The New York herald., 1921-06-21
OPERATORS BUY OLD
ST. LUKE'S CHURCH
Take Over German Evangelical
Edifice in Theatre District
on Forty-second Street.

The old German Evangelical st
Lukes Church which has stood fol-
nearly half century on the north side
Of Forty y-second street, between Seventh
and Eighth avenues. and Is now almost
surrounded by theatres and business
81 G. Mayer. operators. Max Salmon
was the broker. The church will build
a new edifice at 3oS and S14 West Forty
sixth street. the site for which It has
Just acquired.
II is said the Mayors paid 100000
for the church site on Forty-second
street, and II they do not find an oppor-
tunity TO resell It at a profit in the near
future they plan TO improve the site
with a costly structure. The Times
Square. the Apollo and Selwyn theatres
have recently been erected on two sides
of the property.
Weschier & Kohn, attorneys, acted
for the Mayors. and Harold Roig repre-
santkd the churca truS.c2s.
Corner In Syrian Colony Sold.
The Broadway John Street Corpora
tj3n, Elias A. Cohen, president. sold the
FIVE story tenement and sto.e building.
2jsSu. at the northeast cornor Of Wrsn.
irgtcn and Norris streets to the SO
Greenwich Street Corporation. Furlong
co. and the CruikshanS Company
we're the brokers.
Tenement House Trading.
John Peters sold for 3. Muller to the
italian Labor Centre, Inc, the five story
apartment with store at 233 East Four
teenth street, 26x103.3. The buyers al
ready own 231 East Fourteenth street.
which Is being altered into offices for
their own use.
H. M. WE'LL Company sold 155-161
Ridge street. two five story tcnements
50x10O, and 164 Attorney street, four
story building. 25x100, for Oscar Owen
and j. ]. Cohen.
J. s. Maxwell sold for the Hannah
Cohn Corporation 529 West 13Sth street,
four story new law apartment. 25x100.
The six story tenement, 42.6x100.11,
at 412 East 101st street is to be taken
over by the newly formed 412 East 101st
Street Corporation, having for directors
S. II. Hill. d. Gibbons and A. X. Hitch
cock. 1t is owned by the Owners Hold
ing Corporation, Charles c. Manger pres
ident
John j. Schmitt sold TO Joseph b.
Scutti 507 West 140:h street, a five
story apartment, 37.6x9s.11.
Alter Commerce Chamber Bldg.
Plans have been filed for. alterations
oethe Chamber of Commerce Building.
6s-65 Liberty street According to
Helmle & Corbett, the architects, the
changes will cost 100000.
Negroes buy on Edgecombe Ave.
FYtz Howell sold for Dorothy o. Cohen
10 a client for occupancy the three
story dwelling at AZ Edgecombe ave-
nue., 176x90. The house is on the block
between 1s6th and 137th streets. and is
the second dwelling thus sold by Mr..
Howell for negro occupancy within a
week. Diagonally opposite Is the block
bounded by st. Nicholas and Edgecombe
avenues. l31th and 13Sth streets, re-
Gently purchased by st. Marks Meth
lodist Episcopal Church. a negro con-
gregation. for its new church.
Deals Revealed I'm Transfers.
The Janice Realty Corporation sold
to Rae Hoffman West Seventeenth
street, a three story building, 22.6x92
Robert j. Macher sold to Meyer Taut
Il and 2s Pitt street, six story tene-
nnent. 40x50.
Magdelene J. Nelson sold to Leiser
Rosenbaum 123 Lewis street, a five story
store tenement, 25xl00.
Rose Nader sold to Charles Rabin
the six story store tenement. %. 3.1ox15
at the southeast corner of Henry street
and Jefferson street.
Joseph Kaplan sold TO the Warcotley
Company 1S9 Claremont avenue. a six
story elevator apartment, 75.2x9i.
John l.. Leibowitz sold TO r. and j
Siegel to i0sth street. two six
story tenements. S0xi001i.
Julia NJ NJ. Grant sold to Thomas r
Loughlin. Inc. 1244 to 124s Madison ave-
nue.. three five story flats. 6o.sxs1.9. for
$4,000.
The Rosholl Realty Corporation sold
TO Simeon Riley 245 West both street
a three story dwelling. 1ex9e.n.
Daniel J. Riley sold to William and
Katherine Petry 81 West 126th street, a
three story dwelling, 17.5x99.11.
Isabel L. Franzen sold to Thomas II
Stewart 3l9 West Thirty-third street, q
three story dwelling 16.Sx18.9.