New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-22
TWO LARGE APARTMENT HOUSES SOLD
The otherwood and the ngeW ood New Structures in Washing
ton Heights Section, Purchased by Investor.
PLANS FOR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN UPPER BROADWAY

The Rotherwood and the Inglewood, two
new six story elevator apartment houses
I'm the Washington Heights section, were
sold YESTERDAY The transaction Involves
$50 900. The structures we're sold by the
Schuck Realty Company. OF which Angus
tus Schuck is president, to John f. CO.
mey. The Rotherwood occupies n plot lo4sx
100 feet. on the north side Of Nth street
1858 feet west OF Broadway. and the Ingie-
wood an abutting plot, l00xl29 feet, on the
south side of 18th street. J37 feet west OF
Broadway. They are about 100 feet east
of Fort Washington avenue. The property
has been held at $4,000.
In part payment Mr. Comey gives to the
Schuck Realty Company the block front
on the north side of l27tn street. between
Convent avenue and St. Nicholas Terrace
a plot of about ten lots having frontage
of 23l7 feet in 18th street 1926 feet or
Convent avenue ard 100 feet on st. Nicholas
Terrace Mr.. Comey had owned the en-
tire block, bounded by l27th and l2oth
streets. Convent avenue and ST. Nicholas
Terrace. for many years. and held IT at
100000. He retains the northerly half OF II
on the 18th street front the Messrs
story non-elevator apartment houses Will
lam T. Darling & Son were the brokers
in the transaction.
Plans have been filed for the erection oi
one story church, three story parish
house and a three story business building
on the northwest corner Of Broadway and
18th street for the Fourth Avenue Presby-
terrain Church. for many years at the cor
ner OF Fourth avenue and 10Th street
which site was sold and is now occupied
by a commercial building.
The business building will adjoin the
church on Broadway and will have a
facade Of brick and limestone in plain de-
sign. The parish house will be on the
street side, and in this structure Will be
bowling alleys, a ymnasium, large sun
day school and lecture rooms and living
quarters for the pastor The chrch VIII
be on the corner. with frontage OF TN
The facade will be of local rubble. with
brick and limestone trimmings In the
Gothic style Of architecture. and orna-
mented with a large tower on one slde
A.5 feet high. The three structures are 70
cost $4,000 Louis f. Jallade is the archi-
tect.
1t was learned yesterday that the Car.
negie Construction Company, the actuai
purchaser OF the block 'front.' on Alnster-
dam avenue from 18th to 10th streets, OPP
posite Columbia University, will take utle
within n few days, and subsequently begin
the erection OF two apartment buildings.
1t has not been fully determined whether
the Improvement will be six story or ten
story structures The frontage Is portion
Of the block between Morningside Drive
and Amsterdam avenue which the Pinkney
estate sold early in May TO Bing & Bing.
who within three weeks from the date OF
their purchase resold the whole block to
various builders.
Frederick F. Foster is the purchaser OF
the two buildings recently reported sold at
Nos. 300 and 81 West 1l6th street. Mr..
Foster is the owner of the property TO the
east Of this plot. including the northeast
corner Of 10th street and Eighth avenue.
He now controls a plot with frontage OF
III feet on Eighth avenue and 200 feet In
1l6th street. II is understood that Mr..
Foster contemplates improving loo feet or
the 18th street frontage with vaudeville
and moving picture theatre.
The George A. Fuller Company has been
awarded the contract by the New York
Central Railroad for the erection Of a
building TO occupy the block front on Lex
ington avenue, between 49th and 5Oth
streets. The building is 10 be seven stories
high. covering a plot 2c0x200 feet and has
been leased to the Adams Express Com
pany for its uptown business.