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The Record and guide: v. 37, no. 954: June 26, 1886

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June 26,1886 The Record and Guide. 883 Marquand Bros, have sold the fcwo-sfcory and basemenfc frame dwelUng, 18.9x36x68, No. 51 Rochester avenue, to Prancis E. and EUnor S. Cotton for $3,500. A private brick residence, 30x100, on Lafayette avenue, southwest corner of Sfc, James place, has been sold to Emma P. Yergens for $11,800, CONVHYANCKS. 1885. 1886. June 19 to 25 inc. June 18 to 24 inc. Number......................;............... 175 175 Amountinvolved............................. $649,466 $661,237 -Numbernominal............................ 40 42 MORTOAOES. Number ..................................... 149 145 Amountinvolved............................ $516,150 J693,857 Number at 5 !< or less......................... 50 73 Amountinvolved........................... $192,727 $470,525 PBOJECTED BUILDINGS. 1885. 1886. June 20 to 26. June 19 fco 25. Number of buildings.......................... 90 99 Estimatedcost................................ $486,050 $448,025 Out Among the Builders. C. Abbott French & Co., are making plans for a four-story and basemen private sfcable of granite, brick and terra cotta, 25x100.5, with extensions 93 feet deep, at No. 230 West Fifty-eighth street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues, to cost $35,000, for William Lovell. The structure will be a model building and the most complefce of ifcs kind. Alonzo E. Hudson has plans on fche boards for a five-story brick flat with brown stone trimmings, 35x60, at No. 1865 Tenth avenue, west side, 75 feet north of One Hundred and Fifth street, to contain all the modern Improve¬ ments, to cosfc $13,000. Adam West, owner. Henry O. Averj' is preparing plans for the following work: For the decoration of the residence of Henry Steers, Presidenfc of fche Naval Advisory Board, on Thirfcy-elghth street, west of Fifth avenue, to cost $10,000; fche decoration will be in the style of LouisXVI. andthe French Renaissance; also for a double brown stone stoop, 29 feet wide, for the residence of Roberfc Hoe, on Easfc Thirfcy-eighfch sfcreefc, fco cosfc $3,000. George W. Da Cunha is preparing plans for a flrst-class five-story brown stone apartment house, 30x84, to contain all the latest improvements, on the south side of Seventy-sixth street, 835 feet west of Ninth avenue. The structure will cost $30,000. A few New York and Boston architects will be invited to present compe¬ titive plans for the Ubrary and art buUding, for which Andrew Carnegie has given $250,000, to Alleghany City, Pa. W. MUne Grennell has plans on the boards for a two-and-a-half-story EngUsh vflla, 85x50, containing all the modern improvements, vrith fur¬ nished halls, to be built on the south side of Hull avenue, near the Southern Boulevard, to cosfc $8,000, for fche Twenfcy-fourfch Ward Real Esfcate Asso¬ ciation; also for a simflar residence, 25x50, to be buflfc afc Bedford Park, for the same owners, fco cosfc $8,000. D. & J. Jardine are about to make plans for four four-story brown stone private residences with bay windows, 19x50, to be built on the north side of Eighty-second streefc, befcween Eighfch and Ninfch avenues, for WilUam H. Sfcafford, to cosfc $18,000 each. Herter Brothers are making plans for a synagogue, to be erected on Eldridge street, easfc side, befcween Canal and Division sfcreefcs. Ifc will have a sfcone front and the dimensions wfll be 53x80, with a seating capacifcy for 900 persons. Ifc wiU be builfc in fche Moorish sfcyle and will cosfc $35,000. J. H. Valenfcine is making plans for six fchree-sfcory and basemenfc brick and brown sfcone dwelUngs, 16.8x40, on the southeast corner of Eighty-fourth street and Eleventh avenue, for Hiram Moore, to cosfc $54,000. A. B. Ogden & Son are the architects for a five-story brick, stone and iron sflk factory, 83x96, on the south side of Ninety-first street, 