A MILLIONAIRE'S PALACE.
BUILT AT, A COST OF ,£1,«0,000. . inWnroni Fifth Avenue palace in New York of ex-United States Senator W. A. .Clark, .the finest.private residence in the United States, is now ready'for occupancy, after having taken seven years to construct at ocoet.bf £1,400,000'. *■ ■: '.' v ■ Mr. ;• Clark,-. who 'owns some of .'the richest mines in the West, and' who is many tunes a millionaire, with an income of .£2,500,000 a yeai, or nearly £7000 a day, will move into the : house with his family after he has given; up, his present resi-dence-in: Paris... •.., .■.,■■•■-.■.-. •-•,•;
■■•; The 'house is at..the corner of Seventyseventh -Street and Fifth Avenue; overlooking .Central Park.;'lt isseven etories high, •• and: contains 121 rooms; including 30. bathrooms, a Turkish bath, swimming pool, picture gallery, / theatre,.' statuary nail, ballroom,: conservatory,' and' ioof garden.,. o .'.,.,- >v;;\7 .;.;:. v >,-: ,u ■.;:-.-.
■-, There are £m,m worth ■of .paintinge' m.the picture gaUery, and £200,000 wora of. rugs .are. ecattered abont.the. house. 'An unusual of ;the residence' is an. enonnons quantity-of bronzes,..used'.for decorative.- purposes,: inside and outside the structure. : : : ■ ■;'.. .','•':..'. .;;:-;
.-.Magnificent tapestries and•■' beautiful marble 3 abound on all, the floors.' -The furniture is of Louis XIV, XV, XVT,:and Empire styles.;; Experts searched • from one end of France to , the other to ob■tain pieoes.r The-Empire , 'ceiling of an! old. chateau ,: was-,{brought .'.from Prance : for 'one. of .the; rooms.iof. the ■house. -:- ■-.•.'•■■■.,'•"• : -' > ■ : '-' , - \ ■■■ ■'.;.;■:'■
•■■' The most: striking..feature of the mansion/is a' lofty granite tower; edrmonnted by an open: loggia, 163 ft. above..tae...eidV ■walk, , from' which a, splendid view canbe obtained of thewateri abbot' New York.-: Beneath.' the lower of the : tower: is the conservatory,' uhich: projects over the street, i' ; ;W: ■ -I;.••-..- ■: V-.v-, ■; ■ ■'.■■•.■';.-r--'. .-.;■;.■..
;■ The. publioirilT,beadmitted' week to the: house,' ae if it were a Royal palace, '■'. for the'."purpose 1 : of ■ Viewing '.Mr. Cla'rk'e fine >art collections. :*.*■%:■ '.■.:■■.'/.<
v The. mistress of. the houseywas married to. Mr. Clark in '1905.; ■ She. was. Miss ■ Adala ChapeUe, 1 : daughter a : Canadiafi' doctor;. who> was >n "'intimate, friend.of •Hγ.": Clark: <When the doctor died ; ho was. not 'wealthy, and ■ ho:-left hia young, daughter-in.Y-.Mr'. Clark's' oare :as :her; guardian.:;■'. V
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 12
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342A MILLIONAIRE'S PALACE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 12
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