New-York tribune., 1909-01-10
SOUTH CHURCH DEAL
Exchanges Plots IN Park 4uenue-
More Room for Netc Building.

The South Reformed Church the Rev. DIR.
Thomas r. Bridges. pastor. has exchanged the plot
the southwest OF SD street and Park
avenue purchased two months ago. for q larger
holding for its new church on the southwest cor
OF s5th street and the avenue. This trans
action made known yesterday by Pease & Eli
man. real estate brokers' who sold the properly
10 the Charter Realty Company. Of which l. y
Phelps Stokes is president. which represented the
church The plans for TIE structure pre-
pared for the SD street site have beer given up
sr6 the architects Cram CSoodhGe & Ferguson.
are at work on designs fGr large church and for
4 n1anse and parish house 10 occupy the latest ac-
o,list;on The whole TO cost about $4,000.
About reonth ago the consistory OF the church'
which is known officially as the Reformed Prot
es,ant Church in Garden Street, decided that the
SD street piot not large enough IL mao COST
about s25oeeO and might have been used despite ITS
inadeuuacy il the proposition TO exchange hao not
come several days ago. Pease & EiiTnan ieaTheo
that the ssth stree; site would pro5ably answer
They first sold for DAILY & Carlson to the Charier
Realty Company 1904 TO 1912 Park avenue, with
IN two lots of the corner There sun renlaileu
Nos Iel4 and lols Park avenue end No % 10 q
East Ssth street. owned by Amos h Emo Firich"'-
These were sold by the same brokers 10 the Cldi
ser Realty Company. and the deal closed yesteross
The church was glad 10 make the exchange OF us
100 by 90 plot fer site q feet on Farh avenue
and lss feet in s5th street leaving plot TOT 'ne
realty company with a frontage OF % iee' 'H "
avenue and s. feet deep
This deal Il was said yesterday. would WORK iOi
= complete change in the character OF the heeh"
hood and vas the biggest transaction IN real's -
.he district in years. Mr. Pinchot, who is granu
son of Amos R Emo. bought good deal OF properly
II that section TO protect his house, on the norm
east corner Of s5th street and Park avenue ne was
willing TO sell only On The assurance uiat 'i,e
church would use the property There are si1ah
buildings on the site now. representing htte Naiue
in themselves which made Il posslble 10 make 'e
exchange an even basis
The Rev TDr Bridges said yesterday that the ne"
church would Gothic structure without tower
or spire Il would seat about 100. ne saio ana Ia
= ,-aultad roof. with columns Owing 10 the size
of the Mot. he said i; would he possible to have
TIE new building so PLACED to avoid all crowolhs
g,r Bridges said that work on the new church
;.,Il6fnE would re begun bv about April J. and II
would rroba bly, be completed by Easter 1910 The
old church at sSth street and Madison avenue VIII
he abandoned Il is valued at $S5o.eA- and seVeTai
months ago a mortgage OF S+0eb was placed on
# with the Farmers Loan and Trust Company.
This church built about 1854 and IS the ooes'
in the Murray Hi section.
The south Church. Dr. Bridges said. was the oe-
saendart Of -he Dutch Church in the Battery fort
IN 7ses Thence it moved TO Garden street, now Ex-
change Place n l6ls where il remained until Ieso
,ss,=, fhe building was destroyed by fire A haho-
some structure put UP al 2ist street ana
avenue part of the site of which Is now occuphed
~. ,,e presbyterian Building About nineteen years
go the corasstory purchased the structure no" useu
from the Zion Protestant Episcopal Church Ihe
members Of the consistory are DR.. z j. Jane"ay'
Lambert Slydam. Samuel Sloan. jr. Charaes II.
Tsaines JabisI Holmes, Henry J. Nerthelnh anu
:, Dc Forest simmons The church supports a
chanel known as Manor Chapel, al No S4e NesI
as1h street which has membership OF SSu- me
,,,-~r itself has 900 members. Many OF these i've
- ,ba neigh horhood where the new building Is 10
he erected