Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-13
THE kL1NGLE MANSION. ~L1NNEAN HILL.

traces of the old ford. which before the
building of bridge was Kllngle ford. A
great many horseback riders passing be-
tween the Zoo grounds and Rock Greek
Park ford the stream now, passing under
instead of across the bridge. Klingle
road continues west for about a hundred
yards. with wide open lands on the right.
and then enters one of the picturesque
ravines or wales of the region of Wash
ington.
On the left is a stream with a bed of
powders. and On the left of that rises a
hill on which the timber is mainly beech.
the north side of the trees green with
moss and mold, and the ground ankle
deep with the gray-brown beech leaves
that last summer were green. Between
the road and the stream is a fve-foot
fence of mesh wire topped with two
strands Of barbed wire. inclosing part of
right. and on the top of this hill is the
fine stone house of D. J. Kaufman, r
house that commands a wide view and
which itself may be seen for miles. Out
OF the dry leaves that thickly cover the
hill slopes on both sides of the road grow
clumps Of laurel. evergreen and some
masses of green ferns Klingle road
passes under a tall bridge. over which
connecticut avenue leads. and then leads
on to the west. There is a very steep
turmoil from the road which leads up
into Cleveland Park.
r.
AS you cross Rock creek on the
klingle Road bridge on a high hill to
the north about FIVE hundred. yards
away you will note a great gray stone
house marked by many of the signs of
age. Winding gently up that hill is a
road between two lines of as fine
specimens Of sugar naples as grow
n he Sfric oS Co1
that road and come close to the house
and you will see that it's walls are
partly covered with English ivy and
that in the grounds directly about the
house are several varieties of spruce,
maple mrs. arbor vitae and American
holly. From the top of the hill lead
ing to the north are a footpath and a
horse trail. and these will bring you to
the foot of the hill at the lower end of
the meadow south of Pierce mill. At
the southeast corner of the meadow is
clump of giant sweet shrub bushes
These are growing by the side of the
horsepath near where that path, after
passing down the hill crosses a small
stream which flows east through a
deep. timber-grown gorge The bushes
are a few yards to the left Of the foot
path. which after leading down the hill
crosses the stream mentioned on a
little wooden bridge.
In spring and summer that part of the
meadow is perfumed by the shrubs, and
one wonders why these plants with
wild surroundings and far from any
habitation happen to be growing there.
On the east side of the meadow and
close to the creek is a small grove Of
old and magnificent purple-leaf beech
trees Rustic benches have been set
under the shade Of these trees and a
great many persons find rest there. It
may seem strange to you that these
trees are growing there. because you
must observe that from their age they
were old trees when Rock Creek Park
was established. The mystery will be
unraveled when you come to know the
story of the great gray stone house
amid the various forms of spruce box
and holly that stands on the hill
Everybody calls it now the Klingle
mansion. and. of course, Klingle ford
and Klingle road take their names from
the family which owned the estate, but
that is a small part Of the story 1t
was long the home of Joshua Pierce. or