The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-25
Modern Palaces in New York

New York, Feb. 25.-During the
newt year or two more than 100000
600 worth of palaces will be erected
on upper Fifth avenue facing Central
Park in what is now called "The Bill
lionaire Row" Henry c. Frick, who
now lives in the former residence OF
the late William II. Vanderbilt, has
purchased the Old Lennox library,
which is one of the landmarks O.
New York, and is having plans made
for a s5,00O,0O0 mansion to be built
upon the site that will compare with
those OF Andrew Carnegie, Henry
Phipps and Senator Clark, which are
in the same neighborhood and cost
very nearly that sum of money. Sen
ator Clark's pretentious palace cost
100000
william E. Corey. another of the
Carnegie partners, who is now presi-
dent of the steel trust, recently paid
100000 for lot opposite Mr. Car
negies and win build there a $4,000
900 home for his future bride, Miss
Mabelle Gilman. the variety actress.
You will remember that Mrs. Corey
recently obtained a divorce in Neva-
da and got $1,OOO,OOO alimony.
William B. Leeds. formerly of
Chicago and the Rock Island Railway
syndicate, mas plans for s2,OO0,0O0
palace at the corner of Eighty-ninth
street, two blocks from Mr.. Carnegie.
William Starr Miller has plans for
100000 house at Eighty-sxth
street, General Lloyd Bryce. who
married a granddaughter of Peter
Cooper, wiz build at Eignty-third
street; Benjamin Guggenheim. of the
remarkable smelter family, one of
the seven millionaire brothers of that
name, will build 100000 house
at Seventy-sixth street; Edward
Hardness OF the Standard Oil Com
pany will occupy one corner of Sew
enty-fifth street. and Miss Grace
Rainey,. daughter of the late w. G.
Rainey of Cleveland, sometimes called
1.-THE coke king" viii occupy the
other corner Both of these charm
ing people paid in the neighborhood
OF 100000 for their lots. Howard
Gould or rather his wife, from whom
he is separated at present, has plans
for a $1,OOO,0OO house at the cor
ner of Seventy-third street; James
Stlllman Of the National City Bank
will occupy the corner or Seventy
second street; s. Barton French, who
married daughter OF Walker Fearn,
commissioner of foreign affairs at the
Columbian exposition, will spend
81, 100000 to furnish her shelter at
the corner of seyenty-first street,
and quite a number or other gentle
men of means are also in consulta-
ton with their architects for similar
reasons
When these houses ure completed
that part of Fifth avenue which faces
Central Park will be practically oc~
cupied. Only ore or two inside lots
will be left All the corners are now
owned by the gentlemen | nave NAM
ed, and by others who already have
been living there for some years.
Then Fifth avenue from Fiftieth To
Ninety-flfth street will snow the most
costly, although they may not be the
most beautiful, human habitations in
the world 1t will be the Piccadilly
of New York, and will resemble thai
most famous OF London streets.
They viii not be so interesting as
those which line the park front OF
Piccadllly, where the Duke of Wei
lling,on, the Duke of Devonshire, the
Marquis OF Northampton. the Marquis
OF Queensberry the Earl OF cadogan,
Baron Rothschild. the late Baroness