New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08
ancestors Prominent in
ReaIEState Market Again
,r,,, Zieeler Adds to His Apartment House Holdings
BY 81 100000 Park Avenue Pur'hase-Other Big
Features of a Busy Week in Local Fields

bills are so high that the total Of the
rent roll is dimmed in comparison.
William Ziegler was the most con-
spicuous investor in the real estate
market last week. He purchased the
thirteen story apartment house at the
southwest corner of 5Sth ST. and Park
av. from Edgar A. Levy and Samuel
Herzog. J. Curry Watson, father-in-
law Of Mr.. Ziegler. and Jesse Bennett
negotiated the purchase. The apart
ment house was held at Sl,l00,000.
Mr.. Ziegler now owns five apartment
houses in the Park av. district, all
bought within the last eighteen months.
His holdings include the apartment
house at the southeast corner Of 72d
So. and Park ay., with a rent roll of
$4,000 year; that at the southeast
corner of 6lst So. and Park av., with a
yearly rent return Of $4,000; the
southeast corner Of 54th ST. and Park
av.. with an annual rental Of S12S,000,
and the nine story house at 104 to 10
East 40th ST. All these structures are
fully rented.
Among other sales last week were
the following:
Vacant plot at ia and 1l6 East 25th
st. by Joseph p. Day 20 a client.
Apartment house at 23l4 Valentine
av. by Jacob Cohen and Jacob kaplan
10 Harry Paul.
Flathouses at 26s and 270 West
I31St 81. by William O'Brien TO a Mr..
Bitterman.
Apartment house at the northeast
corner of nth st. and 9th av., sold
through Mark Rafalsky & Co. TO David
II. Knott
Dwellings at 9O1 and 9O3 West End
av. and 303 West 104th st. through
Earl & Calhoun to EOS West End Ave-
nue. Company, Anthony A. Palermo,
vice-president.
Taxpayer" at the northwest corner
Of Fordham Road and Grand av. to
Ella F. Bradley.
The dwelling at 1l3 West I'D St,
bought by Stephen C, Clark for Marie
w. Caldwell.
Old buildings at 122 and 124 Pearl
ST.. sold by Fitzpatrick & Cruikshank
through Charles +. Moves Company TO
the Lower Manhattan Realty Company
as size for an apartment house with
store.
The Upton Building, at l49 and 15l
Franklin ST., which was fitted up at
cost Of about 100000 by Sir Thomas J.
Linton for his American business; sold
for William D. Fitzpatrick through
the Charles F. Noyes Company to the
Manhattan Real Estate Association,
George P. Slade, president; Alfred K.
Kirkus, secretary.
Cammann, Voorhees, Floyd have
sold for Lucius II. Beers the five story
building. size 21X75, at s Gold St, ITO
feet from Maiden Lane. John W. Brett
is the purchaser
Joseph A. Wasserman has sold the
vacant lot on the east side Of PlYmpton
av., 244 feet north Of Boscobel av.. 2oX
100, TO an investor, who VIII erect a
four story single fathouse on the site.
The Houghton Company has sold for
Caroline B. Randell, represented by Al,
bert B. Boardman, the four story ana
basement brownstone dwelling l55 vest
18th ST. between Columbus and AM
sterdam avs, on lot 19X1O2.2, to
client for occupancy.
J. Clarence Davies, with Samuet
Cowen. sold TO Lawrence Davis. Of New
ark. the three story brick dwelling, on
a lot 25xlO0, on the west side Of Daw-
son St, 100 feet north Of 156th st.
The Cross & Brown Company, in con.
junction with Duff G. Conger, has sold
for J. G. VI. Sulzberger the five story
and basement apartment house ITO East
seth t., 26xlO0, south side OF s9th St,
near Park av.
The property was sold to VI. A. Kelly
with whom the same brokers recently
effected the sale of 1l2 and la East
s9th st. for d. p. Bassil and VI. Reilly
in exchange for property at Deal, y. }.
The new purchaser now has plot tex
100 feet.