Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-12
STOTESBURY MANSION
VER|TABI.E SHOW PLACE
Magnificent Palace at Chest
nut Hill a Marvel of Beauty
and Completeness.

The fihe new mansion of Mr.. and
Mrs y. r. Stotesbury at Chestnut
ftll. Philadelphia. which has been
named White Marsh Hall, Is a marvel
81 beauty and completeness Its open
ms ana housewarniug. on Saturday,
a. which reference has already been
made ln Every Evening. was notable
soeial event
n mere statistics be resorted 10 in
speaking Of n subject OF so confusing
srandour. the home covers a space
of Ts 600 square feet and contains las
rooms.
palace" is the proper word TO use
~ describing the place. Il is modelled
largely on the Trianon in Versailles.
which was made famous by a line Of
French monarchs and by the treaty
that was intended 70 conclude the
world war. Many philadelphians be-
'ieve that as a show place the Stotes-
bury paiace will do fully as much as
N'nlrmount Park and the numerous
textile factories, 20 put Philadelphia
permanently on the worlds map. As
something % All the eve and delight
the senses. Independence Hall and the
aud other early Philadelphians are put
very much In the shadow by the
RIVAL residence of the modern finan-
cicr. To say nothing OF the eclipse
suffered by mansions and estates dot
ted about Philadelphia tha; UP 10 now
were considered 70 be quite we'll worth
hooking at
II is dlffcult within a brief space 10
convey a proper conception of the gi-
rHntlc achievement that spread Itself
ssfore the social world. There was
much polite speculation as 10 cost
but no one was quite able 10 fix an
exact total When the palace was
planned IN 1916 Il was intended 10 cost
about 81 600 900. As work progressed
the estimate leaped 70 $4,000. 900. One
nwure reached s6.0000o0. The last
probably IL high however.
That Whitemarsh Hall will remain
many decades a point to which visitors
20 these parts win motor In order TO I'll
their minds with a conception Of th'
iuxurlsnce and distinction that can b,
created by immense wealth when pait
out % a sufficiently skilled army o
artists and artisans is beyond dispute
There are many who. without pause
have begun q speculate on the futur
Of the estate and % phrase the sen
tcnccs that will include IL In the roll o
rhiladelphia's artistic attractions. Tha
history and tradition some day vii
nilnKle their part IN the whispers O
gossip and orations OF appreciation
that instantly were evoked by tn
scene obviously Is certain.
After passing the length Of tn
vsEtihule, a curious person would fin
himself IN a hall slxty-four feet Ion
ev thlrty-fve feet wide. amply com
modious FOR dancing. and extended a
each end OF palm rooms. circular i
dssiwn. about hair as wide in diamete
ss the hall rs long From those 'palr
courts at one end OF the hall is a
entrance 20 a large music room, fur
nirhed with n pipe organ.
On the main floor. beyond the hal
IL a dining room almost eighty fec
Ions and half as wide, and lcggias. liz
ing rooms and other rooms. decorate
with Stucco OF Italian renaissance. tn
walls in soft gray and buff. Their
ere two wings. containing bedroom
and Offices for housekeeper, butler an
other employees.
Mammoth as are The proportions
NE main floor, there are arrangement