The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-29

that part of the residential section
which lies on the projection of the
street far out into the unseen
suburbs.
] have been in many cities, large
and small, but in not one in any state
in the Union, of even twice the popu-
lation of Tallahassee, have / seen
more homes of pleasant and inviting
aspect than here. They are not ex-
ceptional or sporadic; they are the
prevailing type, and they are here
by hundreds. Monroe and Calhoun
streets are especially noteworthy in
this respect. For mile or more
both are lined with lovely residences
set amid green lawns and terraces,
with ample spaces all around gar
nished with many Mowers. Noble old
trees in symmetrical profusion stand
in stately procession along these ave-
nues and seem to carry in their mas
sive and majestic bows and far
spreading branches the solemn con-
seriousness of thousand years of
Life. Splendid trees like these adorn
all the residential section, and with
the white walls of the homes they
shelter cleaning through their foli-
age, the effect is very pleasant and
generates a high respect for the
people and their traditions.
The architecture of residential
Tallahassee is of delightful diversity,
and outside of certain negligible
quarters in the suburbs there is not
an ugly or unpleasing home in the
town all the way down the line from
the stately mansions of the rich to
the modest and simple little struc-
lures, gray with age, that mark the
Tallahassee of olden times. The
touch of good taste is on them all,
and the hallmarks of breeding and
refpement are everywhere in evil
dence. :
Some of these homes are very old
and of romantic and historic interest
to the visitor who cares for the past
and has vision enough to people
! them with the men and women of
| another day long dead and gone,
| such home is that of Richard K.
Call, famous pioneer governor of
Florida when it was territory. It's
colonial architecture is impressive
even now, and in its forested grounds
where the traces still remain of the
care and culture and art that made
them beautiful according to the
1 standards of those times, the rare
old house looks weary and sad with
I age and seems like the hollow-eyed
, specter of some ancient and long
deposed aristocrat in architecture
; locking with reproachful gaze upor
world of which it is no 1onger q
J vital part, within those old walls
lived the sweet maiden who inspired
j Maurice Thompson's romantic little
, book, "a Tallahassee Girl" and il
its parlors there was doubtless many
q gathering of the statesmen anc
J soldiers of early Florida to confer
! and counsel over issues as remots
j and different from those which be
| set US now as an Indian warhooI
? from the squawk Of an automobil,
; horn.
! Another Tallahassee home of equa
{ If not greater historic interest is th'
/ weather-worn little old house in ;
1 remote suburb of the city wher'
: Prince Murat, son of the King O
c Naples, and nephew of the great Ma
: poleon, lived after his exile from
France and where he died. It is ;
s pathetic place to look upon in it
e neglected environment of bramblel
!, and weeds, and the more so becaus
n CT the faint suggestion of Frencl
!, grace in its architecture impaired t
/, it by the exiled prince with such in
f adequate material as could be ha