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the home featured stained glass windows, painted ceilings, carved mantels, a stairway platform inlaid with medallions of white holly, mahogany rosewood, and ebony, and floors made with French mosaic tile. The estate, which included elaborate gardens, service buildings, and greenhouses, took up an entire city block.
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