The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-06
HISTORIC MANSION
THE OLD SCREVEN RESIDENCE
PASSED UNDER THE HAMMER
KNOCKED DOWN AT S11,500.
j. f. COOPER MYERS BOUGHT 1T IN
AT THE PUBLIC SALES.

| Sales Went on with More Snap Than
! Has Marked Them for Several
| Months and the bidding Some
of the offerings was spirited-NO
Remarkable Prices Were Obtained,
but the Sale Indicated That the
Real Estate Market Is Firm and
/ Steady-Lnrge Crowd Attended the
! SaIe-BRnk md Railway stock
Among the Offerings.
The pubic sales at the Court House
yesterday morning were the most inter
esting and most largely attended of any
| in the last several months. The feature
was the sale of the old Screven mansion
at Abercorn and Congress streets, which
was bought in by Mr.. ]. f. Cooper Myers
for Sl1 800.
Bidding on some of the property offered
was spirited and an interest was mani
tested in the proceedings that has been
lacking At many of the recent public sales.
While none of the prices obtained were
considered high by experts, they were
good and the tone of the real estate mar
ket in Savannah, for city property, was
shown to be as firm and steady as it
has ever been.
The sale of the Screven mansion was
conducted by Mr.. I. D. LaE2oche. 1t is
one Of the historic old houses of Savan-
nah, having been the home Of the late
lamented Col John Screven and several
generations of the Screven family. 1t is
commodious two-story structure, of the
old style of architecture in vogue during
the early part of the last century. The
lot upon which it stands, at the south
east corner of Congress and Abercorn
streets, has front of $50 feet on Con-
gress street and a rectangular depth on
Abercorn of 80 feet. Outhouses and sta
bles are located in the rear of the resi-
dence on the lane
Mr. T. Il. Youmans. representing Mr.
j. W. Mcintyre, started che bidding by
an offer of $1,000. This was increased $500
by Mr.. Myers and the bidding went on
by jumps of $500 until Mr.
Myers offered $l1,5OO. Mr.. You
mans failed 40 raise it and the
property was knocked down at that price.
1t is not known whether Mr.. Myers pur-
chased the property for his own use or
was acting for some other person or cor
poration.
Mr. LaRoche sold the property known
as 573 and SIS Bay street west, and 574
and SO Olive street consisting of two two
story brick and two frame dwellings. The
! successful bidder was Mr.. J. r. Cam, to
whom the property was knocked down for
$2,525.
Two lots of land and improvements on
| 4 81
tenn tracks, were also sold by Mr.. La
| Roche. The lots are Nos. Is and 16 Hay
ward ward and each has a frontage of
! thirty feet and rectangular depth of a
| hundred feet The western lot, on which
| is located one-story cottage, was sold
| to Mr.. Egon for $500. The eastern lot, on
| which a two-story cottage is located,
! brought $l,O55, and was bought in by J. r.
/ Smith.
A lot of land in Magazine ward, situated
on President street. between East Bound
airy and Reynolds streets was sold by Mr..
| I.aRoche and purchased by Mrs Laura
| Foster for $50 Mr.. LaROche also sold
one share of the stock of the National
Bank, of Savannah for $12O and three
| shares of the capital stock of the South
western Railroad Company for $112.25.
| Mr.. C. II. Dorset offered the four
houses, Nos. go, 232 2S4 and 2S6 Reynolds
street, which formed part of the estate
| of the late Barbara Koch. The land upon
| which the houses are built has a front
| on Reynolds street of about 100 feet. The
property brought SLIGO. the name of the
purchaser, however, being unknown. Mr.
| Dorset also offered for sale the attrac-
tive building site at the northwest corner
of Habersham and Waldburg streets. but
as he obtained only one bid he withdrew
it. He sold twenty-seven shares of the
capital stock of the Merchants and Me
chanics' Lard Company. of the par value
! of 500, for $25 per share.
Mr.. S. X. Platshek sold the eastern half
of lot 81. O'Neil ward situated on Walk
err street, for 81, 325. The property. which
was bought in by w. NJ. p. Morgan
holds two two-story frame houses and
has a frontage of forty-five feet and a
rectangular depth of ifty-four feet.
Mr.. John l.. Archer sold lot of land
on Grapevine avenue in the southwest
| ern section of the city, for 1925. The pur-
chaser was Henry f. Dreeson. The lot
has a front of fifty4five feet and rec
tangular depth of seventy-seven and a
half feet.
Mr. Robert II. Tatem was the auc-
uoneer of a lot OF land and improve
ments, the latter consisting of a two
story frame building, situated on
Wilson street. near Sims. The property
is known as the southern one-half of lot
IS, O'Neill Ward. The purchaser was J.
r. Meyer to whom the property was
knocked down for 1919. Mr. Tatem also
sold lot of land on Park avenue. be-
tween Burroughs and West Broad streets
having frontage of thirty feet on Park
avenue. and a rectangular depth of one
hundred and eight feet. for $780, the pur-
chaser being Thomas J. Sweeney.
The notes and open accounts that re-
main uncolected Of the assets of the
firms of Christopher Gray & Son and
Christopher Gray & Co. were sold by the
receiver of these firms for $2l being bought
in at that figure by w. c. F'ripp. Sew
eral pieces of property in the southern
section, that had been purchased by the
city for the purpose of opening streets,
were sold by City Marshal Dreeson
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