New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-15
REAL ESTATE.
F. O. MATTHIEssEN THE BUYER OF TWO
FIFTH-AvE. HOUSES.
HE WILL. ERECT A HANDSOME OFFICE BUILDING
on THE PLOr-cENTRE- PROP
ERTY AT AUCTION.

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on THE PLor-cENTRE- PROP
ERTY AT AUCTION.
Francis O. Matthiessen, Of No. III Wal-st. was
the purchaser OF Nos 4}5 and 43S Fifth-ave at the
southeast of Ffth-ave. and Thrty-ninth-st.'
the sale OF which exclusively reported In yes
terdays Tribune. The price paid for the two prop
critics was about 900. Mr.. Matthiessen VIII
erect handsome office bnling on the plot, ana II
Is rumored that the ground floor has already peen
leased to Starr & Marcus for a term OF years Tor
SIS 900 per annum Jacob Ro;hscbild Is the seller Oh
the corner property No. 4aS, and Abraham Boehm'
of Boehm & Coon. OF No. 1856. adjoining.
The corner house is four-story brownstone ana
brick private dwelling and stands on plot zbxio'
1t was built and occupied by the late F. l. Bar
mum years ago. In 1874 George w. Pell purchased
the property for $4,000 and June l5 1885, 1t was
conveyed to Alfred d. Pe. In october of the
same year the parcel again changed hands. the
transaction appearing in the light Of deal Jacob
Rothschild was the buyer at $4,000, and In ex-
change he transferred to Mr.. Pel Nos. 622 to S26
Broadway, running through to Nos. 154 and loS
Crosby-st sxstory brick and iron front stores, on
a plot 75xl96 to Crosbys x69.llx9S to Broadway,
for $4,000. At the time of this deal the general
opinion Of well-nformed real estate men was that
the valuation placed upon the Fifth-ave properly
in the transaction was somewhat above the mar
ket value.
Richard NJ. Pell and George W. Pell. in 1874, pur-
chased No. 436 Fifth-ave.. also four-story Drown
stone and brick dwelling on plot 235xlOo jointly at
about $4,000. and In 1885 Alfred D. Pe obtained pos
session OF this property the same tme ne . soS
to Abraham Boehm, who gave In trade Tor 1t me
Diamond Exchange property: The two properties
have been vacant for some time James l.. Llppy
& Son were the brokers.
Riker & Son have sold for Charles b. Buchanan
to H. B. Anderson, No. 1l3 East Fifty -seventh-st
a four-story and basement brownstone private
dwelling on plot 2Oxl0o. for $500
tated the sale Of the Harlem Opera House for
Oscar Hammerstein to Benjamin Lichtenstein
HAYWARD No l29 East One hundred "a nd -hrst-st..
fve-story double fat-house, SxSxloo, on private
terms
Richard & Dyer have sold for Henry Gerken
No 359 West One-hundred "A nd twentieth-st, a
fourstory dwelling, 10. 1Gsx1oo. on private terms.
downtown realty would be sold at the Broadway
Real Estate Saesrooms yesterday by Philip A.
Smyth attracted large crowd of operators and
spectators. The parcels formed part of the Conner
estate. and consisted of No. % Beekman-st a five
east side r"nnns from T Reade to
SITS. 81 in Reade 6Sil In Centre GA in Duane
1875. a six-story power building. These parcels
were sold on November r. 1895, by William Ken
nelly; auctoneer: the Beekman-st. parcel bringing
$1,000. and the Centre-st. property $500.
threw damper on the sale OF the Centre-st. prop
erty by announcing through the auctioneer that
on bond and mortgage; but the mortgage would
make the valuation about $4,000. and while some
Of the operators considered the property worth
The Beeknan.st. parcel was sold to Thomas J.
John H. Jones for $500. both parties being re-
ported 10 have bought them for the estate. Mr.
Smyth also sold I'm foreclosure No. q COumbia-st,
a three-story brick tenement house. lot l6.l02xl0O
to Joseph NJ Wepfer for $50.
Peter +. Meyer * Co. sold I'm partition two lots
in Anthony-ave.. near one hundred and-eighty-
frst-st.. with two-story frame dwelling. and four
lots In Dyer-avc., near the above street, TO
Thomas Murphy and j. T.. Mckown for $500.
William NJ Ryan sold i'm foreclosure No. "a East
Nine y-eighth-st., a four-story brick and stone
fathouse: on lot 2oxlcO5. TO the plaintiff. Susan
Avord. for Sl.oO.
d. Phoenix Ingraham & Co. sold In foreclosure
No. ll3 West Eighty -fourth-st., a hvestory brick
iathouse. on plot 39.6x102.2, TO the plaintiff. Rosa
krajewsk for $500.