Stunned, I started researching the house, asking myself, "You'd remember if you saw that, right? Let's assume that these items were rendered less conspicuous by decorators who Despite admonishments from his parents, James didn't come home. Such was the case on Nov. 16, 1927, at the wedding of the daughter of Richard Beatty Mellon who was the niece of Andrew Mellon and the future mother of Richard Mellon Scaife. And even fewer managed to hold onto their money and influence the way the Mellons have. Nora McMullen Mellon by James Jebusa Shannon, 1910, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives, largest single gift of land ever made to the nation in 1990, The social mirror: a character sketch of the women of Pittsburg and vicinity during the first century of the county's existence. What Pittsburghers do remember about the Mellons are the salacious details. Richard Mellon. His brother, Andrew William Mellon, right, was the US Ambassador to Britain and the US treasury secretary, Matthew Mellon, pictured with his ex-wife British-born Tamara Mellon (left and right). Along with being a successful bank and industrialist, he was a philanthropist like the rest of the Mellon family and deeply invested in his community. 'The Mellon family ranked among the wealthiest and most prominent industrialists in the United States by the time of Judge Mellon's death in 1908. There was an early, disapproved-of marriage and subsequent divorce. Richard B. Mellon Partner: Triple R Farms Cotton Farm: 6227 Old Highway 80, Bolton, MS 39041 PO Box 40, Bolton, MS 39041 Highway 80, Bolton, MS 39041 (601) 866-7168: Richard Mellon Director: Canterbury Village Condominium Association, Inc Membership Organization: 5495 Bryson Dr, Naples, FL 34109 In the 1990s, a three-wing conservatory was added to increase his supply of fresh flowers common and exotic. Richard B. Mellon Quotes. Mellon Park, established in 1943, was once part of the estate of Richard B. Mellon, owner of the largest mansion in the city. So while I'm sad the house is gone, because I could picture it being a breathtaking museum and tourist attraction, there's solace in knowing the land became a park for Pittsburgh, and the stones and wood became a church that to this day gives us a tiny glimpse of what once stood majestically at 6500 Fifth Avenue. The four who survived became famous men, two of whom - Andrew W. Mellon - and Richard B. Mellon - attained worldwide fame in banking, business, government, philanthropy and the arts. facebook; twitter; googleplus; You can't mine coal without machine guns. Richard B. Mellon, vice president of that institution, and James R. Mellon, president of the City Deposit bank. for women throughout history, of course. Richard was born in 1899. He also served as a trustee for the Athalia Daly Home for Working Girls. His brother remained "it" until he died four years later." "Last tag." - Banker Richard B. Mellon (1858-1933) 2 whyIsUsermanTaken 1 yr. ago I appreciate you you letting us know what is was. It wasn't. It was still in good enough repair then to conjure my mother's memories of the park as a chic working-girl gathering place from earlier decades. Above the cast iron door of the original bank building at 514 Smithfield Street was placed a near life-sized statue of his inspiration, Benjamin Franklin. The Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh retains the papers of Sarah Jane and Thomas' second son, James R. Mellon, a collection open to researchers. The school noted that "To study, coercive means are not employed, reference is made to the heart as well as the head, and the study of every branch, and the proportion of time given to it, will be subservient and tributary to useful and moral and religious improvement." From an early age, Thomas Mellon entrusted his sons with business ventures. A bare mattress on the floor also suggests that someone may be squatting in the building. Mellon's personal sense of style was exemplified by a hat-rack made of mirrors and buffalo horns and half a taxidermied buffalo head (yes, half), both of which he kept on display as mementos of his youth in the untamed West. The Mellon bank helped finance the construction of the Ligonier Valley Railroad. Richard Beatty Mellon's mansion, built in 1910, sat on 11 acres and boasted 65 bedrooms, two large flower gardens, a garage and a carriage house. Like the earliest Mellons, Alexander originally settled in Westmoreland County. Overall, I learned so much and I never imagined how much of the Gilded Age existed outside of Newport. So it's not a stretch to say that we have the Mellon family money to thank for LSD. Others were filled with religious and inspirational maxims. jubilated a practical minded committee, upon learning that all they surveyed could be theirs merely for the cost of hauling it away! Mellon Residence in Shadyside Within the East End is Shadyside, a neighborhood in Pittsburgh that boomed in the second half of the 1800s. A few years later, they moved nearly next door into a home Mrs. Negley gifted them. The Marshall property was added in 1944, and the Frew and Darsie properties, east of the Mellon . Nor do we know what she thought of their then-novel honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls, returning by way of Boston, New York City and Philadelphia. Did Sarah? Did she sympathize with the Judge's quest to connect with their lost children? The rail ties and lumber used to build the railroad were furnished by the lumber company the Mellon brothers owned. Doubtful. her own names on this marker. The comments below have not been moderated. After Richard Mellon and his wife died in the 1930s, their son Richard King Mellon, lived there briefly before retreating to Ligonier. Lavish Splendor Marks Brilliant Mellon Nuptials, Pittsburgh Remembers Andrew Carnegie, The Great Showman, Rollin' on the River: Pittsburgh Shanty Boat Life, Forgotten History: Father James Renshaw Cox, Quiet, pleasant and self-possessed: Sarah Jane Negley Mellon. I suppose what with all this moving about of bodies, it's not surprising that a mistaken reburial to East Liberty got attached to this story. Richard B. Mellon. 