The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-20
OFDiRNlPARIE HOUSE
Curious, but Historic Dwelling
in Philadelphia
AT $50 SOUTH NINTH
Was Built by Captain Meany
in The Early Seventies
AT 26O SOUTH NINTH


scbool- Il must be an institution Of som
sort. at least IL must have history; and
indeed. on South Ninth street almost ev-
cry mimi te Of the day it happens thai
someone stops 70 look at this old house
sad TO inq uire into its age and its story
p is the Neany house. the Price house
Ire Barnap arte house or the Potter house
for bv ali those names is II known in
iocsI annals Captain John Meany built
# standber Price Bought il. Joseph
Rarn7l ,artet rented it. The Potters for
al,,esr a Ia undred years have lived and
died i'm II And within it is one Of the
most bes Utii'uI and stately dwellings, in
Philadelphia
Captain NE any built it at some uncer-
tain time ~. the eighteenth century, and
the reason Vhy he arranged it with its
front on The side was that he thought it
woul6 eventu ally front on Spruce street.
Tor spruce ST rect had not yet been cut
ihrough. and The captain believed he
i.nav Just whe = il was 20 come. The
events. however showed his mistake,
ana left the hou s. odl-lookinS, with its
unlrsnce and it's main windows ard its
transformations at. the side. where they
uau3er5 leu 9rsuM moguI u5A5 lou pInoqs.
faoir auainrness - style would have
sron them the al probation that they
merit.
CAPTAIN Naany MS retired trader
81 ne rich commo 3ities of the Indies.
aud BE imported al che material for his
new residence id 7 usIand. The beau
tifui doors o. mahog any. The bricks and
dhe other finer materis is Of building came
lither in ships. and in such great quaint
ties did they come Ii al after the house
vas finished there was q tremendous
sarnIus OF them left. The surplus Cap
Rain Meany, being ch All table. gave to
The poor
Tie lived sumpmously on South Ninth
street. but in his old g. be died poor.
Ills widow then. left quite destitute
moved into a garnet, IN : supported her
self until her death by sizirt-making.
Chandler Price the hes of an old and
distinguished Philadelphia family. bought
Inc house. and il was from him that
Joseph BonapaTte rented 1t during his
yesr Of residence in this. city. it was
renovated for the occupar cy of the Comte
de Survilliers. as Bonap;rte was called
and it looked then. indeed much as it
looks today. The paper Of The parlor
and the French cartoons of the dining
room are stm there. and the Bonaparte
sideboard Of mahogany is still thre also
Joseph Barnanarte was tan and hand
some. His manner was particularly en-
gaging. He had been king OF Naples,
and King OF Spain. but in each of these
high posts he had been but the mouth
piece Of his brother Napoleon. and his
subjects understanding this had despised
linn openly. After Napoleon's downfall
Joseph had an interview with him on the
Isle n Alike and had offered. with charac-
teristic unselfshness. 20 surrender to the
after his own means of escape. The offer.
however. WAS refused, and Joseph sailed
then for America-
The par,or OF ne house that during his
Residence i'm this city. he rented from
Chandler Price was very lofty room
Of hne proportions. lis furniture was of
mahogany. and mahogany was the fur
niruro OF tha dining room as well
The dining room was 35xz5 feet in size. /
is windows which were an upon one
side. extended 10 the floor. and gave. in /
those days a charming garden view |
On the walls. by way of paper. were the /
French cartoons that Colin Campbell
Cooper. the artist. had frequently ad- /
mircd. The cartoons are huge panels.
Fet in gilt frames. and IN some nine or J
Ten pictures they tel the story of Cupid 1
and Pysche. They are admira bly, done /
g. white and black one picture is of /
Psrche. abandoned by her royal parents /
on the mountains. Another is OF her in /
tito beautiful ho Use 10 which the enamor-
"a love eo'i fFGughi her A. third /