Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-06-19

plying the third floor.
In recent years some efforts have
been made to preserve certain houses
and buildings associated with the life
and history of the martyred Lincoln.
One such place. the Court House at
Lewiston, H.. where Lincoln dellv-
cred his famous speech in 1858, was
swept away by fire short time ago.
The old Lincoln homestead near
Hodgenville. Larue county, KY, where
the President was born, has recently
been purchased by an association OF
the citizens of that town and made into
a public park. The homestead is now
known as the Creal farm, and lies
about two and half miles south of
Hodgenville. The old Ford Theatre
at Washington, where the life begun
at the Kentucky home came to terri
BILE end, was converted, as every one
knows, into an Army Museum.
An interesting relic of Colonial days is
the Lefferts House. located in Flat
bush. now part of Brooklyn. The
lot ON which the house stands was
decided to the original owners in 1861
and bears the signature of Peter Stuy-
vesant. the redoubtable and puissant
Dutch Governor of Manhattan. The
original deed may be seen hanging
upon the wall in the Lefferts mansion.
Time has made few changes in the
general appearance of this venerable
landmark. The old style of the Dutch
architecture is still there.
A hall runs through the center of the
main building from front to back. 1t
now opens into large dining room in
the modern addition where originally
was the outer door and the back piazzi
similar to that of the front The old
time wing still remains, containing
what was once a small dining room
and large. spacious kitchen, now the
laundry. with big brick fireplace at
the extreme end. With the hall, the
parlors ON either side. and the two
rooms in the wing just mentioned, the
front of the house is five rooms broad.
1t gives an idea of spaciousness inside
which the low ceilings seem to empha-
size and give an added charm. The
woodwork, slender carved pillars. and
mahogany stair ratings are the delight
of architects as we'll as the small
slender pillars outside the front door
tapering delicately as they do to the
bottom. The old clock in the new din
ing room is another family treasure.
1t was brought from Holland at some
early date unknown. At the time OF
the revolutionary war, when hurried
exodus was made, it was one of the
few things packed into the cart and
saved from spoliation.
The march of improvement" is
making sad havoc with some of the
historic old residences in and about
London. A new railroad between the
English capital and Sheffield passes
through st. Johns Wood, favorite
place of residence for many of Eng
lands famous artists and writers.
The house in which Sir Edwin Land
seer lived for years, and in which he
died in 1878. has been torn down.
Among others which have gone also are
the house in Alpha road where Mary
Lamb died, the one in HAYWOOD square
in which George Eliot began "Silas
Mariner. and that in Blandford Square
where she wrote "Romola. Leige
Hunts House in Marylebone road
and George Cruikshank's, near by.
are in danger, but Lords cricket
ground is saved, and near it the house
in which Tom Hood wrote "The
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stands the house in which Carlyle
lived from 1884 to 1881. The build
ing has been vacant and in danger of
going to complete ruin. but some
friends Of the Chelsea philosopher have
recently raised fund, and the place
will be preserved as shrine for the
lovers of this great English writer. 1t
is to be opened to the public this
month.
A famous hostelry in England which
has been surrounded by historic asso-
Citations has just closed its doors. The
"Hen and Chickens. one of the most
important landmarks connecting old
and new Birmingham. has given place
to high school for girls. The house
was one of the old coaching inns. and
as early as 1919 thirty coaches per day
left the "Hen and Chickens.
Clums Castle in Shropshire, which
dates from the time of Henry Ill,
was recently bought back by tie Duke
of Norfolk. who will have the ruins
restored. The Duke is baron of Clun
and Oswaldest. one of the oldest
baronies in England, and standing
bone Of contention among heraldic
Writer'S. Title and land were lost to
the Towards by the forfeitures of the
Tudor time. when four generations
were attained and an earl of Surrey
and duke of Norfolk beheaded. James
l. restored the title nearly three hun
bred years ago, but it is only now that
the land returns to the Towards.
A landmark dear to all Americans
who have studied in Leipzig has just
disappeared. The old Gewandhaus in
the altstadt, where for over a hundred