New-York tribune., 1912-05-29
Offers 'EN0y LIBRAPv
BUILDING FREE TO CHI
H. c. FriCk Would Tear It Down
and Re-ereCt It on Site of
Arsenal in Park.
EDlFlCE WORTH S1.000.00O
To Give Way to Financier's New
Home and Serve as Park
Headquarters-Stover
Favors Plan.

Favors Plan.
Henry c Fr!Ck formally offered TO the
c!tv Yesterday the LenoX Library Build
ing 10 be used for municipal purposes.
bur IN reality as an edince TO supplanj
tho Arsenal in Central Park Nj Fri,<
mad the offer in a letter to Mavor GAY
nor md said he would bear the Expense
Of removing the structure from rs pres
ert site and re-erectinS l. again # il
were accepted He vas reported t.
have paid =. 400 600 for the building and
the site when he purchased il in 1906
from the city.
The offer was the result Of the efforts
C. Park Commissioner Stoyer to secure
the building tor "a Park Department
he2dquarters in place of the Old Ar
seral building Together with Mr. Hast
tngs, Of Carrere & Hastings, Mr Fricks
er-hitect. the plan Of the Park Commits
eioner was gone over and later taken W
with the Mayor
Commissioner Stover declared yester-
day that u would cost 100000 - r7ora
70 take the building down and re-4rect II
again. and that the edifCe itself vas
worth <1 600 coo
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follows
New York CITY
Dear Slr. As owner OF the Lenox Llbrarv
F4T ,,,., w.. "'l.en S.re II lS ny my IprP2se 20
Of proposing that th4 library building be
."oVeq ana rf,reS'gd ~ some public place
determine II this proposition be acceptod
IeLsoE o'ler 10 [ernoNe ana re,erect thss
as 10 its interior bv the CITY at is ex-
rense Yours truly HENRY {. FRIC\.
On the request Of Commissioner Stow
the Nuric,ual Arr Commission bel
srectal meeting Yesterday 10 consider
+re subject The commission visited 1he
library and the Arsenal After the mee,-
ing which followed the Park Commits
s,rner said that while definite action
rad not bee, taken the individual roenl-
bers of tho commission had Looked f?-
,orabI,. on Il
o. D., u,... eL.
speaking oi the gu q MI r'Ic"'
ComnllSslon'I Nlo'e' so.o !. was u''
ffeceueh,eu III 'he "IiIIa'S - "'e wy
Mr.. FLICK ne declared hdd ooushI Ihe
structure from the city ana now ne was
giving IT back TO the city ana was Will
ing TO undertake all the expense OF care
i'i!y taxing !, GOWN anu ie-e'e''itis -.
.,,.r,+,." he eaid ~, sbor,d do CO 70
,,,e-.r,.o an historic LuiIdinr. TO ner-
.,,..s H. f.,,. of ono of America G
...-.ar.t,;,oc,s- ricb,rd IIunt-in hi
ettse ,,.orl,. - e,,rnrsnt tho ramsbackre
o.1 ,.,e.,,,r,ehIo ,reenaI nv dreproof
str,,cfr,ro FOR me better protection OF its
,r,o,uabIa relics and records: TO house
,ha ra,srt,,opt If Parks in a manner
,,e.+i,a Tho character of lis work and
60. dis,iro,,ishod location in our mos,
,.,,tr,tld mark and finally. the city
.t.a,,,d occen, the Gift with aIacrity -
80. .ho e,o,oroue donor that New York
49,, or,oro-;sta e,,cb rare public spirit"
Nv Erick bie architect Mr.. Hastings.
,.,a co,,,,,iss;oro, stover conferred with
- 80. =, ,ra e,biec, on Friday
[...-,,.sio,,or Ct,,.er docs NOT want
-, ,il.xar,. h,,ildi,g m, the uresent Ar
.ar,t, ~ the 65tb street
-1 80 ~aa -rha Arsenal ie south
5 :. :, hollow which would
e.r...,.. d..r,o, from, the library edifce
. =, -.ora ,,Iaced there
90 q.
Arsenal Eyesore 70 StoVer'
,..-.... 90 r,,.5,. ,+fCrte
Commissioner oloNeI IdS li'aNo CIV
ever since he was appointed 10 get ria OF
-. ,re.r.1 u.bicb he considers dis
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