THE BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE OLDEST RESIDENCES ON MANHATTAN ISLAND--FORFEITED TO THE STATE, A SOURCE OF PROFIT TO THE ASTORS, AND STILL STANDING TO TELL ITS STORY. It is a treat to see a house occasionally that is a little different from its neighbors. One that has not a brown-stone front and high brown-stone steps, and a brown-stone railing, and a brown-stone area, and the face of a brown-stone servant girl looking out of the basement window. There are a few houses in New York that were not cast in this mould, but very few; and whenever we see one it is a relief to the eyes to stop and look at it. If it happens to be a very old house, with one or two walls a little out of plumb and big dorm…
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