New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
Bungalow Sites
AT Nepperhan Z p
For ubIic Sale
Cronin Property, Under De-
veloprnent for 10 Years
To Be Closed Out by
Means of Auction Sale

Ncpperhan Heights Will now come
into considerable we'll merited notice
because Joseph p Day has arranged
to stage the auction sale there of 80.
splendid building sites right in the
| heart of & district of such unusual
charm that hundreds of families have
made it their dwelling place. The sale
will be held on Saturday, October 18
at 2 p. M, in Phlipsburg Hall, one
block south of Gettys Square, Yonkers
The lots are located opposite the
Nepperhan Heights Station on the Put
nam Division of the New York Central
Railroad, and are to be hold by orde,
of the Union and New Haven Trust Com.
pany, as trustees and executors for the
estate of the late Patrick J. Cronin,
a manufacturer of New Haven. Conn.
This property is that which. for the
last five years, has been managed anc
developed by the Robert f. Farley Or
ganization.
The Cronin section of Nepperhan
Heights, Yonkers, originally consisted
Of about $50 acres, practically all of
which at one time was covered with
an immense grove of old elm trees. the
great majority Of which are still stand
ing. This property was formerly
known as the Fowler Farm, and the
old Fowler homestead still holds its
original post in the east side of Tucka-
hoe Road. corner Of Sprain Road
Development of the Fowler property
was begun about ten years ago by the
lonkers and Nepperhan Realty Com.
pany sAs result of q foreclosure ac-
ton, the property fell into the hands
Of :he late Mr.. Cronin. The Unior.
and New Haven Trust Company, as ex-
ccutors and trustees of his estate, ap-
pointed the Farley Organization to de-.
velop, manage and sell the property,
since which time, in 1914, about
$50 to 900 houses have been erected at
Nepperhan Heights. These bungalows
and residences have averaged $4,000 to
SIS 900 each in cost of construction.
and have been erected on residential
sites fifty or more feet in width cost
ing from $500 to $500 per lot. and
upward 10 S3 800 for sites in the bust
ness section.
Since 1914. about Is per cent Of the
opened and dedicated to the city Of
Yonkers. with many of them graded,
curbed and having sidewalks laid
The lot buyer has been the developer
of the Cronln section of Nepperhan
Heights He. and not the developers.
has built the several hundred attrac-
tive bungalows and residences erected
there.
An important factor in the develop
ment of Neppe-han Is the excellence
of the present rapid transit facilities,
and the outlook for the electritication
of the Putnam Division at an early
date by the New York Central Rail
road.
The railroad company, just prior to
site for a large power house. Suisse
quent to this purchase, it was a matter
of general report that rolling stock
and overhead equipment had been o.,
dered for an electrified line Some ~
this equipment, it is reported on good
authority. actually was delivered dur
ing the period of the war, or diyerte d
to use on other divisions, because of
the great difficulty experienced in OBJ
tanning new materials.
At the present time Nepperhar
Heights is accessible from New York
by way of the Sixth and Ninth Avenue
elccated railways to the Sedgwck Ave.
nue. station on the Jerome and I.exino-
ton Avenue subway, changing there to
the Putnam Division train for Nepper-
nan; also by way of tao Harlem Div
sion of the New York Central Rail
eoad 20 'luckahce. and by way of the
ruckahoe and Yonke~s trolley line :,
Ncpperhau; also by way OF the Huti
son River Division to the Yonkcrs
stutlon, and by traIley to Nepper rhau: