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Real estate record and builders' guide: [v. 95, no. 2449: Articles]: February 20, 1915

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294 RECORD AND GUIDE February 20, 1915 PORTER & CO. REAL ESTATE George W. Short 159 W. 125th STREET Charles F. Porter . Telephone Connections J. Edgar Leaycraft & Co. Real Estate Agents, Brokers, Appraisers FORTY-SECOND STREET BUILDING 30 EAST 42d St., S. W. Cor. Madison Avenut Renting and Collecting a Specialty J. B. ENGLISH Real Estate Broker IxsrnAVCF 1531-7 Broadway ll.Usis I nit SALE Astor Theatre Building AM) In l.Ki Phone: Bryant 4773 JAMES A. DOWD Real Estate—lasurance Renting—Managemeat 874 SIXTH AVENUE, Above 49th Street RE.AL ESTATE f(:llORCENTHAU J R @ -■> 95 LIBERTY ST N Y S PECIALI STS 'm&mmm Real Estate Insurance 200 W, 23d STREET. Seventh Ave. Corner ®^ Bg_)GA D WA>f S C COH 'J'- ST American Real Estate Company Founded 1888 Owner of Harriman National Bank Build¬ ing, 44th St. and Fifth Ave. Stockton Building, 5-9 E. 31st St. Arena Building, 39-41 W. 31st St. Hendrik Hudson Apartments, Broadway, HOth Street, River¬ side Drive. Developer of A-R-E-CO dis¬ tricts, The Bronx, and Park Hill, Yonkers. On these types of properties are based its 6% Bonds, offered to investors in Coupon form for direct investment, and in Accumulative form purchasable by installments. Correspondence invited. Photographer Buys on Fifth Avenue. Colonel Theodore Marceau, photo¬ grapher, now at 258 Filth avenue, pur¬ chased through John N. Golding, from the H. S. Redmond estate, the Columbia College leasehold property on lot 25x luu, at the southwest corner of Fifth avenue and SUth street. It is a six- story building, the ground floor of which is- under lease to Howard & Company, jewelers. Colonel Marceau's newly acquired interest also includes this lease. He plans to raze the present structure and replace it with an eight-story studio building to be occupied for his business. The leasehold has about fourteen more years to run. Tenant Buys Depew Building. Frederick W. Smythe, of Wadley & Smythe, iiorists, has purchased from W. S. Bogert, of the Pottier & Stymus Com¬ pany, the seven-story leasehold prop¬ erty, 489-491 Fifth avenue, known as the Depew building, where they have been tenants for many years. It is owned by the Augustine Pottier estate. The lease has about eight years to run. The brokers in the sale were Horace S. Ely & Co. Sale in Fulton Stilset. John Munro sold through the Charles F. Noyes Company 20 Fulton street, southwest corner of Front street, a five- story store and loft building, fronting 56 feet in each street. The asking price was $100,000. Stoddard & Mark repre¬ sented the purchaser. The Charles F. Noyes Company has been appointed agent for the building, which is being completely reconstructed by Bernard F. Golden, contractor. Builders Buy in Bronx. The East 180th Street Building Com¬ pany has purchased from various owners the plot 100x200 at the northwest corner of Findlay avenue and 168th street, and the plot 200x200 ft. at the northeast corner of College Avenue and 168th street, for apartment house improve¬ ment. The brokers were Smith & Phelps. Washington-N|2w York Trade. W. Bourke Cockran bought from the Hillard Construction Company, Irving Judis, president, the six-story apartment house at the northwest corner of Fort Washington avenue and 161st street. He gave in part payment his mansion at the corner of O and 16th streets, Wash¬ ington, D. C. The deal involves about $400,000. Apartment House Deal. Harold C. Mathews, under the name of the Royton Realty Company, has purchased from the estate of Joseph P, Bloomingdale the six-story elevator apartment house at 5 to 7 West 91st street, on plot 57x100.8. Plaza Hotel Owners Buy. The Plaza Operating Company, Ber¬ nard Beinecke, president, owners of the Plaza Hotel, have purchased from the 59th Street Realty Company, Albert I. Sire, president, the six-story studio building, 22 West 59th street, on lot 25x100.5, adjoining the hotel. Mrs. Dahlgren May Buy. Negotiations are reported pending for the sale of the vacant plot. 37.6x100, in the north side of East 96th street, 262 feet east of Fifth avenue, by Edward Shearson to Mrs. Lucy Drexel Dahl¬ gren. It is reported that if the deal is closed, a costly residence will be erected. 527 Capital and Surplus. Fifth Avenue, $3,247,789.13 New York Manhattan^South of 59th St. LEWIS ST.