Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-17

Wen as from the corridor. aud Mrs Cieva.
land intends 20 make L The mnsf !, ritir,,
room ia the house. Il Is half cifele hi
shape, nnd, ~ Is understood will le
nnished ~ white and gold A door IN de
other side Of the drawing roon CONS
mo tne library, small but Comfortable
ION s.9W hieh MT. Cleveland win probably
. uieslsnats as his particular "den" II
- $50 .9AT the city, aud from e can
~ sen the Washington monument and
the capitol. The dining room is next
lne library, aud the same shane and
slAe as the music room. From the win.
uoW Is seen the beautiful lawn erndpailv
Stopping away from the house From ia
ulalns room the Presidents guests can
ehlsr the picturesque little conscrvatory
any lnsnee TO the lawn beneath.
80, w present lime there is small
uuy or Workmen about the house nud
grounds putting il Ia order for its dis'
uhsWsheu occupants. IL will not 10
Iv1uy 20 move Ia the furniture some ~
Whlcn Mrs Cleveland has already A.
ected' Tor six weeks There are i've
urge rooms and bathroom on the SECOND
no9r ana six ON the Door above. and the
WIS OF these rooms IRE now being
freshly papered. President and Mrs
Cleveland visit the place nearly everv dsy
Whue on their regular drives and inspert
the Work and give instructions.
BbLVOIRS FORMER GUESTS
Bclyoir has had as ruests MANY nlps.
trlous men, and Il Is related that prasi.
uent Washington once stood on the steps
OF the Oh portion of the house and re.
ilerked that the capitol should either be
pmit upon that spot or ufDOu the spot
Mmch was afterward chosen. General
w lhleld scott had selected the SPOT a.
y, sle ely TOT me soldiers home, but owing
20 some misunderstanding with the own
CT az that time u was not taken Sey-
erai presidents have summered az The
place Van Buren, spent several sum
iners there. ns did Tyler. and Buchanan
~ was ~ one time the summer residence
OF me Baron Geraut. che German min
ister 20 Washington about the time of
the Mexican war.
In later years majority Of the COM
mission appointed TO select a site for
the new navel observatory decided upon
TINS property, but some Of the scientific
members OF the commission considered
thnt the Barber place, a short distance
away was a better location for the OBJ
serVatoiy, owing 10 its position on the
meridian. The beautiful marble build
ings are visible from Bclvmr.
IL Is not known definitely whether the
house as d. stands now was built by
John Plate, 0r Phillip Barton Key. They
were MISUNDERSTANDING. and both OF them
owned the estate about the year 1900
when the additions were made. Fran
els Scott Key, composer of the "Stnr
Spangled Banner" spent the greater
part of his youth there, and today the
name OF the author of the famous dir
can be seen carved on one of the win
dow. panes in the front hail. Secretary
of the Treasury Robert j. Walker own
ed the estate twenty-eight years ago
and from him II passed into the hands
OF the Middleton family
Directly across the way Is the site
selected for the great new Episcopal ca
thedral Mr.. Cleveland's nearest neigh
Der will be Tom" Buckley. a wealthy
Wnshingtonion who lives Just below bel
voir in quaint little stone house with
a roof of the deepest red. which makes
strong contrast 20 his yellew painted
barn just back Of the house Another
near neighbor h Gardiner c. Hubbard
who l. understood to have furnished the
money 10 Bell 10 perfect his telephone
system. Property In this neighborhood
tx very high, and the estate which the
president win occupy is valued by real
estate men at $4,000. What Mr..
Cleveland is 20 pay for II Is not known.
but the figure has been placed at not
less than 5000