Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-07-05

rear and are psnsioned whsA tAey
grow old. on the NTH Aoor are The
guest suites. They are spdcf0uS. com
Portable rooms. There win be three
Of them on this hoor. each OF course
with IT. bath and dressing room. When
1t il considered that the total door
area Of the average six-room apart.
ment IL about 1900 square feet and
that the area Of one door in this big
Rockefeller house II about 1000
square feet. 1t Is not hard to get an
idea Of how large the rooms are whom
there are but three to the floor.
Entire Floor for Children.
The children's rooms*are on the
floor below. This entire door Il
their house." Here they will eat and
sleep and play and study. No one
will bother them and they will bother
mo- one. There are four children, Bah
cite. who IL now nine years old: John
D., I'd, aged six; Nelson Aldrich. aged
four manned after his grandfather, the
senator from Rhode Island). and a
baby son who was born in 1910.
On the third floor are Mr. and Mrs.
Rockefeller's rooms and the library
three rooms In all. On the second
floor are the drawing room, the music
room and the dining room. The
ground floor 10 taken up BY the main
hall, the reception room and the lover
sweep Of the grand staircase. This
stairway. which as 1t rises becomes
spiral, is Of Caen stone. 1t goes to
the top of the house, but, Of course.
Is smaller the higher 1t ascends. There
are two elevators, one for the serv-
ants and for freight and the other for
the rest of the household. In the base
ment are the kitchens, and In the sub
basement 10 the plant Of machinery
for heating. water circulation. etc. All
in all the house Is az completely
equipped with every possible device
for comfort as the most modern and
expensive apartment hotel. The in
terror walls are as plain az those out
side. The only decorations are In the
molding of the plaster. and these are
as simple, yet as beautiful as their
simplicity, as the rest Of the structure.
Everything is severely plain, but In .
way that Is extremely expensive.
House Built to Last.
That young John d. has planned to
make this his home as long AZ he lives
and later the home for his children
and their children as well, is evidenced
in many ways. The house Is built -
strongly as steel and stone can be
combined, and should last for CEN
turtles. So that undesirable neighbors
will not encroach. John D.. Jr., re-
Gently has bought the properties at
Is, 10 and 30 West Fffty-third street,
in the rear Of his new house. He has
torn down two Of the houses at Fifty
third street SO as to give his own
house q southern exposure, and will
have the grounds laid out in gardens
in connection with those that are
about his house, and that Of his father.
It il said he probably will continue
purchasing property in the neighbor-
hood, so that in time he absolutely
will control. by ownership. the block
where he lives and the block that his
house faces. Though this will require
good deal Of money--lapA there is
worth $4,000 or $4,000 front foot, or
whatever one cares to pay-the invest
ment is not likely to prove losing
one, for where the Rockefellers live
is one Of the creamiest residential Sec
lions in New York city.