331 feet east of First avenue, the cost of which is esfcimafced afc $50,000. Tbe buUd¬ ing wdU be fire-proof. Work has been begun for fche erection of the spires for St. Pati-ick's Cathedral, on Fifth avenue, for which Renwick, Aspinwall & Russell are the architecls. It is expected that it wfll take about four months to com¬ plete. The cost wfll be about $200,000. Arthur B. Jennings is preparing plans for four four-story apartment houses of brick, stone and terra cotta, to be erected on the northwest corner of Tenfch avenue and One Hundred and Fif fcy-second sfcreefc, 78x100. The owner is John B. Bufcler. They wiU cosfc $16,000 each. C. Baxfcer has the plans for five thi"ee-story and basement brick and brown stone Queen Anne dweUings, 17.6x45, on the south side of One Hun¬ dred and Thirty-eighth street, between Wfllis and Brook avenues, to be owned and occupied by five officials of the Suburban Elevated Railway. The houses will have the first and second floors finished in hardwoods. The cost wiU be about $80,000. Cleverdon & Putzel are the architects for a five-story brick, stone and iron apartment house, 35x90, on the south side of Forty-fourth street, west of Sixth avenue, for George Rogers. The haUs wiU be tUed and the build¬ ing wfll have steam-heat and all improvements. J. B. Snook is preparing plans for a fivestory double brick tenement and stores, 25x83, to be built on the northeasfc corner of Bieecker and Sullivan sfcreefcs. Cosfc not yet estimated. Patrick SkeUy, owner. A memorial church is to be erected in West Houston street, in memory of Wm. H. VanderbUt, to cost $50,000, which sum was bequeathed by him to the Board of Trustees of the Seaman's Mission of the City and Porfc of New York. R. Fulfcon Cutting is about to bufld a six-story model brick tenement with stores on the southwest corner of Avenue C and Fourfceenfch sfcreefc. Mr. Cutfcing is a direcfcor of the Improved Dwellings Association. Brooklyn. Wm. Field & Son are preparing plans for a five-story "Industrial" brick double apartment house, 50x100, to accommodate eight famiUes on a floor. The sfcrucfcure will be locafced on fche soufchwesfc comer of Van Bnjnt and Sedgwick sfcreets, and will cost $50,000. The owner Is Wm. T. Marfcin, It is stated that these Industrial dwellings are the nearest approach yefc devised fco model dweUings for working people, and fchafc fcheir advantages have attracted several English buflders to visit Brooklyn for fche piupose of inspecfcing fcheir consfcrucfcion. Th. Engelhardfc is fche archifcect for a four-sfcory frame sfcore and tene¬ ment, 25x60, with ground floor 100 feet deep, to be buflfc at No. 743 Broad-r way, for Frank Mayer, to cost $7,000. W. J. C. Miller will erect a four-story brick store and flat, 21x80, and a two-and-one-half-sfcory fronfc, fchree-story rear, brown stone dwelling, 17x 49, adjoining, on the northeast corner of McDonoiigh street and Stunner avenue. Amzi HiU is preparing plans for three three-story brown stone dwellings, 17.6x45 each, to be erected on the south side of Dean streefc, 73.6 wesfc of Brooklyn avenue, for Andrew MiUer. S. L. LIppfcrofcfc wiU erecfc a four-story brick building at Nos. 148 and 150 Broadway. Out of Town. Beverley, L. I.—^Mrs. F. R. Townsend is aboufc to erecfc a two-and-a-half^- story frame cottage, cosfc nofc stated. Architects, Babb, Cook& WUlard, of New York. Chicago, 111—The interior of the Chicago Opera House is to be thor^ oughly altered and rearranged. The building is 70x180, and the cosfc wfll be $30,000. J. B. McEffafcrick & Sons, of New York, archifcecfcs. Detroit, Mich,—A new fcheafcre, to be called Whifce's Opera House, is to be buflt here, 120x148, of iron, brick and terra cofcfca. Ifc wiU be four stories high and will have a seating capacity for 2,600 persons. Ifc wUl cosfc $140,000. The buflding wfll be owned by fche Brush esfcafce. J. B. McElfa¬ trick & Sons, architects. East Orange, W. J.