New-York tribune., 1914-03-08
About 100 Modern Dwell
ing Houses Erected in
City Yearly.
BUYERS QUICKLY
FOUND FOR HOMES
Town Spending S275,000 Build
ing Large Public
Academy.

kingston is the scene OF healthful build
ing activity. And this is primarily due
TO the increasing demand for more mod
ern dwelling houses and for other build
ngs Of various kinds The yearly crop
of new houses is now about 100, the as
sessed value OF oil real property I'm the
town being sl5.O2l,1Oo.
The realty future OF Kingston is uu-
usually bright Never before in the his
tory of this beautiful Hudson River town
were there so many chances for safe
speculation or investment in real property
rs at the present time. The city is
really a most fertile field for realty buy
ers ard builders.
The town is delightfully."- situated. and,
moreover, possesses all the main essen
tials for rapid development into a city Of
many more thousand persons and OF
broader and much more valuable CONNER
cal centres. Many physical features OF
the place remind one of certain Ne.S Eng
land towns, noted for their wide AMI
shaded avenues and for their picturesque
rural garb, and also for their cleanliness.
Yet Kingston. has none OF the realty
weakness of those places. 1t IS ahum
with the noise. as il were, of the quickly
turning factory wheel, and is seeking as
IT never sought before, greater CONNER
cial and residential vigor.
Kingston covers an unusually large area
of land Broadway. its main thorough
fare, running east and west extends over
two miles from the Strand at Rondout
70 Albany avenue in Upper Kingston.
Along that broad highway, bordered In
many parts by tall trees, are many large
and prosperous retail stores and manu-
featuring concerns, and within stone
throw OF the thoroughfare or within easy
walk of it are large spaces Of land dotted
with artistic homes, some OF which are
valued at several hundred thousand dol
lars each.
Among the new buildings being erected
In Kingston are St. Marys School, at
Broadway and McEntee street, at q cost
OF about $4,000 the knights of Columbus
Building. at Andrew street and Broadway,
ar a cost OF about 10000. and a new pub
lie high school, opposite the City Hall on
Broadway. between OReilly and Andre"
streets. The new high school will repre-
sent an investment OF $4,000.
On. OF tho most imposing structures in
the town is the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation building. at Broadway and Pine
Grove avenue. II Is y comparatively ne"
building and cost about $4,000
There are dwelling houses in the town
which are numbered among the finest OF
their class in the state. one is the nome
~ Nrs S. u. Coykendan, which cost
,bost 800, go: another is the home or John
n schoonrnaker on West Chestnut street
ubich cost about $4,000. ana still another
10 tho spacious house OF Edward Coyken-
5al. which cost 1t Is said' about '"'"'
20 erect
Kingston well measures up 10 the stanu
ard set for a progressive city. ~ mas
many modern city conveniences' ~ mas
an ec,cient police department and many
well managed city offices
As regards schools, the place bcsrs an
env,abie reputation not only from an
economical point OF view, but from tnat
OF the deep student
In June last the Russell Sage founoa-
lion issued detailed account OF wndt II
cost Ten cities Of this state. with popu-
,.t,on OF from twenty-five 10 thirty-hVo
thousand. 10 conduct their public schools.
That report showco that the education OF
each pupil in New Rochelle cost cach
,esr about tsi, In Mount Vernon ~. hu-
burn SO. Niagara Falls ~. Poughheep-
sie 80 and Kingston ~.
fop,tpIutfug ON the splendid showing Of