'Shortly after, James and Rachel were married. She and her older brother, Richard King Mellon, grew up at their parents' 60-room Fifth Avenue mansion (apparently at the time the largest house in Pittsburgh) in what became the city's wonderful Mellon Park after the house was . Its amazing how much you can learn from a house. The Mellons built a 6,000-square-foot house on a corner lot in 1883, Old records and a record player left behind at the house. Yet, without the family being in apparent financial strife, the home was torn down in 1941. The moral of this story is this: Millionaires, don't tear down your 65-room mansions until you give me a chance to walk through them! But Sarah Jane's private letters, scrapbooks and travel journal, those few documents we know she left, remain within the control and interpretation of her descendants. The Romanesque-style church was completed in 1944, using many items from the Richard B. Mellon mansion, which was in what is now Mellon Park in Shadyside and was torn down in 1941. Only a few other families could influence urban or national destinies to such an extent in the modern era. Late heiress' anti-immigration efforts live on. Published: 12:00 GMT, 2 July 2019 | Updated: 19:24 GMT, 12 August 2019. Five years later, the Mellon brothers founded the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research as a memorial to their father. After her death, James continued to spend each winter in Palatka. McMullen, 24 years his junior, rocked the gossip columns in 1912. Send Report . The Judge author and descendant James Mellon describes a dark and sturdily decorated Victorian interior. By Stephanie Reed Springer, April 9, 2015. 175 Years Later, The Mellons Have Never Been Richer. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. came to visit, but it was not her home. These mansions are beautiful and marvelous and it was a shame that they were torn down. Married life of Sarah Mellon Carnegie Mellon would not be Carnegie Mellon without their vision, service, and commitment. He recalled that ".since marriage, the last important event of my life was consummated, and nothing left to distract my attention from business, I could feel that I was fairly settled." First of all, I loved reading your blog, because even though Im an engineering major history has always fascinated me! The marble came from the long-gone Richard B. Mellon mansion in Squirrel Hill. In The Judge, grandson William Larimer Mellon described his grandmother, our Sarah Jane: Sarah eventually acquired a sizable staff to supervise. The mansion was built by Italian immigrants from New Kensington, PA under the direction of Monsignor Nicola Fusco. These are priceless artifacts we will never get back, and now we must rely on people like you to educate us on what used to be. She would "do." This game of Tag lasted for nearly seven decades. But Sarah remained connected to the goings-on at home. When we see a home, regardless of its age, we connect it to a family and the life that occured inside. John D. Rockefeller Jr. . Richard Beatty Mellon (March 19, 1858 December 1, 1933), sometimes R.B., part of the Mellon family, was a banker, industrialist, and philanthropist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 'On May 7th, 1919, at the age of 73, Rachel Mellon passed away upon arriving home to Pittsburgh. The couple moved back in with the widowed Mrs. Negley when Sarah was pregnant with their first child in 1844. Richard Beatty Mellon (March 19, 1858 - December 1933), sometimes R.B., was a banker, industrialist, and philanthropist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (adjusted wealth $103 billion). The rotting remains of a staircase in the winter retreat. And, really, did she miss the Judge while he was gone those five years? On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. On May 7, 1919, at the age of 73, Rachel Mellon passed away upon arriving home to Pittsburgh. marital woes brought him a lifetime of embarrassment. Now, striking pictures show the white-panel exterior of the large house, the ornate tiled pathway leading to the front door and the slightly overgrown garden that features palm trees. The park was reopened on June 12, 2010. It likely knew the tread of Sarah Jane's feet when she 'The various railroad lines poured crowds of tourists into the cities along the St. Johns River, filling hotels to capacity for months. Eventually even Judge Mellon himself concluded "There's nothing to it" and returned home. Potato Head. 'In 1867, Mellon sold the Coal Works. That "immense copper beech later write a dry, clinical appraisal of Sarah Jane's charms and their educational venture. The splendor of the Gilded Age couldnt last forever. Thomas Mellon pursued his intended via weekly chaperoned visits at the Negley Mansion over six long months. