Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-02-01
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works of many American artists, bu
the gems Of the collection are German
and Dutch, and these pictures were
purchased by Jiseph Longworth. The
most famous works of Achenbacf
hang IN one group there are two Var
Dycks, some Whistler portraits, q
Rembrandt, but the most noted paint
Ing is the "Old Age and Childhood by
Knaus of Dusseldorf.
The collection Of ceramics, which
was made chiefly by Mrs. Storer, Il
admittedly the best private collection
in the United States, and possibly In
the world One entire room Is devot
ed to them.
Tho great beauty - .ne estate, how
ever, Is In the extensive grounds. The
Longworths always have been great
lovers OF flowers, and the original
Nicholas, one of the qualntest and
most eccentric mllionaires Of the Uni
ted States, was the pioneer Of ilori
culture in the west. The descendants
Of rare roses that he brought west In
tho early days OF Cincinnati and rear
cd In his gardens around his house In
the heart Of the city now bloom III
the big greenhouses behind the Rock
wood house
The trees around Rookwood stand
as In tho original forest, and from d
distance the estate appears like an I'M
broken forest. The bceches and elms
and oaks stand rs they did when the
white men first came TO build Block
house on the hillside to the west. The
carriage way, winding through val
leys ami over hills, runs back from
the Grandln road, through n grove Of
elms and oaks to the clearing where
the house stands among It's greencr
les and gardens
River Through the Trees.
The beauty of the situation Of the
home Is great, Through the trees
that cover the entire estate except
where spaces have been cleared fol
lawns or gardens, houses, or The
stables, one can catch glimpse of the
bluff, below which the majestic river
starts its Wide semI-clrcular sweof
that carries IT. half around the city
Across the river are the sheer, wood
crested palisades OF the Kentucky
side crowned near the top by fort.
Towards the city rise the hills. and
on one of them Is the pottery where
some of the finest ceramic work in the
worl Is done NoThward, or to the
northeast the hills begin to drop away
towards another river that flows into
the Ohio there, and the view from the
house In that direction IL one of the
prandest of all.
Exteriorly the mansion has been
left unchanged, although the interior
has been moderni2ed. and many OK.
tensions made to the conservatoriea
and the greenhouses,
lust now, however, lockwood is be
ing overhaued to receive It's new mis-,
tress and In preparation for the gave
ties that will follow the home coming
No changes are being made, for, to
the Longworths, any remodelng Of
lockwood would be deseclaton, but
the living rooms are being redccorat.
cd, and separate suite prepared for
the bride
The great music room with It's
treasures of art Is being frightened
and the entire mansion overhauled
and made gayer for the coming of the
bride, for whom the new mistress
comes to Rookwood new era in Gin.
clnnati society will open.
There will he fctes ana festivities
moro brilliant perhaps, than the old
homo has ever known. and, besides
Lockwood again will have political
Significance,
Women Bring Social Renown.
The Longworth men all have won
fame to some extent ny their own
merits independent of their wealth
for they have done things and and
made reputation at the law But the
social renown of the family mas de
pended upon the women. From the
time of Nicholas the first they have
married brilliant and beautiful women
and the daughters have mated bril-
lsantlS. They are related TO almost
all the "old" families Of Cincinnati, $,
Miss Roosevelt will find host q
cousins when she becomes mistress
Of Rookwood,
She has visited the old home anC
expressed herself as delighted wit,
Il and charmed with the cousins" I,
be For the family In intermarrie,
with kentuckians and in Kentuck,
they count cousins even to the tcntl
generation,
Miss Roosevelt when she visitet
Cincinnati was the guest Of Mrs
luck" Wallingford, who Is Congress