Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1913 — OLD MANTEL FOR JOHN D., JR. [ARTICLE]

OLD MANTEL FOR JOHN D., JR.

Son of Magnate to Have One a Hundred Years Old In Hallway of His Mansion. New York. —A century old marble mantelpiece from one of the oldest colonial houses still standing in New York city is to be the feature of the entrance hall in the mansion which John D. Rockefeller, Jr), is building on West Fifty-fourth street. The mantel is of French workmanship and was brought to America by the Schermerhorns, a noted New York family, to adorn their home overlooking the East river, near where the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research now stands. The house was later bought by Dewitt Clinton, then governor of New York state, and has been used as a day nursery since the Rockefellers acquired the property.