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Mellon organized the Citizens' Committee on City Plan, which sought to improve Pittsburgh through better urban planning and zoning. This isn't an unusual circumstance But because Andrew Mellon deliberately disassociated his name from that institution he created (unlike Frick and Carnegie, who kept their names connected to their philanthropic cultural efforts), the nation's wonderful museum is not commonly associated with the Mellon legacy. He and his brother Andrew had a little game of tag going for about seven decades. As you can see from these photos, Eagle Rock was a beautiful piece of architecture that should have been kept for future generations. History of the Mansion. But in fact, it's not unusual for rural communities like old Negleytown to have had their own burial grounds. behind-the-scenes for the Mellon men. These were removed from the Richard B. Mellon Mansion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during WWII. He was the son of Richard Mellon and Jennie King.He passed away in 1970. Mellon has been recognized as one of the most important private benefactors of environmental causes, achieving his significant stature quietly and humbly. The Mellon Institute building was dedicated in May 1937 by brothers Andrew W. and Richard B. Mellon. If not, would she have dared to tell him, to scoff at him? The girls are probably grateful to be inside and removed from the elements, because Pittsburgh's industrial climate clearly did their complexions no favors! We are also left with very little in the way of physical artifacts to In The Judge, another quote from grandson William described how the Mellon marriage evolvedor rather, how it bobbed placidly in place on the surface for decades: Some personal material related to Sarah Jane does exist for public access. Did Sarah Jane feel "fairly settled"? The specifics of Sarah Mellon and Alan Scaife's extravagant 1927 wedding still leave readers slack-jawed in amazement. From Troy Hill, a subsequent closing in 1888 meant the poor souls were re-interred one more time, to the Smithfield East End Cemetery in Squirrel Hill, now maintained by Homewood Cemetery. Matthew, who died last year aged 54,was a businessman who was a chairman of the New York Republican State Committee's finance committee, William L. Mellon (pictured left wearing straw skimmer), was the founder of Gulf Oil and the son of James Ross Mellon. in Highland Park. Yes!! On what was described as a stormy and "bleak" November evening in Pittsburgh, Sarah Cordelia Mellon, 24, married Alan Magee Scaife, 27, at East Liberty Presbyterian Church. Sacred to the memory of those noble Christian pioneers who moulded Sunday was an incredibly popular supporter of Prohibition, and his preaching likely played a significant role in the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1919, James Ross Mellon, pictured left, was the son of Judge Thomas Mellon, the founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of the wealthy and influential family. 01 Grants. By necessity she would have become removed from day-today housework once she and Thomas became pillars of their community and she gravitated to a prominent social role outside the home. 'During their years in Florida the Mellons were very involved in the community and supported the education system. The land surrounding the mansion was donated to the city of Pittsburgh and now serves as Mellon Park. I was afraid to even gaze at a gaudy Tiffany mantle clock for too long for fear my stare alone would cause it to fall to the floor and shatter. of astounding history she orchestrated by providing a serene life Today, the building is home to the Art Council of Greater Palatka and houses local art galleries. Richard Beatty Mellon (March 19, 1858 - December 1, 1933), sometimes R.B., part of the Mellon family, was a banker, industrialist, and philanthropist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . For me, a childhood of passing familiarity has led to a lifetime of fascination. The Mellon Park Project wanted to create a memorial in memory of Ann Katherine Seamans, who frequented the Walled Garden repeatedly after being introduced to it in kindergarten. James and wife Rachael first came to Florida in the early 1880s, to get away from the frigid winters in Pennsylvania. Interestingly, though, this home was the only one of the Fricks three residences to be demolished (the other two were preserved as museums). [4] The $13.3 million in taxes paid on his estate enabled the state to meet its payroll.