Photograph of Taunus 1948 - Courtesy of Rodrigo D Elsner

                                                                                Taunus

NAME                             Palermo/Taunus

AREA LOCATION         Leopardstown Road

MAP LOCATION          OSI maps of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Galloping Green South.
 
GENERAL                      A period house with large rooms.  Diningroom 18' x 15' and sittingroom 20'
x 16'.  Front and side bay windows with a frontage of 240' to Leopardstown Road.     

YEAR BUILT                  circa 1861

VALUATION                 In 1888 the valuation was 30 pounds.

NUMBER OF
ROOMS                         In the 1901 census it is noted as having 8 rooms occupied by family.

ARCHITECT                  Unknown, part of the Foxrock Estate of William Wellington Bentley
 
SOURCES                     Thom’s directories, contemporaneous Newspapers, OSI Maps and NAI
                                       Census & Wills, 
  
OCCUPANTS

1861 - 1863                 Part of the Foxrock Tourist Hotel owned By William W Bentley
1863 - 1884                 Herr Frederick William Elsner
1884 - 1913                 Mrs Elsner
1913 - 1933                 Misses Elsner & Mrs Stewart nee Elsner
1935 - 1950                 Miss Ida Elsner
1951                             For Sale
1954 - 1956                 Ronan O'Hara
1987                             For Sale quoting 160K
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​STAFF

1901                              Elizabeth Sullivan - General Servant
1911                              Margaret Geigh - Servant

​CURRENT
STATUS                         Extant 

CONTRIBUTOR           © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE                              June 2020