Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-04-23
Boles Mountain Mansion.


A. Strom completed his handsome
residence on the apex of BoIe'
mountain, six or eight years ago, il
has been our desire 70 visit him ano
from the cupola of this three-story
mansion feast our eyes upon the
magn. .fcent scenery which stretches
out over portions of three counties
/ for many miles. 1t was the writ
er's pleasure to spend an hour OF
Lwo at MIR. Strom's happy home
Sunday afternoon. One might sup
pose that Mr.. Strom had very 'eX
travagant ideas in erecting seven
teen-room residence. But not SO
By the time the family circle OF ter
is provided for and after their NUM-.
erous visitors are assigned room:
(everyone knows that Mr.. and Mrs
Strom's hospitality has no limit.
there is but little surplus room.
They have eight children, three
boys to throw rocks down the
mountain and FIVE girls 70 pluck
the beautiful flowers that grow al.
most perpetually above the frost
line, the mountain being 800 feet
higher than the surrounding coun.
try. They have one daughter at the
G.. f. e.. and one son at the 5. G. g.
/.
The Boles mountain mansion wa,
artistically planned nd is modern
in all its appointments. Gas lights
have been installed and there is
flowing water throughout the build
ing from we'll that is 200 feei
deep. The arrangement Of the Ell
tire three floors with the long
piazzas, wide halls ard cross halls
is altogether ideal. IN summer tine
perpetual breeZes are as pure and rs
invigoratin9 As those which fan the
parchcd beaches of Coney Island
or the Isle of Palms. Another
thing about the desirability of liv
ing up where the "airships pass in
the night is that you are out OF
the mosquito and gnat zone-anc
the fly does not have to be swat,
ted :.
Ir. Strom has cleared away th>
stones near his residence and here
has his vegetable and flower gar.
dens, besides several green patches
Back some distance to the rear OF
house and somewhat down the side
of the mountain he has left the
mountain in its primeval state, with
the large bouiders intact which
will serve as land mark. The
contrast between this portion and
that which has yielded to the own
er's artistic taste is very marke l.
Side. by-side are the new and the
old, the natural aid the artificial,
the before and after" Improvement.
The scenery on clear day il
beautiful beyond description. A.
far north as Greenwood and az faI
south as Edgeheld can be seen with
out the aid of a field glass. From
the third story We could plainly see
the fields around Huiet's cross
roads two miles east of Edgeheld
The store a. Pleasant Lane and
farm house after farm house in the
surrounding country could be To-
Gated. The large fields Of grain, a
distance OF from three to five miles
away, were especially beautiful.
Down near Limestone Mr.. Strom
has one field of oa:S which contains
about 100 acres. And speaking of
his farms, Mr.. Stron has them by
the scores. His lands extend in one
unbroken stretch nearly nine miles
southeast Of bis home. Upon these
he runs l0S plows. There is no
wander then that he makes every
wear one of the most attractive fea-
lures of the county fair with his
cotton wagon parade quarter of a
mile in length. SO pleasant was
the short stay at the home of Mr..
and Mrs, w. A. Strom that the ed
itor of The Advertiser will never
pass through the Limsstnne com
| munity without ascending Boles
mountain. We do not wonder that
Rev. and Mrs. John Lake spoke so
pleasantly of their visit of two days
last fall TO the home of Mr.. and