The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-11
BUILDING IN NEW YORK.

With the revival of business an general connienoo
throughout the country the material deveo2ement ana m
tsrna enterprise Of our city is resumed Buildings ~n cn
would considered to other cities are D.
ing ground for the erection OF more stately
and magnificent structures The first Of May will In tae
such rush Of this the city has not seen for
some time principal architects are burdened with
applications plans for buildings Some idea Of the
activity that will pervade this kind Of enterprise in New
York during ensuing be formed from ths
work upon hands of the different architects in the city
= summary Of which is here, in part, presented =:
nnssRs. JAMES RENwIcK AND r. T. AUCHMUrY, NO. 8S
WALL STREET
white marble hotel, the OF Broadway and
Twenty fourth street, 100 feet on Broadway by III feet
Twenty fourth street, five stories high French style
Of archec ure at Of about 500 900 for Franklin
s. Kinney, Esq. To DO commenced the first Of May
and finished as soon rs possible.
wiAe marble store for Ball. Black & Co., on the COR
of Broadway and Prince street 70 bo fire proof 10
feet by 100 feet five stores heh and in the Italian stye
10 be built at a cost Of about $4,000.
This firm are putting additional story on the her-
chants Exchange, TOR the American Bank Note Company
to be hreproof material granite and cost about 100000
Must be flushed by the lst Of june
Also erecting brick store, the Of Broadway
and Forty sixth street, for Manel size rs feet by
1cO, three stories high Cost about Si5 900.
Likewise building English basement dwelling house,
four stories high Twenty street. 9th avenue,
Sbr Henry Van Schaick, at cost Of about 900.
nne house Of brick and stone, Madison avenue for
Vim. Il. Townsend Esq, TO be 90 feet by 75 will cos
about $25 O00
Constructing the magnificent Catholic cathedral
(St Patricksl concerning which the public aready
we'll informed the of Fifth avenue and Fifty
nst street, at cost Of $3.50 O00 fhe architects Of the
cathedral are Renwick Roderigues.
FREDERIC SCHMIDT, NO. WALL STREET.
four story basement dwelling house, on Lafayette
place. being the continuation Of the building on the cor
ner Of Broadway aud Fourth street, which present
used partly for assembly and partly occupied by
the Unon House N be Of brSk, with
marble trimmings; will cost about $4,000. Built for
Henry Mason, Esq.
KING Il KELLUM, NO. ITO BROADWAY.
store where the Broadway theatre at present stands
which will be IS feet Broadway, 176 feet deep,
IS feet on Worth atreet 25 feet Pearl street, and
80 feet from Worth 70 Pearl street. This is
all to comprise ono store, which will cover
nearly half Of ground, beng the largest store
ever built in New York at one time and nearly as
rpe a the whole Of Stewards establishment It is 10 be
I've stories--or So feet-hieh above the sidewalk The
style Of architecture. The store is built for James r.
whiting, Esq who has leased it 70 G. W. j. T. Moore,
about 5000 OO0 work Of tearing down and removing
old theatre has commenced and the store is to be
hnisned by the 1st Of December
marble front store 10 Recgnsn street, five stories
high at Of about s2o,OcO, for Norris Gregg. 10
commenced
superior brown stone four story dwelling house, on
Thirty street, Fifth avenue TO be got up re-
garolees Of expense, in the ranaissance style.
Two very fine brown stone dwelling houses, on Gamer-
The Friends' meeting house, he built Gramercy
park Of Dorchester stone to be '0xeo icet, in the
Tnls company has made plans for several other build
ings of which are to be very beautiful and very
csy but the negotiations in regard to land and other
advisable y1th d si
che present.
~ , u. q. EAngs - sNp.. 81 WALL sTBgl:r,a.
Is about to commence Tor NNermau James Owens, n
block Of four houses first class with brown stone fronts
the south side Of Thirty fourth street. between Isxng
Fourth be 20 feet front and 50 feet
deep, four stories, nign stoop.
D. LrENAN, NO. Ill BROADWAY.
Three stores Broadway Nos ST. $40 ard $751; to run
nom Broadway Mercer street They be first class
sores five stories high with solid marble fronts, marble
eorpcee to commenced the lst of May and finished
by LIST Of November They built for the Langdon
family.
REYNoLp n. SMITH, NO. Ill BROADWAY,
three story brown stone dwelling house, 25 by rs
feet Twenty third street. at cost of about sl2ooo to
bc commenced in May and finished next fall.
ISAAC @. PERRY, NO. 229 BROADWAY
An Office building at 90 Broadway, rs by 30 feet, four
stories high with basement of Dorchester free stone, for
the Messrs Suydam, at cost Of about s25 o00 To be
commenced on the LIST OF May and finished on the LIST OF
August
HENRY NGELBERr, NO. 300 BROADWAY.
Four stores on the Of and Greene Streets
elk stories hgh each 25 by 60 feet brick trimmed with
MARBLE for Dr. Homer Bostwck at cost Of about $45 900;
TO be commenced the 1st Of May and finished about
November.
JAMES II. GILES, NO. 800 BROADWAY.
Two stores Nos ss and ss6 Leonard street, to be
I've stories high built Of Dorchester stone, 81 by 100 feet
each in the Italian style of architecture Patton Co.,
of about $50 900 altogether commenced now and
finished by the IN Of August.
sorc at 70 Reade street, five stories high, with base
ncnt and subcellar 30 feet by co. and store on IS
Rcade street, five stories high, 80 feet by 1oo extending
Church street, forming ell there with Is feet 'front.'
Both built for G. W. Read, Eaqthe first at cost Of
about $50 000 and the second at cost Of $4,000 They
will be commenced the 1s of May and finished by tho
list of August They intended 70 be splendid build
ines, built either Of marble or Dorchester stone.
o. Of ss
to be commenced on the LIST Of june and finished
house on Forty seventh street. near Fifth avenue 81
feet by Sc, four stories high, with basement and cellar
plain brown stone 'front.' The house will bo large and
handsome--so large that lower partition wall be
built, dividing IL into two houses It viii cost about
s7Coo, is 70 be commenced by the middle Of May and be
finished in November.
WILLIAM FIELD AND SON, NO. TAG BROADWAY,
Are adding two stories Thompeons saloon 1850 Broad
way) and extending the whole building thirty five feet
back forming an L Franklin street, with front Of
twenty feet faced with white marble, Italian style
or architecture will cost about $35 ,O00 TO be com
menced by the LIST Of June and finished pos
sible.
They are completing three dwelling houses--with a
store under the dwelling houseon the corner OF
Twenty -arh street and Broadway; brick, with bro wn
stone trimmings FIVE stories high; twenty feet each on
Broadway sixty feet and eighty feet deep these
buildings nearly completed and will cost altogether
about $50 c00 They are owned by lsaac Townsend
Have planned nine houses n Fortieth street between
Madison and Fifth venues, making whole block, except
Me buildings They will be four sori CO high, with
oto tvppt threa Inv sixt
feet The whole 10 cost about $l0s,0OO
Two houses have just been commenced on Madison
avenue between Thirty and Thirty third streets
ON the west sdc Twenty five feet by sixty four feet four
stories high, with high basement aud sub cellar brown