The sun., 1915-10-17
|Potters Field at
! Washington Sq.--.
| Cow Pens on Del.
mOniCO Site--.
MANIFESTATIONS
on Old Avenue...
Wonderful Ad.
vance in Values

clipper ship days. had his beautiful home
n; the norihea conner of Fourteenth
street and Fifth avenue Later the
house was leased to the belrnonicos until
they moved in 1875 20 Twcnty-sixth
street and Fifth avenue.
As early AZ 1859 clubs had begun to
elbow themselves into Fifh avenue, and
one of the first tr intrude aiuo, Z the
residences VAS IN" tnion club. organ
ia' d IN 1885 With 500 ~ the ciiv's mos,
distinguished citizens o. monlher> IN
1855 it moved from broadway. near
f. urth street. into nov clubhouse on
tie northwest corner of Twsrtv-frat
st eef and Fifth avenue. described ~ the
'ilne a. "a superb bruvL>touc etitIc'ure
which cost s3oo 900" aud which w,s
he FIRST hons" erected in <"w York
sol"lN for club purposes IN IsIg the
M'en"um established Itself At the -o,Ith-
west corner uf Fifth av.niIc and Siy-
te'nth street, Tho Manhattan club IN
l>Ih. when August Belmont wa presi-
drn'. occupied t'e former homo Of
charles NJ. Parker AT the southwest cor
nor "f Fifth avenue aud F,ftcouth strent
TIE ''oips tlnh la i>NS had ii. home op-
r"slte the 'nlon club, ~ tho noi thcast
curn"r "i TwcutI -first street
The south bu,"h Re formed Church
MAS built in lsju a, tn. soithveSt cor
har Of Twenty-tr:t street, aud she
flfth Avenue Presbyterian church vas
built AT the corner Of Nineteenth street
ana Firth avenue "a 1888 ~ TIA. north
west corner OF TAont, -u'r'l tree
stands the Marble Culicgitt. Church
The cornerstone w. IA Il NuNemirr IS.
lNhl. and the church NaS Opened for
worship October II l>ai. This massive
hu,!fing OF HASTINGS marhl. houses ths
oldest ecclesiastical orLanizatiou ia Sew
"rh' the "'ngrc cation haNin- heen
FORMED in 1928
'Twcn'v-thrd street avid lri'th ave-
nu' - AT lutero.t'rr ,rni" arothar
auccdote of III" aNenu. r,tS "E4,h IN
io'" SIR Edmund AudrOS. Governor or
mo Province, granted to solomon Peters
= Ire" negro, thirty acres of land from
twenty first to Tweuty-siNth street
between broadway 'E'o"mingdalo ro,d,
ana seventh avenue. So'ou,pu'~ Jessc' r.
ANS sold the tract Iva lTlt 10 .Io'.r Horn
hiih cornelius Nehher and IN 1913 T.
h"'ame vested IN John iIoru the -cr,nd
The Horn frmhou-' stood roir tho
'ehtr" or Ftfth rN"nu", south Of 1Ncrtv.
, 'Mrd street aud wa~ later occupied -
Christopher M'icnhcr-'r Who r,rri.l
l'orn's daughter
When Fifth avenue "as cut through
a. Twenty third street "a Is3.. m.
common Council allow cd tho u,a farm
mouse I" remain Where t. Nas uttu 1899
"hon II was removed to tho pr.-eu. sit,
OF the Ftfth Avenue BuilIrus. tuc north
Wost corner Of Tvcu'r-thnd stree and
Rr"ad"aN Here - hectmc 3, rotdhnrse
known as tho Madison Co'ta-c. ohose
Sisn va" hugo par Of ar'lCrs ard
whose proprietor Was torplral Thomr.
son, Ihis was famous resort Of the
! riders and drivers from the city. still
some miles south. aud vas also i pos
tavern IN the coaching days
Madison cottage Was torn down 70
make room for F'raNconi Hippod-ome
opened MAY .. 1888 Tho H'rpod~orn
was built by a syn licatc of cirh, Nme
| ican showmcn, among whom were Aver,
SmIth' Richard Sands and seth r
| fo"e, II Was seven hundred feot ''
circumference of nricK two stories
| hiIh, with an oval ring IN tho ccntr.
| TWO hundred feet vide hy three huudrcI
rect long. The arena was cover, ! VItr
| canvas and seated about six Thousand
people with standing room for ,,luu~.
ohe-hait as many moro. \'th.u.h ~.
/ circus presented here oompar, No'
| faNorahly with performances LATER give
/ al Madison square Garden. tho N,utur.
/ was NOT success, and after tWu ;caff
or losses the Hippodromo gave " ., :
! me tlfth Avenue Hotel ,trst called -
! Mount Vernon lIotcn."
extending o. fffth avenue from NO.
J Ihir'y-scrond almost to THr', s'r'
! ,'''''' NtT' lilr twenty i.r. OF law
bought in l1r9 10y John Uhuml-on ~
| tih2 los. In l>21 William y. Ns'o
bought u half Interest, including I1f
avenue from Th.rtN -Sc,o.d O., In'rty
! hfth street. for $2".I"u Fir hu'.i
/ uhpretentious squ rcd h'I.n Ion
on In southwest corner o' thirty
street and Frth avenue whilr lp'0 -
cob Astcr erected a home a. the nn'
/ west corner OF Thirty -third street r
. W illuuTf Hotel named aft,r lf'f, y
. town of Waldorf. GermanN, tn, AS'N'- 4
/ ancestral home, occupies ia" r'U o." s''
( Of John Jacob As'or's house. aul " /,
! opened for business March II iS
tn" Astoria, named after \stu.., 't
, founded by John Jacob Aston, Sr, B
p lhlN, stands on the site ut Nl.l.tN /.
/ Aslors house. II Was opened Novetn-
her |, 1897. The two hotels, uNfe- ore
management. are nov called tAr W. !
| dorfAstorii
: On site which was also part of IL
! Thompson farm AT tho mort west 'orn n
OF Thrty-foulth street stood ~ tlo b" h
| ginning of the civil war lhr residence uf
! "Dr." Samuel T. Townsend, kuoNu =,
"Sarsaparlla" Townsend Townsend. Who
had been contractor, made his money
by successfully advertising Townsend