New-York tribune., 1911-01-08
ALTHsA RUDD WARD MANSION.

were made in the week George w. Lederer,
the theatrical manager. bought the eight
story apartment house No. 3l4 West Tooth
street, known as the Chateau, from the
Axelrod Realty Company. The structure,
which was recently built, occupies plot
sOxl00 feet Maurice Runkel was the bro
ker. The property was held at $350,000.
Calder, Nassoit & Lanning sold for Mat
thew D Edelman the Maryland, a six story
elevator apartment house, with stores. at
the northwest corner Of Amsterdam ave-
nue. and 1O5th street, on plot 1oOx76 feet TO
the New York Urban Real Estate Company,
for investment The house was held at
$3.50. 900 and was sold by the same brokers
last spring for the Irving Judas Construc-
tlon Company to Mr.. Edelman.
Brown Brothers. builders. bought site
In the Sherman Square section for improve
ment with a twelve story apartment house.
From the Atlantic Realty Company they
got the four story dwelling house No l6i
West I'D street, OF lot l9xl022 feet and
from the West Seventy-second Street Cor
poration the adjoining property, Nos. l6S
and 1853, two four story dwelling houses,
each on lot 2Cxl02.2 feet. The proposed
structure will cover the entire premises.
Slawson Hobbs were the brokers in the
transaction.
The plot is located 100 feet east Of Broad
way and Is in the block where several
dwelling houses have recently been altered
for business purposes
Riverside Drive Project
The A. c. & H. NJ. Hall Realty Company
became the owner of a plot Of seven lots
AT the north corner Of llith street ana
Riverside Drive. II purchased the property
through Hall J. How & Co. from the Al
thea Rudd Ward estate. On the site Is the
old Rudd house. a residential landmark ol
this part Of the city.
The site fronts 76 feet on the drive ana
about 30 feet in the street.
The Rudd Ward house was built about
century ago. 1t is the last remaining home
stead of the many which were put up long
ago In that section Of the city II VIII soon
he raplaced by the Hall company win
twelve story apartment house.
In the week retail business enlarged the
arc, II occrpies in the upper Fifth avenue
shopping district
Earouharson e. Wheelock, modistes'
houpbt the four story dwelling house, No
70. Fifth avenue. on lot 25xl00 feet, 40
feet north of 56th street. The firm VIII
move 10 the premises about March l.
Worthington Whitehouse was the pIoAel'
rifle n the house is held by Mrs. Mary h.
B:erstadt. -
rrbe northwest corner OF 56th street was
,,et yaa,. leased TO Henry j. Duveen from
,te george Kemp Real Estate Company
for term of twenty years ana ulree
roonths at a reported rental OF SiOOOo Y
year Other art firms have taken quar- tei"
nearby. while No. 72S Fifth avenue lor'
merlv the residence Of Charles w. Morse
WAS recently purchased by Daniel a. Lor-
ing. though one Of the terms OF sale supu-
I,ted that It could not bo Gsed for business
purposes until a period of at least three
years had elapsed.
Northward March Of Trade.
The residence Of Harry Payne Whitney,
~ the southwest corner Of 57th street ana
n the block with No. 724, was recently put
on the market for lease. and 1t is UNDER
stood that a business tenant VIII DC az
cepted
The Hungarian American Bank secureo
long lease of the corner store IN the '"eI'o
story McCready Building, NO. l4l 10 l4'
Fifth avenue, southeast corner Oh ]lst
street at q rental aggregsting more 'hah
sibO 600 Possession Is to be taken I'M
r,ediateIv. The bank will remove from
its present quarters, No. 80 Broadway as
soon as alterations are completed. Ihe
changes I'm contemplation, including hxt-
ures etc. will entail an expense OF about
siOooo NJ e. L. Hess and Ogden n Clark
son were the brokers The latter also
leased the southerly store in tho same
building for a long term TO Park q Tilford.
Several sites in the westerly section OF
tho central loft district were bought last
veek for Improvement with business build
ings
The n. NJ. WE'LL Company and Frost
Palmer & Co. sold for Susan Il. Wood NO.
16L West 23d street, four story building.
On lot 22x1I26 feet The parcel is loo
feet east Of Seventh avenue. 1t viii be I'M
nroved by the new owner with a loft build
ing nrobab,y eight stories high. from plans
by Benjamin W. Levitan.
Rutland q whiting sold for John j. Long
No 147 Waverley Place, 22x62 feet; Tor
John A. and John i. Rosenbaum, NO. lA9
Waverley Place. 22xe2 feet. and for George
d l.. Harrison Nos Isl and log Waverley
place. 1sxs2 feet. On each site Is a three
story building, the combined parcels FORM
ing a plot OF over four thousand square
feet.
modern loft building will be put UP on
the premiseE