Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-28

square foot, and thus surrounds the Man.
haitian Trust building. The two instltu-
tions are owned and controlled by the
same group of capitalists, and 1t Is theli
intention to tear down the buildings now
occupied by them and erect d new ant
suitable structure thirty-two stories high
SO that both may have plenty of room &c
do business. The recklesSneSs with which
costly improvements in this city are de-
stroyed is illustrated by this plan, be
called, is only twelve years old and Is
worth at least half a million dollars, II
not more, AS it stands.
The highest previous record price for
years ago, when the southeast corner OF
Wall and Broadway-a lot about the
same size-was sold for S7G0 a square
foot. The ground floor of that building
is now occupied by cigar dealer.
Uptown" Price Record.
The highest price ever paid for uptown
property in New York was recorded the
other day, when Mooyer d. Marston SOLD
the L. q. Potter Company at lo'
at 9TH avenue and 41st street fol-
$4,000, or approximately $3.50 q
square foot. The lot is occupied by six
story broWnstone building recently trans
formed from a residence for business
recent owners in 1875 for $4,000.
An idea can be had of the rapid in
crease in values of 9th avenue property
when ! tell you that the opposite corner
% by 94.5 feet in size. sold for s320.00t
three years ago. which was very neal
the record price for that date.
The highest price ever paid for 9th ave
nue. property until few days ago was
in 1903. when Boelfln & Coon bought the
New York Club house, at the corner OF
18th avenue and 35th street, with a lot S.
by 13J feet in size. for 81 $4,000. In 1S5.
August Belmont sold this same property
for $4,000.
Nearly year ago the northeast corner
of 9th avenue and AID street, 42.7 by 12s
feet in size, was sold for $2O7 a square
corner, ~ by 125 feet in size, was sole
for s71O0n0-a little under 500 a square
foot. This property was bought in 1856.
for $4,000.
The highest price ever paid for a resi-
dence on 9th avenue was recorded the
other day when Harry Payne Whitney
son of the late William G. Whitney
bought in the house his father remodele6
and furnished several years ago for the
sum of 100000. 1t is given out thai
100000 was for the house and lot anc
81, 100000 for its contents. 1t has thu
reputation of being the most sumptuously
furnished and the most artistically deco
rated dwelling in the United States, and
was done by the late Stanford White
who was given carte Blanche by the late
MIR. Whitney TO search the world for ma
terials, lie spent several years and no
less than a million dollars in purchasing
floors, nantes, doors, stairwayS anC
other woodwork, tapestries, frescoes
hangings, furniture and other plundel
from the chateaux and palaces of Eti
rope.
The finest room in America is the ball
room In this mansion, which is );
by 40 feet i'll size. finished in the style OF
Louis XIV, with gorgeous decoration:
and marvellous tapestries by Boucher
and Dechaise, which in texture and col
oring are admitted to be among the mos
wonderful decorative fabrics ever made
The walls are inlaid with rare woods II
quaint designs and adorned with panelinl
in high relief formerly in the chateau
OF Phoebus d Albert. near Bordeaux. AL
the ballroom furniture is of the Louis
XIV period. and in the adjoining con
servatory are many specimens of costly
marbles from Italian gardens.
A Perfect Example.
With the exception of the grand ball
room, the entire house is a perfect ex.
ample of the Italian renaissance. The
chimney pieces are elaborate works In
marble from old Italian palaces. The
ceilings In most of the rooms were trans.
ported bodily from famous European
mansions, the portieres and other drap.
cries are of old velvet and the grea,
bronze fire dogs in the dining room are
the finest I'm America
In addition to these furnishings, Mr.
Whitney had some of the finest examples
of the old masters in America, including
portrait of Charles l by Van Dyck
the famous equestrian portrait of the