New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-04
TIE AUG UST BELMONT MANSION SOLD.
ARNOLD CONSTABLE CO. GET THE HOUSE OF
TIE DEAD H\NKEH


TIE DEAD BANKER.
The sale to Arnold Constable Il Co OF the house
at tEth-avc. and EiGhtccrth-st which was for many
years the home 81 August Belmont. and In which the
wel!known fnancicr died. announced yesterday
by H. " larnctt Co. The property Is tho north
cast corner adjoining the establishment OF Arnold
constable & Co., which extends from broadway TO
Fifih-avc With tho addition OF the belmont prop
er'y the firm will have the entire front of the block
In F1fth-arc. The property purchased is 100 feet
vide In the avenue and Us !cct deep. The price
was Sol ,O0O the highest rate square foot which
has ever been paid or property in that ncshborhood
The land now occupied by the Hotel de LoGcrot. AT
the orcsitc corner. exactly tho same Size. sold
about two years ago for $4,000
Mr.. Constable said 10 Tribune reporter who called
upon him Yesterday afternoon that II that
the finn had purchased the property. bnt what dis
position IT woud make OF !, he could say. lie
did not know whether no, the firm woud build an
addition 10 It's already spacious store
For forty years and more. with the exception Of
occasional periods Of mourning The Belmont mansion
Was the scene Of the most elegant and exclusive en-
ter,ainmcnts In Ncw-Iork society. At the dinners
and balls given there by the Belmont family there
met members Of the Cutting. Costcr, Robinson, >ny
dam. Van Hurcn. IIcckschcr Dutihl Livingston iIoyt
Dcpau. Fox. Brinncll. Maitland. Murray. Hayward.
Laight. Ludlow and other old Ncw-Nork families. The
house came into tho possession OF August Belmont
about ISL. No! many years after he married Mis-,
Caroline Perry. Mr. Belmont bought tho house on
the failure OF It's original owner. Joseph Guion. He
enlarged and bcautifcd II, added superb picture
gallery and spacious stable the elegance Of the
place making the house OF the wonders Of the
town.
When Mr. and Mrs Bclmon, gave n dinner In
honor OF any great occasion TO foreigners Of i'm
portance II was always served In the art gallery
where hung Of the best examples OF
Meissoner. Knaus Rosa Honhcur. Troy on. Bougucrca
Nibcrt MadrOza portrait q The Queen OF li"
land b. Gallait. presented by the Queen 10 Mr.
Belmont ard many famous paintings which he
had purchased while Minister to the Hague. This
gallery f. large oblonc apartment. lighted from
tho ceiling and covered with Turkish carpet "'
deep blue traced with golden yellow. in this room
Mr. and Mrs Belmont'S guests used TO gather ancr
II quiet dinner for game OF whist 81 winch MI
Belmont extremely fond.
Since the sudden death Of Young Eaymohh Ser
mont in 1857 no large entertainments hav" been
given in the Belmont house. For many years MIS-
Belmont had a Christmas party for Children "h'h
gifts We're distributed from Christmas tree To the
voung children of the families Of her most Intimate
acquaintance some years before his death Mr.
Belmont, bought the house adjoining his in ori"r that
business nicht not cncroach any further than po'Sib"
upon his home Had the property Of the Marshall
O. Roberts estate been sold for business purposes MI
Belmont would 9avc ut disposed OF his hons" ana
built uptown II was after his death that the Gordon
Bnrnham mansion was turned into the Hotel de-
Iogcrot. The sidney Mason mansion. where now
stands Chickcrng Hail. torn down nearly quarter
Of "A century b.fcr" Nj. Hclmon's death The sale
OF the oh house not unexpected TO people IN
society. H. the present August Belmont pnrchas'd
some months ago Il building lot in upper llnlaNc'
II is sid that Mr.. Guon. who WAS w"lIknnWh
importer. doing busnc>s in the building now occu
pied bv the banking firm If X. l. Flower q Co., M
broadway and EXchang" place. when III" nous wa
bought from him for 10000 wa. sized . WIN ua
desire 10 operate in Reading stock, and me result was
similar that experienced by many Ance MS 'W'
who have tempered with that tickle security.