The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-08-08
SWEDES TO BUILD
BRONX CATHEDRAL
Lutheran Church Buys Site at
Mott Avenue and 159th
Street From Bank.

Plans for a Swedish Lutheran cathe-
oral at Mott avenue and 159th street.
The Bronx. which, i is expected. will
lead to the creation of a large Scandi-
navian colony in the vicinity, are under
way. The Trinity Swedish Lutheran
Church. which now worships at "A West
l26th street. between Fifth and Lenox
avenues, has purchased from the Corn
Exchange Bank the vacant block
bounded by Mott and Sheridan avenues
and 15Sth and 159th streets, and OPP
posite to Franz Sigel Park, through
Shaw. Rockwell & Sanford. On its Mott
avenue and 159th street corner the
cathedral will be erected
The Rev. DR.. s. @. Gilman, pastor of
the church. who recently assumed charge
OF 1t after many years service as minis
ter OF a Swedish Lutheran Church In
New Britain. Conn. said last night to
reporter for THE NEW York HERALD
that no architect for the proposed
building had been selected but that
large edifice In Gothic style would be
erected. DIR. Gilman added that already
there was n small settlement OF Scandi-
navians in the neighborhood of Mott
avenue and 159th street. The part of
the block not used for the cathedral will
be sold whenever the time is favorable
for its satisfactory disposal. he said.
In the block to the south the Schnei-
der Holding Company bought last week
from the Broadway Savings Institution
plot of 250x225 feet. between 18TH
street and new thoroughfare. A short
time previously the bank sold to the
Schneider company another parcel in
the block. The two purchases give the
company plot of about $50 feet on the
avenue and 225 feet on the side streets.
which will be used as the site of an
apartment house operation.
Another OF yesterdays Mott avenue
sales was that of the vacant plot, 50x
81, on the east side of the avenue, so
feet north of $3.50 street. which j..
Clarence Davies sold for Mrs. A. Mol
,ossi.
East Side Tenement Sales.
Morris Hecker and others sold to
Moe Torgow and Sophie Grossman 266
Delaney street and so and So Columbia
street, a northeast corner. containing a
six story tenement and store building,
25x100
The five story tenement house, 1904
Avenue A, 25.6x7S, has been sold by
Froman & Taubert for Adolph Swidorski
to Thomas w. Gillian.
The five story flats, 212 East Eighty
ninth street, 25x100. have been sold by
the Leonard Morgan Company.
Buys Next Mock's Hotel.
Dimitrios J. Theophilatos. ship
broker. bought from the Amapdakay
Company four three story houses. 256
to 262 West Forty-sixth street 66.Sx
1905, subject TO mortgage for s134.000.
The property adjoins Mock's Hotel
Other Bronx Snles.
The New York Cash Register Com
pany sold to Max Berg 1861 Bathgatt
avenue, a five story apartment house
| 40x114.5x irregular.
Emma r. Brown sold to Benjamin
I. Greenberg s57 and $50 linton avenue,
five story apartment house. 40.Sx120.
Brooklyn transactions.
NJ. o. Sullivan sold 24s Conover
street, frame house. 20xs0. for Olaf
Hedemark: 90 Wolcott street. two
story frame house, 20xl00. for the Mar
garet Brown estate: 102 Fourteenth
street. two story frame house, 20x100.
for f. Mebel; for the Jere Johnson Jr.
Company. n plot of 40x100, south side
I'of Hill street west of Henry street +;
421 Columbia street, southeast corner Of
Huntington street. four story brick
stores and flats, 20x60xS3 for the III.
o'Neii estate. through Erie Basin Realty
Company.