. Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. . ?->•; fiT I^IIIII; m^iMi. ii f iff Pear/ rVtrccf, .Vew7fir/i. B n,,b,nuin., Liih. 31 fark Sew. 331 THE WALTON HOUSE, Pearl-street, New-York.[Taken from Volume IX. of the New-York Mirror.} What citizen or stranger has ever passed through Franklin Square, in thiscity, without gazing with interest on an antiquated, large, three-story edifice,built in the English baronial style of the last century? It is called the Walton House, because it was erected by an aristocratical Englishmanof that name, nearly a century ago, and ha
. Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. . ?->•; fiT I^IIIII; m^iMi. ii f iff Pear/ rVtrccf, .Vew7fir/i. B n,,b,nuin., Liih. 31 fark Sew. 331 THE WALTON HOUSE, Pearl-street, New-York.[Taken from Volume IX. of the New-York Mirror.} What citizen or stranger has ever passed through Franklin Square, in thiscity, without gazing with interest on an antiquated, large, three-story edifice,built in the English baronial style of the last century? It is called the Walton House, because it was erected by an aristocratical Englishmanof that name, nearly a century ago, and has ever since remained in thefiimily. The entrance hall is in the centre of the building, with large, old-fashioned parlors and drawing-rooms on each side. The portal is in fineiceeping with the style of architecture, which then distinguished the Englishpatrician from the plebeians. The portico is supported by two fluted columns,and surm.)wnted with the armorial bearings of the Walton family richlycarved and ornamented; but, like all insignia of nobility on this side theAtlantic, somewhat the wor
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