New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-07
RAD FAITH is CHARGED.
OBJECTION TO TIE PROPOSED SALE OF
THE LENOX MANSIONS.
ovr, OF THE FAMILY SAYS THEY WERE TRANS
FERRED AT a LOW FIGURE on CONDITION
THAT THEY BE USED ONLY FOR
NUN |. MORN.

THAT THEY BE USED ONLY FOR
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORK.
The news. as published exclusively in The
Tribune that the Boards of Home ana foIeish
Missions of the Presbyterian Church intended
70 sell the old LenOx mansions at tttn-aVe
and Twelfth-st.. and use the money reail2ed
In tho construction of the magnificent eleven
story building which is to be put up at Fifth
ave. and Twenteth-st. has interested Presoy-
terians greatly. The mansions were the homes of
the Ienox family and were occupied by James
I,enox and his sister Mrs. Sheaf. In lNS' the
executors of the LenoX estate sold the entIre
nroperty at Fifth-ave. and Twelfth-st. to the
presbvterian Boards Of Home and Foreign Mis-
s,ons for S25O0o0 On the same day Robert l..
Kannedv gave 20 the Boa'S check for 10000
% he used toward the purchase OF the property.
Il e said that $3.50 600 far below the value
of the property. which is low valued at about
s'VO'V'' An AGREEMENT ALLEGED.
,,a;,rant friends OF the Lenox family who
have read of the intended sale say that it was
,ho idea and wcli-understcod verbal agreement
totween the heirs and executors and the Pres
hvteran Boards that the property was to be
made q perpetual memorial to the LenoX family
ond not to leave the possession Of the Presby-
+erlan Church One Of these. VINO IS large
g5ver 10 the work Of the Presbyterian Church
and is of the Lcnox blood. said yesterday:
The executors of the enOx estate Parted with are the
buildings now occupied by tne noains n ar sTbe tb
transfer into a gift. their generosity being pased
upon the understanding that ms nous rh,roS e
tbe permanent headquarters ot fTesp! .elidn NnulS
work and thus become the httns memo,lai 10 ohe M
who throughout their entire nis'orH n1T tb mis- ,se
sion boards 6v * Ti Is fs' the adionng dwelling leased
distinctive uses for which this properly was !,eIue
or ~ such added space is insufficient for the & ae-
wand why not cree. the needed additions IN the the
sbundantly ample space Whlch nes I''u f m liz @
rrar of the present building instead OF spemo'is i
an enormous sum for the purchase OF corner !o'
in the most expensive real estate oeil ol te h3
anu anu hsc Ube must be demolished before the foundao
lions OF this Presbyterian palace ; can ta,w p or
Many will think long before they give IreeN 's ,sl %.
Seaeath largely TO board OF manasers VINO s De-
Coming SO quietly ohlivious 70 the ~ f nc
of the gift and careless Of the known ieeiS ,bnv
deem shrewd business speculation anu e'e0' '"'N
ing TO "ornamen, the cl'E.
.,iss Rachel L. Kennedy, Alexander Maltiaiu
and Robert Lenox Maitland Among those WEI; WEI
Informed regarding the facts or the orisihd s"ls
is Mr. Duvale who was the private secIeuai! "a
70 70 T. Kennedy for a number OF years.
nrounent Presbyterian. who IS earnest! uP
nosed TO the sale said that ne thousnC 'iie
boards had been badly ADVISED ABOUT '''e '"'''e''
THE NEW STRUCTURE UPTOWN.
As reported in Yesterdays 1rouhe' se'e'".
members of the boards said that the story Oh
the sale was premature. but that 'he properly
would be sold when the new building was CON-
,o.a The money would be used in deiray-
ing mart of the expenses of construction.
The new building is TO be, according 70 the
-, s,hritted an eleyen-story, freproof
sstrnc,ure of which two stories are TO be used
nv the boards and the rest is TO be rented ior
cffice and mercantile purposes. IL VIII pe
finished about May. 1896 the plans now are
10 heein building in May. The property cost
about s76OOOO and the building will cost
s., 100000.
Officers OF the mission boards would not say
epvthinr Yesterday about the charge that in
planning 10 sell the Lenox houses they Were
Violating an agreement made with the heirs OF
the estate They said they would make
statement to-day.