PATRONAGE & PLUMS, No. 398 HENRY ST (1895)
********************************************************************************************************************************Brownstone Detectives investigates the history of our clients’ homes.The story you are about to read was composed from research conducted in the course of one of those investigations.Do you know the history of YOUR house?******************************************************************************************************************************** “The house is a three-story and basement structure. As it is now, the basement is transformed into a pool and billiard room, and from the cellar to the roof the premises are heated. The parlor, of course, comprise the second floor. There is an expanse of Brussels carpet which covers the entire space; in the rear parlor is a business desk, and in the front of it the president’s seat, for the parlors comprise the meeting room of the association and from four to five hundred people can easily be accommodated. Specials chairs are provided when a meeting is to be held, but on other occasions the members are allowed to utilize the furniture for their own comfort. There is not an upholstered chair on this floor which is not an easy one; there is not a lounge or sofa which is not inviting. The walls are papered tastefully, the oil paintings which hand upon them are masterpieces of art and good judgment. The ornamental fireplaces are surmounted with open cabinet work, in the sections of which are enshrined choice bric-a-brac. “Between the front parlor windows hangs the picture of the ward leader, ex-Register James Kane. On the southern wall is the crayon resemblance of Peter Fagan, one of Mr. Kane’s closest friends, and who […]
