New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-07
VALUE OF PARCELS
ABOUT $780, 1000
She Had a Summer Country
Villa on Manhattan
Island.

/ management OF the noIulngS OF the es-
! tate.
! Mary Goodwin Pinkney died in De-
cember, 1908, at the age of ninety-nlne,
/ leaving the Watt property, which she
/ had inherited, to her nephews and
nieces. At the time Of her death the
/ property was appraised at 100000.
/ Since then large number Of the estate
properties have been sold. 1t is said,
/ however, that the remaining unsold
1 sites are valued at about S5,000,000
/ She had the distinction of being the
! only woman spinster 10 have a summer
country villa on Manhattan. It was
| the old Watt mansion, situated in the
/ square block bounded by both and
/ 140th sts., Lenox and Seventh avs. She
moved there each summer from the
| Buckingham Hotel, where she lived the
other seasons. She was stepdaughter
of the late Commodore Archibald Watt
1t was in 1926 that Commodore Watt
bought farm extending from 1920 st.
and Seventh av. northwest to Edge
combe av. at l3sth st. and north and
east to the Harlem River. He bought
outlying pieces on Washington Heights
and near Macomb's Dam Bridge and
made several purchases on the West
| Side downtown. He started digging a
canal on his own account along the
/ bed of old Harlem Greek, at 108th St.
and East River, intending to carry it
across to the Hudson. The panic Of
! 1887 found him thus engaged and
/ trapped him because he was land poor.
Miss Pinkney helped him over his
/ financial difficulties by giving him her
personal inheritance of $4,000. In
! gratitude he decided to her his prop
! erty.
! About 1900 the old Watt mansion
| site alone had market value of about
| $1,500,000, but Miss Pinkney, who was
very saving in other ways, continued
/ to live there on account Of its asso-
/ Citations She had cabbage, lettuce and
| other farm truck grown on its grounds
] for her table, although the value of the
land used for vegetable garden brought
/ the cost of the lettuce and cabbage up
to several dollars a head, it is said A
part of that garden is among the prop
/ critics yet to be sold.
The properties also include thirty
one parcels, including the Pembroke
apartment house, 10 and II West 93d
/ ST., which will be under the exclusive
/ management of the J. Romano Brown
| Company, and the following vacant
| holdings:
Eight lots on the north side of Cathe-
! dral Parkway, between 'Lenox and
! Fifth avs.
| Five lots on the southeast corner Of
I Second av. and 10Sth st.
Thirteen lots on the north side OF
/ 123d ST., between Amsterdam and Morn
/ ingside avs.
A large plot in 127th, Manhattan and
/ 10th SITS.
The block front on the west side of
I Broadway, between Manhattan and
10th SITS.
A plot on the north side of 125th ST.,
between Broadway and Amsterdam av.
A plot on the south side of Lawrence
ST., between Amsterdam and Morning
side avs.
A plot on the north side of Lawrence
/ St, between Amsterdam and Morning
side avs.
Four lots on the northeast corner of
St. Nicholas av. and 1880 st.
A plot of nine lots on the southeast
corner of Fifth av. and 14lst ST., run
ming to the Harlem River.
A plot of seven lots on the south
side of 14lst ST.. between LenoX and
Fifth avs.
A plot of thirteen and half lots on
the southeast corner of 141st 81. and
Fifth av.
The entire block bounded by Fifth
av., 142d ST., the Harlem River and
141st st.
A plot consisting of forty-three lots
on the west side of Fifth av., north
side Of 141st st. and south side of l42d
st.
Southwest corner of Lenox av. and
144th st., consisting of seven lots.
90 1ot- "a nttf . n
Hath st. and the north side Of l43d ST.,
running TO the Harlem River.
Twenty-six lots, including the block
front, on the east side OF LenOX av.
and the north side of Hath st. and the
south side Of l45th st.
The entire block bounded by the east
side of Lenox ay., north side Of l44th
ST., Harlem River and south side Of
l46th st.
The entire block bounded by the east
side of Lenox av., north side OF l46th
ST., Harlem River and south side Of
147th st.
The entire block bounded by the east
side of Seventh av, north side Of l0Oth
ST., Harlem River and south side Of
15ist ST.
A parcel on the south side of 18th
ST., between Seventh and Lenox avs.
Ten lots on the south side of 13Sth
St, between Seventh and Lenox avs.
The entire block bounded by Seventh
av, 147th ST., Lenox av. and l48th st:
A plot on the west side of Macomb's
Dam Place, south of 155th ST.
Mr.. Kelsey has given his agents au-
thority to negotiate with other brokers.
Mrs. Julia Morris Curtiss Lawrence, a
niece of Miss Pinkney. asked the Su-
preme Court in September. 1913, TO or
der the immediate sale of all the prop
erty.
The sales reported yesterday were:
COURTIANDT Av.-Anna Brandt has sold the
southeast corner OF Courtlandt Az. and 1891 =,
a six story new law fat fronting $50 feet on the
avenue aud 90 5 feet the street, with eastery
and southerly lines Of 30 feet aud lis feet. re-
S7TH ST-Joseph P Day has sold for the Misses
Helena W. and Susanna II. A Faber 70 client
for occupancy the four stoy dwelling. Htss 3. a
ltg Fast 3Tth St which has been held At 81. 600.
GRAND CONCOURSE.-J. r. F1nneran and p. J.
RYAN sold FOR the Livingston estate o. Philadel-
phla the vacant plot l00rl00K Irregular a. me
southwest corner n the Grand COncourse and ls'th
81 % John Car The plot was held a. s2gOOg-
BRYANT Az Blanche Ptegof sold 70 the Cal
vr[fon Buiiding Company ii7S Bryant ay.. two
family house 20xlO0. between Jennings and l2d
IS Tie property was given in part payment for
H. ak story Apartment house az ii79 Hoe 4S. the
sale Of which reported recently.