New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-11
SET FREE BY HER DEAlH.
THE HUGE spINGLER ESTATE MAY NOW
BE PUT on THE MARKET.
HOW TIE DEMISE or MRS MARY si1NdLHk VAN
nrI-REN HAS MADE THIS PoSSliLh-IhE
PROPERTY IS IN THE HEART OF
THE CITY AND Is Nohih
y5oaooo OR s2o.cco.o)o.


THE CITY AND Is WORTH
sI5Oo0W OR s2o0O~"
Tho death If Mrs Mary Spineer Fonerden Van
Deurcn granddaughter Of Henry SpnSler' "mch
occurred on Wednesday, is likely TO pui upon the
market the property OF immense value covering
real estate which was known for many years as
the sninaler Farm An old map in the Register
office nIed January a. 1891. by Edward Lyde am
John McComb. the surviving trustees oil henry
Spneler. showed that the estate then conpr1'eu
over three fourths of the property lying pet"ee"
broadway and Sixth-ave.. from SNteehth-s| ~
Twelfth-st
According to the traditions Of New-fork IVY re-
counted by the Knickerbockers OF century "eo
This land was the property of loyal SUBJECT Oh
King George Ill. who at the end of the i.eVoiu-
tonary War sailed for England ana never IT,
turned Whether the ship which carried MN "eh'
down uhe,her he crossed In safety, and then die1
or was killed nobody knows now. But the man
meyer returned to claim his estate. nor ala MA
relatives ever seek 10 establish right to it, Henry
spjnger lived on the farm. cultivated II, sofa MS
vegetables chickens. pigs and eggs IN the Guy
market paid the taxes. and At tn END oi twenty
five years claimed the land under the stA'u'e VI
limitations having held adverse possession TOT INC
legal period The map elbows that the sp.ngler
estate thon extended over a great part oi the
blocks between Twelfth and Sixteenth SITS, ana
Fifth and Sixth ayes. and was divided INTO De-
tween 2o and 3oo city lots Of various sizes.
The irregular plot on which the Van Ecuren home
stead stands 40. 81 West Fourteenth-st. covers
nf,een lots with frontage of - feet In west
Fourie, uth-st and 10 feet In Weat Fiftcenth-st.
The assessed valuation of this property on the
hooks Of the Department of Taxes ana Assess
,non;s Is s2orO NOS g. 81 and - Wcst Four
toen:h-st assessed At $4,000 and Nos H. ~ h. -
L. Is and ~ same street. and assessed M Sl5'"''
are also Spineler property.
From Union Square West IN Four''eh,h-S'''
three fourths of the land belongs to the Spnsi"r
estate 40 TO 90 East Fourtecnth-st arpc1r coo on
the tax books with an assessed vaiuauHh % 49,
er ana ~ to 81 81 4 $50 o IRON No to i
Union Squer West. which incu ics inr B''r ~.
gu1iad lev Rrcn.ano ard tho Lincoln huieinS th'
Tax department has placed valuation i2f ~, ~,
sefsmeni Of 81 % RYE is lots on If ,n' ,5 and
Nos Il to % Union Sluafe Wr.' ~ IT.i,,h. ,,n
eeorpsi as the HSeht Apartment Iiouse j. taxed
al sSOOD Tho old Manhattan Gun - RIM. i
AND fgrn9s ST. , nsS N6 p FAX Fonriecah
St another part of me estate. - Nh!rrI "' TIL ~,
tax book at ;li5o'l. and Noe /. AM hasi Th'r-
wc.ii-knovn houses doing business on pr3p'rtty
now Gr rsoe"y yoy rhyme, kona ' uaWls I,ro,hefs
Ro,hschiIls Elumann Er,thers. William j.
a@o" manHfic'ur1rs. rirarl nroth"rs. cater-
crs Gregg. the iur"i.nr' IcaIrr. y" 'F Vam
Hcnrcn nving In me Fourteenth hon
n,5 ni rroperfv that would hrlue Thousands OF
No. ~ IA. prol-rrty is leased ON ground rentals
When the hi, ZION building ius' h".o" ilra,y .
49,. f,,,r.aro lil hrFneea. vas hr'rrd ~ jay
,Stn .,,f,i,t ofrara ,,orc made - Mrs Van H"uf"n
ir wealthy huilcrs aud real estate men. III u -
r.,,rI.I a. ono ~ tie choicest rus'r'~f h''s ~
=, V,,L ,u, ro cal, vas Effected Me-. Nhi
D.uran's acrt,.e asked f~0n year f'r tn linl
ln,s. AMI tho property remained rrt"nh n'i' ''
e., rns continue there ius' m" nr" l"ft th'l.
- m as tho figures can h" '"nfned from 20
books Of the Tax Department. 'h' $3.50. , c.,,
lion 81 m. lpnI belonging - The "fial" dffi'-I
&, ~ on though II r. r1-sihl" tina l2's "'s's@
T., names Of tenants under ground l,hS.f my
s,vcu ,i,, amount The s"illrg va,nc ~ INC y ~
er,v witch Nrs Van liourer's Death may I'' uPp'
,h. ,,4rLet has boon ee'lua'"l ~ ffHi 'H'Hi '
experts a. ranging from sl5n.e' 80 'e""''