The Portland daily press., 1895-07-23
THE NEW MT. PLEASANT HOUSE.
Large Number of Portland People Stayed
There Over Sunday-Press Represen-
tatives Hospitality Entertained by
Manager Anderson.


ger Anderson of the new Mt Pleasant
House, the following representatives OF
the Portland Newspapers went up the
White Mountains and passed Sunday at
this new hotel: Rev. DIR. HIS Buirage
of Zion Advocate, and his son. Thom as
J. Burrage; Mrs. J. G. Merrill, wife of Rev.
DIR. Merrill of the Christian Mirror;
George S. Rowell and wife of the Adver-
tiser %. P. 7. Wish and wife of the Argus;
W. L. Lefavor and wife of the Telegram;
AT. Cummings and wife of the Boston
Herald: Giles O. Bailey and wife of the
Sunday Times, and Mrs. M. Fl. Bailey;
Arthur W. Laughlin and wife Of the Eve
ming Express and Edward H. Elwell of
the PRESS, and his sister Miss Mabel
Elwell.
Besides the press party, nearly 40 other
Portland people went up to the Mt. Plea
SAINT House Saturday, as mentioned in
yesterdays PRESS.
Those who remember the old Mt
Pleasant House between Orawfords and
Fabyans, in the White Mountains, would
not recognize it now in the large and
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site. The old house is still there, but 1t
I. has been SO transformed into harmo
nious portion of a great new building
that one really has to look twice before
seeing it. The old mansard roof is still
there but the towers and turTets OF the
large addition are SO symmetrically pro-
portioned to the whole structure that the
of ic fEof of y c.
beautiful and artistic in its architecture
as a French chateau of the Renaissance,
and so tasteful in it's delicate colorings
that the wood and paint are no mean
substitute for the grey stone and ivy.
The addition is on the end towards Craw
fords. and together with short addition
on the other end that lengthens the din
ing room renders thessnew hotel more than
double the size of the old. The in
creased capacity for guests is about so
per cent.
Nearly all of the lower floor of the ad-
dition is occupied by the spacious drawing
room. This is simply palatial in its pro-
portions, furnishings and decorations. 1t
is 4s feet wide and 81 feet long, with
bow windows, couches and easy chairs
without number.
In each corner of the south end is a
highly decorative fireplace and between
them the wall sweeps out and around
in one immense bow window, which
corresponds with the colonnade upon
which it opens and which is the most
oft -1,ola
This colonnade is a huge balcony that
forms a great outdoor room at this end
of each floor of the addition. 1t is sup
ported by great white Doric pillars
that add immensely to the beauty of the
building. 1t commands of course to the
best advantage the grand view across the
plateau to the Presidential range.
The new Mt. Pleasant house is splen-
did monument toIthe skill of the veteran
Portland architect, Mr.. F. H. Fassett
In all its appointments, and especially
the table, the hotel is very luxurious and
attra ctive
The Ewater is pumped from an artesian
well, sunk 300 feet through the solid
rock. 1t was first pumped directly into
caused all the pipes to sweat, especially
on warm day, and enough water thus
ran from the pipes to threaten serious
damage to the carpets and wall paper.
1t was found necessary to build a
large tank, high up on the side of Mt
Stickney and pump the water into this
so that it might get warmed up little
IafO hain mi t,d rrIo tbo
house.
Manager Anderson is certainly an ideal
host, both as to the management of a
hotel and the management of the guests
He takes such good care of them and
has altogether so prepossessing person
allity that he cannot fail to render this
splendid new house in the White Noun
tains as popular in the summer as he
does his Ormond n-the Halifax in the
winter.
The press party from Portland were en-
tertained most Hospitality. In the fore
noon they were given ride in the big
comfortable four-horse mountain wagons
down through the Notch to the Wiley
House, and in the afternoon another de-
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over to the Twin Mountain House
There were about 80 guests at the
house when the Poetland people arrived
Saturday, so that nearly 120 spent Sun
day there. The house will accommodate
250
The stable is about quarter of a mile
distant, near the edge of the foothills,
across the intervale, on the other side of
the Ammonusuc river This intervale,
which is now rough like pasture, will,
by another year, be converted into park
with pavilion, trees, flowers. etc.
Every evening in the spacious draw
ing room there is ii delightful concert by
an orchestra of seven pieces, in which
are two members of the Symphony Or
chestra.
Special mention should be made of the
dining room and the menu. The former
will accommodate $50 people The lat
ter would satisfy and delight anybody
Everything is exquisite from the graceful
fern vases on each table to the delicate