[5]. And thus history becomes attainable, not a scholarly discipline, but a simle human story. Judge Mellon would be dismayed by it all. By 2013, Scaife had dropped to number 371 . tree" is no more. The rest of the Mellon entry describes two of her daughters-in-law. Reflecting upon the Mellon monies and a life of privilege, Larry Mellon once stated ", Western Pennsylvania music lovers have never gotten over the closing of the. She was lovely, and her family adored her, and she had a nice big tree and a fancy house. He served as president of Western Pennsylvania Hospital and the Allegheny County Juvenile Court Farm. Take the wealthiest Mellon, Andrew, a Gilded Age venture capitalist who became the longest-serving Secretary of the Treasury and eventually President Hoover's economic scapegoat in the lead-up to the Great Depression (rightly or wrongly depending upon your read of history). The church and a cemetery were established on family property granted by descendants of William Penn in 1792. The Mellon The newlyweds moved in with Sarah's mother and some Negley siblings who'd remained in the family home. Even writing in retrospect what stood out for Thomas Mellon was that, all things considered, this 27 year old heiress was a good catch. He also served as a trustee for the Athalia Daly Home for Working Girls, James died on October 20, 1934. served from 18991910 as president of the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, renamed the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) in 1907, and was heavily invested in the Pittsburgh Coal Company, today part of CONSOL Energy, where he clashed with John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. On July 4, 1944, the church was dedicated. the character of this community in its struggling and formative period. And then there are drugs. One side of the monument reads: Pastor and committee investigated. In the absence of access to such cherished family material, Sarah Jane must remain aloof and ultimately unknowable to history while her husband Thomas commands center stage. What was it about this "quiet, pleasant, and self-possessed" woman that set the steely-eyed and practical thirty year old bachelor off course, yet kept him coming back for more? I think its important for us to stress what the buildings truly stand for and that theyre more than just material, so we can save more buildings from being destroyed. His grandfather Andrew W. Mellon (1855-1937) was worth around $350 million at the time of his death. The 65-room mansion of Richard B. Mellon, brother of Andrew Mellon, built at 6500 Fifth Avenue in 1910: The Richard B. Mellons raised two children in that "house," which included a bowling alley in the basement and a carriage house. Only the stone gateposts remain from the Mellon home, Was Sarah Jane curious about the mysteries that the Spiritualist world purported to reveal? This was a woman who had the means to do anything she wanted, and then some. But for all that this makes me an unintentional font of Mellon trivia, the family still exists for me in a world apart, one separated from my understanding and experience by more than glass. Gun, Coal, Machines. There are some claims that they were re-interred on the spot beneath the marker in Highland Park, having been moved there. R.B. She'd buy me a raisin-filled cookie from the Jenny Lee Bakery just below the square, then let me amuse myself while she had a cigarette. life.". Planning for the MI building began in 1927. Three of our most recent grants are highlighted below. When the downtown burial ground, then called Smithfield Street Cemetery, was closed, remains were removed to Troy Hill and not a Highland Park burial ground. were all in all to each other. The Nome nugget. I think this is a very important thing to consider when people try and tear down historic sites. Bedrooms were on the second floor and formal entry, parlor, dining room, study and kitchen occupied the first floor. This much, I knew: Sarah Jane Negley Mellon was an heiress descended from multiple Pittsburgh pioneer families who once owned nearly all of the East End. In 1931, R.B. Thomas Mellon assures us in his memoir chapter entitled "Courtship and Marriage" that Sarah Jane's attitude was not born of coquetry. I vividly recall being 5 years old and placing my chin on a walnut handrail after clambering up a marble step to peer into display cases at the Carnegie Museum. She was by all accounts a pleasant, dutiful mother and grandmother, but not a doting one. Even as I half-remembered old jokes about the haunted grove in the park, I was haunted by other musings. Incredible photos show the abandoned remains of a 6,000-square-foot river retreat that once belonged to a hugely successful US banking magnate. Incredible photos show the abandoned remains of a 6,000-square-foot river retreat that once belonged to a hugely successful US banking magnate. Children followed in rapid succession. emotionally. He was president of the board of trustees of East Liberty Presbyterian Church. To kid-me, a family name such as "Mellon" seemed pretty funny: it conjured up images of posh, well-dressed fleshy fruit. Mellon's philanthropic gifts were primarily church-oriented. Is this really a burial ground? 164-20 Highland Ave #3f. Tamara is the founder of luxury footwear brand Jimmy Choo. By the end of his six months a'wooing, Thomas Mellon no doubt wryly ruminated over the observations of his close friend Richard Beatty, who had passed over Sarah Jane for a younger Negley sister because Sarah was ".too independent for him, had no elasticity in her composition, and did not seem to appreciate gentlemen's attentions." R.B. We then hold some of these same things to be important. It had been erected in 1912 by Sarah Negley Mellon to honor her grandparents, Alexander and Anna Maria Burkstresser Negley, who were buried there in unmarked graves along with many other nameless Pittsburgh pioneers. The panel's design makes brilliant use of the reforms brought to glassmaking by Louis Comfort Tiffany. He believed the old man's sentimentality had been taken advantage of. She