PALACE BUILT BY ONE MAN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 41, 13 March 1909, Page 3

PALACE BUILT BY ONE MAN.

The strangest-looking building ever put uy bv man h probably tlie palace which, a French mail-carrier has erected for his own pleasure, "for kii long years," the. owner of thU house is reputed to have .said, "1 treasured in niv Uul a dream which took the form of i, fantastic palace, with grottoes, towels, sculpture, etc., and it was my dream to liuild it myself." Twe-,itv*ix years ago lie- began buildin,, his dream palace, and he has been at it ever .since, until rewnt y,_when stop'ped only because he had (..who. 11 pakce. Every stone that went Into 11 K» picked up Uy Uim«lf;.«»«y stone w« laid by him. The design ceived in hj« own mind as he we "; and was carried out according to ttu extraordinary plan that he had in,■^tl.tth.pal»«^fln S l;t lM felikeapet,^l'^!';';^' lll t ilo s nightmare played a c« am a t.t » "fantastic nondescript • architectural styles an, a" stone creatures which Vf ' ' ~ ttins clil ,si,Vcatio V n a thU stone pha.i.i^V^. iVm Sill . k!l ,,f Wilder nscd no lc\w i cement. 11.,-,-,,1,-111 nas-ages in which nn" l '.* '. ' ( i „ liar ,l. To an.l iinagintf.v inon* «* * - r ~, n„> vcrv centre of the pawn .-> . ,i't of the Whole house.