Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-12-21
FAMED HOME Of
POLITICIANS GOES
Hoffman House to Be Replaced by
q history Business
Building.

New York. Dec. H-Thfce transaotions
involved valuable real estate in T-fth avo
nue. and broadway yesterday. Ore OF
these was the sale of the home of the lata
DR.. Isaac l.. Kip. at No. AS Fifth avenuo
for 100000, record price for property not
on corner. Another wac the leasing o.
the Hoffman House, at the southwest cor.
ner or Broadway and ?5.h atreet, which
Will he torn down and replaced ~ IT,
story business building. and the tnird .ne
fling Of plans for a SEQ 900 dwelling house
for James Speyer, head OF the banking
firm Of Speycr Co.. at the southeast Coz.
rer OF Nifth avenue and G7th street
The hoffman House was leased yester-
day by Louise NJ. Gerry through re
Ctuik sham; corurcny. fer a term OF ycars,
to Eins;c.n. Wolf :: &c, an cnr oid.ry,
lace and handkerchief concern, now n.
Nos. 443 and 445 Broadway 1t Is expcct-
ed to have the new buiiGlng ready for c.
cupancy early ncxt year
Tho hhc has played nc smai, part n
tho affairs OF the Democratic party, FOR q
loie time being hcedqUa rters for demo-
cratic leaders OF tho nation, State ani
city and their followers
Chairman BarnuIn &c the ..cvelsnd
"a ntrsiCrs n;wcys r;oved thore when in
the city. and made It Tbs hsAluuarte-s
Chairman Jone1 of A-kctsas a'so
made It his headquarters whtr Bryan
vas nominated in 1856. AL 1t vAs r,s
cen.er of conferences in tho demc.ratio
national and Stn:o campaigns again IN
1910, who? Bran run the soourd t!Ihe.
Senator Hill was another of the famoue
democratic leaders 20 mike = 'Ir heat
quarters. vhen ed" Murphy was stuta
COR his headQns rters. Even a. :ar bar;t
a7 Tlldens time Il was dernocra
headquarters, for Tden and Horatio
s,ymour used to make the hoffman
House their stopping place.
BETTING RING or NATION
The Hoffman House has been famous
also as betting ring of the nation for
LAYERS of odds on election and all sort,
Of things. Even betting republicans
we're wont to go over there from the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. as far back as 3
years ago, to put their bets down. when
| Ned" Stokes, who killed Jim" Fish,
/ conducted the hotel he spent a fortune
| on paintings, which were hung In tho
| barroom, to which they attracted thou
sands of persons. to the great profit of the
| management
| III lHe IAN Oh last year II was
! nounced that the Hoffman House. for
! the second time within a dozen years.
had gone into bankruptcy and would
close its doors. 1t was not until tho
| spring, however, that the hotel was
| closed, but it was only for a short while.
| and it opened again.
| The plot upon which the site stands
contains about q 900 square feet, being
So feet on Broadway and 217 feet in 25th
street. and extending through to oath
| street The new building to be erected
! will have nine elevators and entrances on
! Broadway. A large part of the structure
is to be occupied by the lessees. The re-
mainder of the building will be rented in
| lofts
Plans for Mr.. Speyer's house were filed
yesterday by Horace +. Trumbauer. who
drew the design and will supervise tho
construction work The site for 1t was ac-
quired a year ago, in two sections by
Mr.. Speyer. 1t will have a frontage OF
feet on the avenue and 100 feet in tho
| street. The facade is to be of limestone,
in the modern French style. ornamented
with balloon. es and Corinthian columns,
four of which will be on the street side
and six on the avenue An elevator will
be installed in the building. Entrances
will be from Fifth avenue and the street.