. The story of Cooperstown . namewas given to Mount Wellington by the builder ofHyde Hall, in honor of his famous classmate atEton, in England. When this mountain is viewedfrom Cooperstown the aptness of the morefamiliar, descriptive term—the Sleeping Lion—becomes evident. In spite of its distance from thevillage, Hyde Hall has its place not only in theview but in the story of Cooperstown, for itsproprietors have been closely associated with thelife at the southern end of the lake. The grounds of Hyde Hall lie toward the headof Otsego, on the eastern side, where Hyde Bayincreases the width of
. The story of Cooperstown . namewas given to Mount Wellington by the builder ofHyde Hall, in honor of his famous classmate atEton, in England. When this mountain is viewedfrom Cooperstown the aptness of the morefamiliar, descriptive term—the Sleeping Lion—becomes evident. In spite of its distance from thevillage, Hyde Hall has its place not only in theview but in the story of Cooperstown, for itsproprietors have been closely associated with thelife at the southern end of the lake. The grounds of Hyde Hall lie toward the headof Otsego, on the eastern side, where Hyde Bayincreases the width of the lake by a generoussweep of rounded shore. Into this bay from theeast flows Shadow Brook, the most picturesquestream of water in the region, whose pellucid cur-rent reflects clear Images of foliage and sky, and SOLID SURVIVALS 233 offers a favorite resort, in shaded nooks, to thedrifting canoes of lovers. In a clearing of thewoods farther northward along the shore, andat a good elevation, stands Hyde Hall, facing the. J. W. Tucker Shadow Brook southeast across the bay. It is massively con-structed of large blocks of stone, and seems de-signed for a race of giants. The main part ofthe house, completed in 1815, is two stories high>in the colonial style, and over two hundred feetin length. In 1832 the facade was added, in theEmpire style, with two splendid rooms on either 234 THE STORY OF COOPERSTOWN side of a large entrance hall. The doorways andwindows, as well as the chambers into which theyopen, are planned on a big scale. Solidity of con-struction appears throughout the building, whereeven the partition walls are of brick or stone. Themasons, carpenters, and mechanics who built HydeHall lived on the premises while the house wasunder construction. They quarried and cut thestone from adjacent beds of local limestone; theyburnt the brick from clay found at the foot of thehill; they cut the timber in the neighboring forest,and manufactured all the windows, doors, andpan
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