Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-02-01

court at lockwood, one OF
the most beautiful historic mansions
In America princess Alice the
presidents daughter, when she weds
Nicholas Longworth will become mis-
tress OF the grand old mansion, with
It's treasures OF art, that stands on
the hills overlooking the ohio river nj
Cincinnati, .as well as OF the beautiful
Iongworth home In Washington ana
the cottage at Bar Harbor.
"But the home" OF all the Long
worths is Roolswood No matter what
grand palaces they may build or cot
tages they may rear by the seaside,
Lockwood" the grem estate at Gin
cinnatl, will be home"
For there generations the great,
rambling gray structure has been the
center of Cincinnati society, and Mrs
Nick Longworth will hold social sway
over the city as the women OF the
Iongworth family have from the be-
ginning when the first Nicholas
brought riches and laid the foundation
of the Longworth fortune, which now
ia estimated at scores of millions OF
dollars
''Rookwood"--th home--is one OF
the most interesting as well as one OF
tho most beautiful houses In the coun
try, and Its chief beauty Hes not IN
It's IVY covered walls, Its quaint
old English style of architecture but
In Its location or In the manner in
which II blends with the grandeur OF
Its surroundings
Winding its way along the bluff
overlooking the majestic sweep of the
Ohio river, giving gllmpses Of the
giant palisades on the Kentucky side
of the river, crossing sheer precpices
and winding down into the wooded ra-
vines that cut great gashes In the
hills, goes the Grandin road, Cincinna-
It's most beautiful boulevard,
Long ago, In the days before Clifton
was discovered by wealthy Clnclnna'
tians when Avondale was hamlet,
the social leaders OF the city built
their homes along the Grandlln road,
browning the Hill tops with beautiful
homes. And, far out, near the eastern
end OF the great boulevard, Joseph
Longworth built the homestead which
now Ia the property Of Congressman
Nicholas LonEworth, whose bride Alice
Roosevelt is It. be.
And there the Longworth women
have ruled society. There Mrs Bel
lamy Storer who was Joseph Long
worth's daughter, lived until she be
came the bride Of the lawyerdlplomat
Then, In her stead, Mrs Nicholas
Longworth. mother OF Congressman
1Iongworth. held sway until her daugh.
tors, Clara and Nan, became the social
leaders, and when Nan" married
Bucllner Walllngrord and her sister
became the bride OF count de Cham.
hrun. who Is now one of Frances rep,
rosentatlves at Washington Mrs
Longworth continued her dutos ms
the recognized loader of Cincinnati's
400, which numbers about sixty, nc.
cordlng to her invitation list
Modelled on English Country Home.
lockwood stands almost In the cen.
ter Of extensive heavily wooded hilly
grounds The house Is massive In
construction, the style of architecture
being adapted from an old English
country home, II rambles over
great space of ground being but two
stories high, with heavy square
tower. The house faces east with
the conscrVatories and greenhouse eN-
tending FAR back towards the big
stables
II is Of brick and stone and now Is
gray with age, and Its wide porches
and portlcos are heavily draped In ivy
The windows are deep set and Wide,
AZ the front Is n porch extending nj,
most the width OF the house itself, and
the great double doors at the en-
trance open into n wide hallway with
huge, high ceilinged parlors ut either
side The stairs ascend directly from
the hallway to the second floor and
along the walls hang the portraits of
the Longworths done in oil by famous
painters Nicholas. Joseph, Nicholas.
and Nicholas, the four generations
that have helped make Cincinnati,
But the real treasures of Lockwood
are beyond the parlors, reception
rooms and lihraries-in the great gal.
leries that form the wing of the house,
These we're specially constructed by
Joseph Longworth to hold the art
treasures of the family and the fam.
Gus paintings that he collected, and
since his time other members Of the
family have added 10 the collection,
now one Of the greatest private col
lectons in America. In three Things
have the Longworths heen noteN-in
the law, in art. and In society,
The galleries are practically separat'
ed from the house itself, and are Tight.
ed from the roof In them are the