New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-05
OBITUARY
WidOTc of Bishop Potter Dies UHeF-
pectedly from Bright's Disease.

Mrs. Elizabeth Scriven Potter, widow of Bishop
Henry c. Potter. died yesterday. after short m
ness. at her home. No. S47 West seth street. Al
though she had suffered for time from
Brights disease. Mrs. Pottsr's death entirely
unexpected So confident her that she
was in no immediate danger that when the end
came three Of them were abroad +. Ambrose Clark
and Stephen c. Clark being in England. and Rob
ert 8. Clark in China The fourth son. Edward s.
Clark. was with her when she died
Mrs Potter daughter Of George Scriven.
and was born in New York about f1fty-nine years
ago. Her first husband was Alfred Corning Clark.
for many years head of the Singer Sewing Machine
| Company He died in 1895. Her marriage TO
Bsnop Potter occurred on October I. 1902. He
died in July Of last year
As one OF Bishop Potter's parishioners. she
prominent for her liberal gifts Of money for phil
anthropic and charitable purposes. When the
nerstone Of the Clark Memorial Chapel. in East
31st street. near Second avenue. laid Bishop
Potter. who conducted the ceremony, spoke Of her
generosity in providing chapel to aid IN the work
OF the Church Of the Incarnation the East SIDE.
Mrs. Potter's known benevolences were many. and
not confined 20 church purposes Perhaps the
most important Of her gifts the Alfred Corning
CLARK Neighborhood House. at Rivington and Can
streets. This institution has obtained wide
reputation in philanthropic circles.
Following the laying OF the Memorial Chay
cornerstone Mrs Potter bought. for S22,o 0O plot
OF land in Cannon street on which was erected
addition to the Nelehborhood House. which had
Chapel cost 800 600.
Mrs. Potter built model tenements on the upper
West Side and at Cooperstown, N Y, her country
home. She built in Cooperstown the Young Mems
Christian Association building, and maintained in
Il museum and public library. She also built
gymnasium in Cooperstown memorial TO Mr..
Clark. She gave 10 the town the free OF the
j. Fenimore Cooper property park.
Her home in Cooperstown within ten min
utes' drive or many scenes IN James Fenirnors
Cooper's romances. Three hundred yards away is
Lake Otsego Cooper's GmmerSlass, and nearby
are Leatherstockfngs Cave. Sunken Island. Natty
the Indian maidens went in bathing Ferneigh
the country home, has been closed since Mrs Potter
returned to New York last fall.
Some OF Mrs. Potters real estate holdings in
Manhattan. which are said to be worth more than
$50 900. che Dakota apartment house, Cen
trail Park West and I'D street. nine lots in West
72d street Central Park West; twelve lots IN
7Sd street, adjoining the Dakota; four lots and
buildings in Columbus avenue. between I'D and
74th streets; twenyeigh. lots four Of them vacant
in I'D street; thirty-two lots. four Of them built
up. In Central Park West between I'D and 18th
streets; twenty-six lots. with buildings, in I'D
street. between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues;
sixty-four lots in Columbus avenue, s5th and seth
streets, and the house at No West ed street
Mrs Potter opposed i the courts the site selected
for the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. unveiled
in 1907 on the ground that it INSTRUCTED the view
from her home. However when the unveng cere-
monies held. she decorated the house in honor
Of the occasion
Although no definite arrangement for the funeral
has been made. 1t probably Will be held in the
Church OF the Incarnation. of which Mrs. Potter
had been a lifelong member.