New-York tribune., 1901-11-10

West One hundred and -sixteenth-st five story
double apartment houses. These houses were sold
by the Manchester estate. and plot Sax
100ll feet d. 3. Freedman figured prominently IN
the transactions OF the week in this section His
belief in the future OF the district is plainly shown
by his purchases there Ho bought through
E H. Ludlow & Co. No. 13l West Sixty-fourth-st
a four story dwelling house. n lot 20xico feet
from the estate OF Aram Papazn. of Cairo. and
through Horace S. Ely & Co. Nos. I'D and l22 West
sixty-ffth-st.. two four story dwelling houses
each lot 19-1OxIOo feet. from the United States
Trust Company. trustee for Helena Rogers
Bryan L. Kennedy & Co sold for Thomas J. Nc
Laughn No. 81 West Seventieth-st. n four story
dwelling house. on lot 20xl00 feet The OF
the buyer not made public. John p. Leo sold
No. At West One-hundred- -and-f ty-fourth-st-,
five story hathouse a lot 25x99l1 feet. Anthony
Schwoerer. ST., the buyer. Charles Griflth
Moses & Brother sold for Henrietta Tomlinson No
5l2 West One -hundred-and- -sixtieth-st a three
story dwelling house. lot B-9xs9 IL feet. The
five story double fathouse No 103 West One hun
dred-and- -fourth-st. was sold by William s Guthrie
for Ellen NJ Thompson Charles r Vincent sold
No. 55 West one hundred and forty st.
three story dwelling house, 1Tx56xl00 feet.
Henry c. Lytton the proprietor OF the clothing
house known as the Hub, in Chicago. figured in
two transactions One the purchase by him
Of the block front the side OF Broadway,
between One-hundred- nd fifty fifth and hun
dred-and- fiftysixt SITS. The seller Adolph NJ.
Bendheim. The Plot has a frontage of 1875 feet in
Broadway. 125 hundred a nd fifty
St and $50 feet in One-hundred and fifty -sxth-st
1t comprises eleven lots. Louis r. Berg and David
Stewart the brokers' George A Kessler
bought No. $50 West Sxty-nnth-st. a three story
dwelling house, with stable in rear, from Mrs.
Margaretta Card. The lot is 25x1oo.5 feet. A ten
story apartment hotel is to be built by Henry
StilIgebauer a plot lOO11x75 feet. the south
Of Nnety-eig ghth-st and Broadway.
He bought the parcel from Francis Crawford.
William f. Finn bought a plot 79,6X56 feet on the
south side of Ninety-fourth-st., l45 feet east OF
Broadway. from A c. Denman. One of the prin-
cpal reports affecting property in this section
that plans had been prepared for nine story
apartment house TO occupy the entire block bound
ed by broadway and West End-ave. and Seventy
eighth and Seventy ninth SITS.
1t is to be built by William Waldorf Astor who
owns the land, and will s2500.G10 According
in the city. The building will not begin until
present twentyone year leases expire which Will be
next year and the construction will not be hurried
as the intention is to have the building ready about
beta fhs sme the underground rapid transit road is
A feature t5 Of Of the house win be underground
the road from the interior court The building
take Up the entire centre OF the block the land
slopes from Broadway toward West End-ave the
owers and fountains viii decorate the terrace 81
Two drveways will enter the court from the street
one from Broadway for carriages and the other
from West End-ave for wagons The latter drive
be seen from the court or the windows OF the
the dimensions OF the block $50 feet streets
and 20o feet on the avenue and Broadway. The plot
at present is vacant. save Tor an old mansion
a greenhouse. The land is part of estate bought
IN colonial times by Governor Van Den Heuvel of
DemeraTa In 1883 he imported from Holland the
necessary brick and timber to build the old
sion which is to be torn down to make for
= the new euiiding The property came into the DOS
session OF the Astor family through the marriage
Of Of. John John Jacob Astor Sd the father Of William
Wa!dorr AStor, to Charlotte Augusta Gibbes OF
South carolina, granddaughter of Governor Van
Den Heuvel. -
It is said that General Washington at one time
occupied the house, and that British officer after
being wounded at Harlem. the Revolutionary
War. died there. The large Dutch weathervane
which once orn5mented the barn now indicates the
direction of the wind upon the stables of Mr.
Astors English 49,.
A deal in the Fifth-ave section, which attracted
considerable attention. the purchase of No
112 F1fth-aye.. by Harry c. Lytton, Of Chicago 1t
is five story building, plot q 9x1OO feet ar
the northwest corner of Twenty-second-st. and
Fifth-ave. The sellers Boehm & Coon and
the brokers L. j. Phillips &c Co. Mr. Lytton gave
in part payment Nos. 325 327 and 329 West FIev.
enth-st., three Ave story apartment houses with
stores: on plot s.. 10xa5. He bought the apart
ment houses in foreclosure for sos COO He vii,
improve the Fifth-aVe parcel. '-
Attention was once again directed to the old
stewart Mansion site by the sale of a part of il
with a nifty foot frontage In Fifth-ave This plot
Is olS feet north of the northwest corner of
Sa<sS-sSa<h-st and F1fth-ave.. and 1t was sold