The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-09
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ter estate and weuia Lake 70 Nay How.
People passing have noticed for some time a
peculiar building going mp ct the intersection
Of West End avenue with the Boulevard at
losth street-onew which outdoes the late Joseph
Richardson's spite house in oddly OF con-
structiou, and. standing entirely detached az 1t
does, In far moro conspicuous.
1t is on the west side of the Boulevard, and
In shape is q wedge set mp on ono edge with the
sharp end pointing north. The lot on which
1t stands is threo-cornered-nine feet by nine
teen By ni~noteen-and the house occupies all
the available space. 1t Is two stories high, the
FIRST story being but seven feet high while the
second Is nine The house has O pitched roof
four feet high, making the total height twenty
feet. Tho second story has o two-foot over
hang, which gives the little building ono of the
aspects Of u Swiss cottage. The structure was
built thus In order to give room for outside
merchandise stalls on the ground floor. There
are no stairs nStde The upper story Is reached
By . fire escape arrangement on the outside.
Tho house Is remarkably wen built for its
size. and perhaps In the only house Of tie size
to have q steel frame. 1t has no cellar. but is
set on a firm concrete bottom. All the beams
are Of steel. A single wall Of brick extends
along West End avenue side. The roof L.
handsomely tiled.
The house was built by McDermott Bros. of
500 St. Nicholas avenue, who saw in the little
plot OF land they purchased q year ago q chance
Ing that corner. daily led them to believe that
q store devoted almost exclusively. to show
%taGtursrs Of bicycle e. n Q sHaissI and o the i house %S Mas
lot contains no other buildings TO obstrnct, tho
syeIisis, as 1ostS street is the S Ssa"fp To he ri Rive OF.
s ssas for tor,, sh fasi t R %as built lit the asse seeSn O. story toe OBJ Of
the little house has been fitted, with immense
boulevard side, the other on the south aide, the
The ground floor Is open, with counters pro-
soda water win be. sold on this floor. while on
s ifS sse0n Mr. hG %ap ss9SSla PSS ss airssd Ti had @ sew sT.
eral Offers from bicycle. firms, but the latter
ssOarG T more SSai tSsn the nmraasnf Tse Z Po Sirs e So@.
missioners, y is said, have also had the house
@odste a Sergeant, who ihSpe could sSii look out for soci.
dents in the neighborhood and DO IN communal
building cost 81, 500 and its owners hope to
rent It for 81 900 a year.
nhnt of the De Peyster estate. The family
purchased slmSst all the land in the region
where SC. Luke's Y spital Is now. Bit by bit
the property. was sofo, and the lots on the cor.
ner next to the McDermotts' fell to a Mr.. Cur.
tbs, who sold 1t to a Mrs. Sherman. Ten years
ago West End avenue was cut through,
shaved the lot to the north of Mrs. Sherman's
into a triangle, and left the little corner for q
long time without q purchaser. Henry I. Clay,
the executor Of the De Peyster estate. wanted
buy 1t. She would not buy. Six months age
the lot came under the notice OF the McDer
mott brothers,, and after some time. spent Ii
closed the bargain and leased the lot from Mr.
Clay. Then Mrs. Sherman wanted very badly
to buy 1t. She was contemplating the erection
Of eome nice houses, she said, and 1t woult
hurt their value very much. But the sum sh,
wanted to give for 1t was too small for the own
ers. Mrs. Sherman refused to como to terms
end the erection of the little store was at one,
begun. Mrs, Sherman has not built on hel
property, and so the little store stands all alon,
ut the apex of the triangle.