The National tribune., 1911-01-05
4 PALACE HOME.
Ex-senator Clark 10 BE Housed Better
Than Most Kings.


Former Senator VIM. A. Clark, of
Montana, will move into his wondrous
| mansion of marble, stone and bronze
at Fifth avenue and nth street, New
| York City, some time this month. The
! palace, for it can be called nothing else.
has cost up to date more than $1,000
900, about half what the National Cap
| itol Building has cost to date.
Mrs. Clark and their two children,
Andree, seven years old, and Huguette,
! four wears old, will leave Paris in few
days to be present at the house warm
ing.
Senator Clark's residence has been
under construction for nearly eight
years, and it is said to be the costliest
American home ever constructed. The
mansion is placed on the tax books this
year at a taxable valuation of s3,500,-
600. The annual taxes on the massive
structure will be 100000 n year. OF
nearly s200 day. Furnishings and
decorations have been procured for the
dollars. and practically ALI of these have
been installed.
Among the decorations are FOrtuny's s
| The Choice of Model which cost
Senator Clark $4,000, and tapestries
worth hundreds of thousands of dol
lars Some of these once belonged to
the consort of Queen Isabella ii. of
Spain, having cost 100000. Antique
Persian and Chinese rugs were obtained
by Senator Clark for $3.50. 900. Many
of these, it Is said. were made in the
18th and 18th centuries by Persians for
the Italian nobility. -, -s
Thomas w. Lawson. OF Boston. once
referred TO this mansion, which con-
tains 121 rooms, as the biggest bull
liest and brassiest of all American cas-
ties" No building in the world. ac-
corling to experts who have inspected
he interior carries 50 much bronze as
has been worked into this mansion. The
grand staircase is one of bronze, and
its bronze entrance doors. cast solid,
are numerous. The conservatory that
projects on the 77th street side of the
home contains 100000 pounds of metal
Even the door locks and heat radiator
gratings in the wall have been wrought
Of bronze.
Altho the highcst-priccd architects
and decorators in the country were en-
ployeG by the owner OF this modern
palace. Senator Clark himself designed
much of the interior as well rs exterior
OF the manson. He often could not
agree with the pans Of the experts.
ana figured out his own designs.
Adjoining Senator Clark's bedroom
is library taken from a French cha
/ teau. Tac ceiling and woodwork are
OF carved mahogany, and the caryer's
signature hears the date Of 1889. Mrs
| Clark's suite is one of the most heauti-
ful in tho house. 1t overlooks Central
Park, and was designed by Senator
Clark himself Her parlor IS in panels
sat:nwood, from Cey!on, yellowish
white. with luster, exqusitely carved
with flowers in the style made popular
by Louis XVI The boudo:r is in birds
eye maple. with satinwood carved pan
els. the breakfast room and reception
room of the suite are in plain nahcg
any paneiius. while Tic bedroom is in
Circassian walnut. carved.
For the Cfincse- room, which will be
used for loun1ing and for dinners 10
Oriental guests, Senator Clark has re-
produced rCor, OF the Imperial Pal
ace in Peking. The decorations of the
interior are of five styles. Louis XIV,
Louis XIV. Louis XVI predominating,
giving Il buoyant piGu3nCy of effect.
| The billiard room is Gothic. The most
elaborate room is the dining room.
In the mansion there will be 3 / baths;
one of the largest pipe organs in the
world. which was installed at n cost Of
100000: s2,000,0 900 worth of pictures;
100000 worth of rugs. 800 tons Of
copper and bronze and four picture
galleries.
Among the sculptors who did the
bronze decorations for Senator Clark
were ST. Gaudens. Paul Bartlett, d. c.
French, George Gray Barnard. J. Q. A.
Ward, r. Hinton Perry and Alice Coop
cr. Hundreds of artists and skilled
workmen have toiled for eight years in
arranging this modern palace just as
Senator CLARK desired it should be ar
ranged.