CLARK’S FOLLY

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 April 1927, Page 2

CLARK’S FOLLY

COPPER KING’S HOME SOLD.

The palatial but eccentric new York home of the late Senator William Clark, the ‘Montana copper king,’ which he had built 25 years ago at a cost of about £1,500,000, was sold recently for little more than the value of the ground upon which it stands, reports the New York correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” (London). The house is a huge, granite structure, containing 120 rooms, four art galleries, a swimming pool, and a theatre, and was known here as “Clark’s Folly.” For its construction materials were obtained from all corners of the earth. In building his mansion Mr Clark bought a quarry in New Hampshire, and later he purchased a bronze company, with 200 employees, to manufacture the fixtures for, his home. The oak for the main dining-room came from Sherwood Forest, and some of the ceilings had been taken from a French chateau. The great mansion has been for sale since Mr Clark’s death two years ago. No purchaser could be found except at scrap prices. It will be demolished immediately, and a great, luxurious apartment house will be erected on the site, each room of which will sell for £4OOO.