Show igoNA BONAPARTE PARTE ESTATE IS NOW IN RUINS ly S home of napoleons kin Is sold ly by court bordertown Border town N J point breeze the country estate that was home to joseph bonaparte comte do de sur villiers and former king of naples and of spain during 20 years of his exile has been sold under the auctioneers tio hammer little remains on the dilapidated estate to identify it as the amer can horne home of napoleons brother A beautiful artificial lake once dotted with swans and pleasure craft is a dry weed filled depression remnants of the lake house crumbling crumblin at one edge the like lake house was built by joseph for his daughter princess zenaide and near by is the entrance to a subterranean passage which lie he built to protect her from bad weather on her frequent visits to her fathers home of which there is no trace the stone lined passage now is clogged by debris and earth 20 feet from its entrance josephs JoseR hs first home was destroyed by fire in 1820 but there remains no trace today of the manor h house ouse he built to replace it the only on I 1 y house at point barrow now is a mansion M built 80 0 years ago and remodeled re m modeled in 1912 by harris hammond hammon d son of the late mining engineer john hays hammond bonaparte bought the 1000 acre estate for shortly after his flight to philadelphia with his secretary and nine servants following his brothers crushing defeat at waterloo i ammond had the grounds landscaped extensively when he bought 1 3 remaining acres of the estate 25 years ago built three swimming pools and used it as a summer home until 1932 charles forko caretaker and his family have attempted to keep the grounds well groomed but weeds and the elements have done much to return point breeze to a state of dilapidation several months ago hammond filed a petition in bankruptcy in new york federal court and the remnants of Bona partes once proud estate were sold to a judgment |