New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-19
ROCKEFELLER DEEDS
COSTLY LIGHT AND AIR
Oil Mans Daughter Beneficiary
of His Ability to Buy
Both LuxurieS.
EASEMENT ON VACANT LOT
Instrument Filed with Register
Provides for Lien on Sunshine
During Tenancy Of ADJ
joining Premises.

John -. Rockefeller is leaving moth
ing undonc to protect permanently the
light and air % his house, at No.
West 9th street. and that of his son.
AT No. 10 West 54th street. He is also
solicitous that the house OF his son-in-
law and daughter, Ilr. and Mrs. r..
Parmelee Prentice. al No. . West Did
street. have an abundance Of fresh air
10 occupy Il.
These facts were revealed 10y deed
recorded yesterday in the Register
office b. which title was given by Nr.
Rockefeller 10 the house No. West
sd street. adjoining on the west the
Prentice home. TO his daughter, Mrs.
Alta Il. Prentice. The instrument also
conveyed an interest in the vacant lot
No q West sd street 10 Mrs. Prentice
during her tenancy OF the premises
No. !.
The deed specifically says this ease
mcnt 10 the lot. which IL 2oxltD.J feet,
IS given 10 her for tho protection oi
the light anu air 'of her house, so long
~ lhe party Of the first part mis-.
Prcntice) occupies the premises.
Il is necessary 20 refer TO Mr.. Rock"-
fciler's activities as buyer In TINS
street 10 understand thoroughly the oil!
mans posi.ion on this light and air
subject. when he purchased ne
Promises at No. 10 West jfth street,
lust vest Of his old home site. 70 I'M
prove il with n stately dwelling house
for his son. ne bought from Benjamin
Stern Nos. : and Q West sd street. as
the westerly part OF that property was
IN tn. rear Of his sons new home site
and the eastcrly part directly south o.
his own home. OF course, another con-
siderstion that actuated him was that
The two houses were Just west Of his
daughters house. At No. = West Odd
street.
The dced which Mr.. Rockefeller had
placed on record Yesterday ~ what -
real estate expert would call pcriocs
one for no other persons other than his
daughter and her husband may cntoT
m. extra measure OF light and ar
which the vacant lot gives To the prem
ises az No. :. II this easement wer"
given outright 10 Mr.. Prentice and sac
moved away after selling her house
tho ncv owner would have gay IN d"-
ciding whether The vacant lot should
DO kept as iloral garden and q rear
ward 10 John H.. Ir.s. house. More
over. Mr. Rockefeller would not da'"
the right 90 decide what Improvement
might eventually h. undertaken in 70
gard 10 the lot
Business was threatening 10 get n
,rcnchcd In I'D street, just west d:
Faith avenue. and II would never 10
for him to sccl, 10 buy the premises
Nos. and o west sd stree, aiser
they were owned and occupied by some
mercantile concern. The purchase
ur,c. .h,u might annoy him more .han
anv deep shadows a business building
couia cast over his grounds and thosc
OF his son.
Soon after The purchase OF Nos. , daI
- Wcs. I'D street he had tho house az
No o torn down and the land mao
into yarI Cor his sons home; 1nd
that lot which now forms one. OF th3
most valuablc rear Yards in the who'"
CITY ~ never 20 I've built on, II IS said. so
long - ohm D.. senior and junior. ana
Mr.. and Mrs. Prentice are tenants o..
adjoining properties. II was said last
nigat that the premises Nos. and :
West .,3d street were 10 bc made INFO
a modern single structure. and tina; I
would have large westerly windows
Overlooking the vacant lot az NO. =.