didn't design or fund the building of mansions or imposing buildings. The estates gardens and ornate wrought-iron gate remain as traces of the lands former use. Too bad they couldnt take it all, mourned Father Fusco, whose artistic soul revolted at the desecration of priceless stone by a careless wrecking crew. Andrew Mellon's cuckolding, and his subsequent very public divorce from Nora Richard Mellon Scaife (; July 3, 1932 - July 4, 2014) was an American billionaire, a principal heir to the Mellon banking, oil, and aluminum fortune, and the owner and publisher of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. on Negley Avenue are all long gone. Richard B. Mellon's mansion is believed to have had 60-65 rooms, the caretaker of 10 years said he never counted the rooms to know the exact number! In 2005, Scaife was number 238 on the Forbes 400, with a personal fortune of $1.2 billion. The author didn't say that; There is a mistake in the text of this quote; The quote belongs to another author; She didn't turn Thomas away, but then again, neither did she encourage him. One story claims that they were originally buried downtown Pittsburgh at Smithfield and Sixth Streets, at what became the German Evangelical Protestant Church church (just around the corner from today's Mellon Park). Saddened, I pressed on in my research, discovering The Punk Priest's blog, where I learned that the house lives on in some small fashion today. Given that few descendants even carry the Mellon name today, genealogical clarity and historical perspective are that much more difficult to achieve. In May 1864, in separate letters both the Judge and Sarah Jane responded to their then-18 year old son's desire to join the Union Army for a 100 day enlistment. I'll be writing more about that visit later, but one thing I can tell you now is that I could not wrap my brain around what it would be like for Fricks children to grow up in a house that large, which was actually small by the standards of wealth in those days. Sarah Jane didn't make a marriage of passion. His Fricks daughter, Helen, loathed the house and felt it was too opulent, so she allowed for its demolition. Genealogy for Thomas Alexander Mellon, Sr. (1813 - 1908) family tree on Geni, with over 245 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. He served as a program officer at The Forbes Funds and McCune. She flatly ignored attempts at flattery and flirtation, leaving poor frustrated Thomas lamenting that he was made to feel "that to talk love would be out of place and might subject me to to ridicule.". 5 Copy quote. And I wondered about what kinds of lives those were -- not simply in terms of material possessions, but about how the world must seem to such people. And then there was the Great Depression, the event that eliminated much of the remaining wealth of the Robber Barons. The gates surrounding Eagle Rock were also transported to Clayton and now border the parking lot. Edgeworth Ladies' Boarding School, Braddocksfield near Pittsburgh, How Sarah Mellon Scaife and Family Helped Transform the Museum of Art, The social mirror: a character sketch of the women of Pittsburg and vicinity during the first century of the county's existence. Famously private, for the most part Mellons and their kin have kept mostly to themselves in a removed, rarified social sphere. Janet Zweig, an artist chosen by the project team, turned the floor of the garden into an exact replica of the sky in Pittsburgh on the day Ann was born. At some point in my childhood, I learned that the Mellon family had established one of my favorite places on earth: Idlewild Park. I'd walked past this grove many times in the six years I lived in Highland Park. And an exposed steel beam bears the stamp of the Carnegie Steel Company. Quiet, pleasant and self-possessed: Sarah Jane Neg What ho, blog writer? They also made joint philanthropic gifts, notably several large donations to their alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh, including creation of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research to honor their father, which is now a part of Carnegie Mellon University. By the end of the century, the Mellon Bank was the largest banking institution in the country outside of New York. Unless otherwise indicated, all content is original to author. Judge Mellon's private memoirs were made public by his family, providing invaluable insights into the private life of this couple. We are officially open today! Although there are four distinct branches descending from the legendary Judge Thomas Mellon, I'm unsure how many Pittsburghers know (or care) which Mellon is which. Mellon has been recognized as one of the most important private benefactors of environmental causes, achieving his significant stature quietly and humbly. Eagle Rock was torn down in 1963. . suicide? If you're from Pittsburgh, you know the name Mellon. James Ross Mellon was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on January 14, 1846, son of Judge Thomas Mellon who is better known for being the founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of the wealthy and influential Mellon family. Indeed, there was much here that had ecclesiastical potentialities. The Foundation has awarded more than 7,700 grants and program-related investments to more than 1,800 organizations since its founding.
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