New-York tribune., 1901-03-17


Colonial house. She died there in lS6'. After
her death the properly became the subject or
much legal wrangling. between French and
American claimants. and in 1SS2 the supreme
r'outt ordered it sold After this partition sale it
PASSED through several purchases, and when it
was acquired by the city it was owned by Lille
] Earle
The house is and half stories high with
attic and basement. The material is wood. filled
IN with brick. and built in parts, the front,
hr main, part being - feet inches wide and
3S feet inches deep. the rear part 80 by II
feet These two wings are connected by pas
sage way feet wide and q feet long. The cell
ingS on the first floor are about II feet high.
:, hallway II feet wide extends through the
centre of the building, which has reception
room Is by 20 feet in size on one side, in which
here is still an old mantlepiece and fireplace
which formed a part of the rooms ornamental
tion in the days OF Washington. The dining
this floor. which is 1Si4 by ~ feet in
size. has been modernized, like most Of the
apartments. \ room which is now billiard
room. hack of the reception room, once served
l. an office. Opposite this broad stair
case. of the features of the building, leads
to the second story. which contains nine rooms.
On this floor there is also a beautiful hallway,
- feet wide. The ceilings are 9 feet high. The
cid Kitchen has been torn away, ana IN US place
a kitchen story high. - by II feet in
Fze has been erected in the rear of the main
building.
The value Of this property said Edward
Haganlan Hall, becomes more apparent 10 the
New Yorker when he recalls what he has lost
that associated with Washingtor's life on
Manhattan island. In 1116 before the battle
u Long Island Washington made his head
quarters at No l Broadway. That is gone,
Implanted by towering office building. After
the battle of Long Island Washington the
central figure in dramatic picture when the
British landed Kip's BAY and when he
dashed his hat to the ground. sWore vchemcntly
tnd tried 10y every means. moral and physical,
his command to restrain the frightened and
fleeing Continentals. This spot is covered
with the hruwnStone fronts 90 Murray Hin.
Soon after came the battle Of Harlem Heights.
rrrSonally conducted hy Washington. This bat
iefed. on which the brave knowIton and
others fen. has been occupied 10y Columbia Cn-
Nersity 81. Lukrs Hospital tn" Cathcdra! II -.
John the Divine, Grants tomb. The ,Iaremont
Hotel and fashionable residences. Barnard Col
lego standing in the midst II what vas the
i.mous bloody buckw heat field Two months
liter came the battle ana massacre Of For;
Washington a tragedy which Washington help
i,ss T. avert. witnessed with strc"mirg eyes.
Hardly recognizable vcstgc Of this fort is lcIt
ana that can only be identified by Tho anti
iuarian and comparatively f-w neghhors.
After seven years forcihlo banishment from
danhattan Island the Americans rcturLci in
iiuinph IN lIS% ana Washington. standing on
;.r old Fort George. at Bowling Green. watched
lac triumphal procession as it passed in review,
'iA old fort mas gone. and after q succession Of
buildings the site is now hcng cXcaVatcd for
tie Custom House whcrr SOM, cannon balls
= ere dug up only few DAYS ago. IN December
'f that year Washington badc farewell To- his
rfii' rs in Fraunces Tavern. in a pathetic scene
which has been made the subject Of many "A
ih'turc ami chapter of history And what OF
hat building? 1t has been muti:ttcG ar hi
i"cturally and dcbascd to tho USES ~ Il common
:dphouSe
Then. in the course of time. Washington was
c't"d President, ana inauguratcd in the
cid Federal HuIdng. 1T Wall and Nassau sts.
Where is that? Gone. and supplant"d 10y the
:'ub-Trcasury building. While living here as the
first President, his executive mansion was at
No. OF : Cheity-st. What has become of that
Gone too. Gone. gene. or going. the record
uf them an
FRDfh COiTS AT IRINfH UEUHINGS