—John E. Baker Is making plans for reconstructing the National Hall building, 65x120, on the corner of Main and Grove streets, which was lately destroyed, In part by fire, and convertlEg ifc into flats and stores at a cost of about $15,000. Mr. Baker is also designing two two-and- a-half-story stone and frame dwelUngs, 80x4.3, on Prospect streefc, near Dodd streefc, for Samuel Dodd, of Sfc. Lotus, fco cosfc $9,000. Elberon, N. J.—ChanceUor Runyon is about to bufld a two-and-a-half story Queen Anne cottage, 40x50, to cost $7,000. Architect, A. C. Neu¬ mann, of New York. Pranltiin, N. J—Gifford & Wood have the plans for a fchree-sfcory frame dweUing, 40x60, near fche Nutley sfcafcion, for Rev. Wm. R. Nairn, fco cosfc $6,000. Geneva, N. Y—A four-sfcory brick haU and gymnasium, in connection with Hobarfc College, 33x100, is to be erected, to cost $15,000. Architecfc, R. M. Upjohn, of New York. Jersey City, N. J.—The Harrison esfcate have sold to the West Shore RaUway Company for $125,000, a piece of land embracing about fcwo blocks on Newark and Palisade avenues, on which fcbe company is now laying a fcrack fco connecfc ifcs Une wifch thafc of fche Pennsylvania Railway. A handsome sfcafcion and freight-house wUl be buflt on the ground purchased, the plans for which have not yet been prepared. IHorristo^vn, N. J.—Gifford & Wood are planning alterations in the old three-story frame dwelUng of Revolutionary associations, on Bastian Ridge, belonging to Wm. W. McAlpin. A two-story addition, 20x30, wUl be built and the Interior of the house wUl be newly trimmed with oak and other hard woods and decorated. The cost of the improvements wUl be about $7,000. BTewark, N. J—Buflding is dull, and less new work is projecfced than for a long time past. Capitalists ai'e cautious and buUders show no eager¬ ness to secure contracts. A. M. Stuckert has the plans for a fcwo-and-a-half-sfcory brick and frame Queen Anne dwelUng, 33x35, on fche northwest corner of Summer avenue and Harvey street, to cost $5,100, for Mr. Phelps. The firsfc sfcory wfll be finished in cherry, and fche upper sfcories in white pine, with oU finish. All the staircases and the mantels wfll be in solid cherry. James H. Lindsley Is making plans for a thi'ee-story and basement brick dwelUng, 21x31, with extension 17x27, on Pennington street, near South Park, to cost $7,500. Gifford & Wood are making designs for alterations In the House of Prayer, afc the corner of Broad and State streets. The chancel wiU be reno¬ vated and ornamented. Alonzo E. Hudson, of New York, has plans under way for a three-story brick front tenement, 25x50, with brown stone trimmings, to be buflfc afc No. 21 Recfcor sfcreefc, norfch side, near Broad sfci'eefc, fco cosfc $6,000. The owner is Miss Mary Coalwell. The foUowing plans have recenfcly been filed in fche BuUding Deparfcmenfc: A 2-sfcy dwg, 35x33, at 69 Nursery sfcreefc, for Mary Seymour; a one-sfcy brk factory for aniline dyes, 75x68, on Hamburgh place, for Heller & Merz; a 3-sty and afcfcic dwg, 21x27, on Summer av, for Chas.JT. Winfcers; two 2-sty dwgs, 30x33, at 96 Sheffleld sfc, for Silas Vaudyae; a 3-sfcy fcenemenfc house and store, 43x43, on Sixth street, cor of 15fch avenue, for Geo. R. Weber; a 3-sty dwg, 30x33, on cor of 9th street and 5th avenue, for Chas. H. Childs; a 2-sfcy dwg, 23x30, afc 227 Livingsfcon sfcreet, for Mr. Kolaski; a 3-sfcy dwg, 18XxS6, at 11 Blum street, for George Schwarzwaelder; a two-sty dwg, 18x26, at 134 Barclay street, for Adam Wessel; a S^-sty dwg 21.6x30, afc 357 Summer sfcreefc, for Mrs. A. M. Higgin; a 4-sfcy brk button factory, 17x26, at 125 Van Buren street, for C. Huebner & Sons; a 2-sty stone assembly room, 50x70, on CoUege place, for the First Presbyterian German Church; a 2-sty stable and wagon-house, 18x38, at 316 Parker street, for Walter Gould; two 8-sty dwgs, 33x40, afc 103 Penningfcon sfcreet, for M. E. Reeves; a 3-sty dwg, 23x33, afc 18 Summifc sfcreefc, for D. MiUer; a 8-sty dwg, 81x83, at 39 EUzabeth avenue, for N. O. Woodruff; a 2X-sty dwg, 21x33, at