Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-22
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STtyT T OF ARCHITECTJJR

I'LL VOluue. l. he DuliulllSS die
of the Gothic Renaissance in
style of architecture, and are
very elaborate in design. Alto
gether they are about 7oox18o
feet in dimensions and 100 feet in
height, from basement to turret.
The materials are chiefly of In
diana sandstone, marble, steel,
copper, oak, and mahogany.
The carved stone work is most
elaborate in design, repre- senting
four years labor of about $50 of
Americas finest stone artists.
Scores of intricate pieces of STAT
uary-hideous looking creatures
(animals, 1nermaids, &C. look
down upon you from the proiec-
tons of the exterior.
CAPACITY FOR ENTERTAINMENT.
The interior arrangement and
finish of the house, of course,
represent almost the perfection
of elegance and luxury. The style
in general embodies a harmoni>
Gus combination of the antiqne
and the modern, and without att
tempting a description, we can,
perhaps give the reader slight
conception of the capacity for
entertainment, his resources for
| which almost exhaust the cata>
logue. The scale upon which
he expects to entertain has never
before been attempted i'll
America. His palatial stables
are stocked with the finest thor
oughbred saddle and coach horse,
also the costliest vehicles of va
rious designs, for the use of his
guests. He has dancing, banquet
and concert halls, art gallery,
Libraries, apartments for all kinds
of indoor games, and courts for
outdoor games, lakes for fishing
and boating, boulevards for driv-
ing, large swimming pools for
bathing, besides his immense
game preserve for hunting the
various species Of game. On
the first floor of the mansion at
the right of main entrance is the
winter garden Or conservatory
for palms and other rare exotics
(octagonal in shape and 90 feet
in diameter) Looking into this
are the main apartments of the
house, viz: The Art Gallery IS
x7o feet, the Grand marble stair
way (spiral and self supporting
50 feet in diameter, the Banquet
Hall 4ox6o feet, the Tapestry
Gallery Is feet in length, the
Concert Hall 42x72 feet, with
dome O5 feet in height, also con-
tanning Grand organ. Besides
these are numerous smaller
apartments. The upper stories
are divided into halls, family
apartments, guest chambers
baths, servants rooms, etc.
ANTIQUITIES.
This house contains, perhaps,
the finest collection ofquaint his
toric old furniture and old paint
ings in the world, much of it be-
ing hundreds of years old and was
purchased in Europe at a great
price. Guarding the main en-
trance is a pair of hugh old lions,
in marble, which are several
hundreds of years old and were
brought from Egypt, also sew
era1 marble fountains are to be
seen upon the premises brought
from the old world and which
show the marks of time and bear
inscriptions showing them to be
several centuries old.
MIR. vANDERBILrs MOTIVES.
The question is being con-
stantly asked: "What are Mr..
Vanderbilt's motives for doing
all this?" l would answer that
he simply chooses this way of
using his immense wealth as be-
ing the best adapted to his tastes
and desires. While other mill
!ionaires are using their wealth to
Cypress humanity, and will soon
pass away despised and forgotten,
this building will be a monu-
ment to perpetuate his name for
centuries. Aud what is better
than a monument of stone, he is
building a monument of graft
tude to himself in the hearts of