare beauty, AID one
morning Mrs. Aver awake and she Tas bus.
osndless, and then tba crash came. She
hastened back to America and foiled 8
scheme to use ber money for the payment
of her husbaod's deb5 She gathered up
some OF the remains aud changed the name
of the business honee 10 Harrss Hubbard
Aver. aud also changed it's headquarters to
Nav York. And the uocompelsd south
ern mansion OF Mrs Aver is now begging
for purchaser st SIS 000 just think of it !
How have ths mighty fallen.-Jacksonvill
Fla, Times Union.