—Benenson ReaUy Co. sold 115 Lewis st, a 3-sty tenement, on lot 25x100, to the View ReaUy Co., Irving Bachrach. presi¬ dent, which gave in exchange 1S91 1st av, a 5- sty tenement, on plot 25.6x100. THOMPSON ST.—Pepe & Bro. sold for R. E. G. Smith of Montreal. Canada, the 4-sty loft building, 180 Thompson st. on lot 25x100, to Rinaldi & Co., who will occupy with their busi¬ ness. 27TH ST.—Catherine Campbell Is reported to have sold 511 West 27th st. a S-sty building on lot 25x98.9, The property has been in the pos¬ session of the seller's family since 1845. 4TTH ST.—St. Bartholomew's Church has re¬ ceived permission from tbe Supreme Court lo sell the 4:-sty dwelling I'M East 4Tth st, on lot liMxlOU.o, tor $20,(X)0. The proceeds will bo applied to the endowment fund of the parish house of the church. LEXINGTO.N AV.—John W. Smyth bought through Pease & Elliman from the Directors' Realty Co., I. Randolph Jacobs, president, the 5sty store and apartmunt building, on lot 2Ux7u. at the northwest corner of Lexington av aud ooth St. Manhattan—North of 59th St. ARDEN ST.—Thomas J. Goodwin has sold 15 Arden et, a 5-sty apartment bouse, ou plot -7x 300. The buyer is reported to have given in exchange the plot 7oxlU0 in thc south side of Dyckman st, u^G ft. west of Broadway. 85TH ST.—Joseph Emrich bought from the Annabelle McCKaugbran estate, the two 4-sty dwellings, UuxlUJ.l', at :i34-2;iti East 85th sC U4TH ST.—George F. Mattlage estate is re¬ ported to have sold 50 West ii4th st, a 3-sty dwelling, on lot 2UxlOU.8. liSTH ST.—Negotiations are pending for the sale by Mrs. Julia E. Cameron of the 5-bty Hal U4 West i»Sth st, on lot 25x100.11. Mrs Camer¬ on acquired it at foreclosure in April, rJ12, for $:i8,000. 105TH ST.—Achilles R. Scharsmilh & Co. have sold for the Alrmor Co., the 5-sty apart¬ ment, on plot 3o.xl34. at 143 West 105th st, to S. J. Dufty, who gave in part payment four lots in Long Island CUy, at the api)roach to the t^ueensboro Bridge. 121ST ST.—Ervin Construction Co. sold 250 West 121st st, a 3-sty dwelling, on lot 18xlu0.11, to the Airmor Co., which gave in exchange 2214 85th st, Brooklyn. 150TH ST.—Peerless Holding Co., has sold the plot U»Uxi)i).ll. in the south side of West 15Uth st, 100 ft. west of Amsterdam av, to Julius Weinstein, who is said to be contemplating apartment house improvement. 1G7TH ST.—Blau & Weiss Realty Co. bought from James R. Hayes the 3-sty frame property, 51U-212 West lG7th st, on plot 50x85. 1S2D ST.—The Nehring Co. sold for Mrs. K. Pope G20 West 182d st, a 5-5ty apartment house on a plot 50x70. The property was held at $54,000. This is the third resale of the property within one year by the same brokers. 192D ST.—Samuel Hirsh has sold the plot. 75x 100, in the south side of West rJ2d st, 100 ft. aest of iSt. Nicholas av. AUDUBON AV.—Susan Devin is reported to have sold the 5-sty apartment house at the southwest corner of Audubon av and lS4th st, on plot 100x35. Mrs. Devin acquired the house at foreclosure last September for $52,000. WADSWORTH AV.—The Wadsworth-Wash¬ ington Corporation, E. L. Barnard, president, has sold the two 5-sty apartment houses each on plot 50x115 on the west side of Wadsworth av, 6U.2 ft. north of 185th st The structures are the two southerly ones of a row of three recently completed by the selling company on a site acquired about a year ago from the Ver Planck estate. 3D AV.—Pease & Elliman sold for W. I. Ma¬ gill, 1225 3d av, a 4-sty tenement, on lot 16.8x 100. Bronx. COSTER ST.—Robert E. Simon sold 632 Cos¬ ter St. a dwelling, on lot 20xHX>, to Fact Realty Co. This house was taken over last week by Mr. Simon from the Hunts Point Estates. IRVINE ST.—Anna Smith sold to Russo & Tuzzolino, the 3-sty dwelling, SSl Irvine st, on lot 25x38. LORING PL.~McLernon Brothers sold for Henry Mock the plot 37.6x100 in the west side of Loring pi, 1G7.5 ft. south of Fordham road to John Becliman, who will improve the site with a 5-sty apartment house. 136TH ST.—Sterling Sterling sold for the Lawyers' Mortgage Co. the 3-sty dwelling, 430 East 136th st, on lot 18.0x100, to Charles L. Foss. 140TH ST.—Smith & Phelps sold for Sarah Moorehead, the 3-sty dwelling, 415 East HOth St. on lot 17.9x100. IGOTH ST.—W. E. & W. I. Brown. Inc., sold for Mary T. Rennard the 1-famIly dwelling, 692 East IGOth st, on lot 23x53. 166TH ST.—Richard H. Scobie sold for Flo¬ rence Schmidt the 5-sty. 10-family apartment house, 572 East l6Gth st, on plot. 37.5x138.6. BATHGATE AV.—Silshire Construction Co., Lazarus Shiran, president, sold 1789-1791 Bath¬ gate av, a new 6-sty flat, on plot 54x114. BRIGGS AV.—H. A. Keiber sold a plot of 4Vj lots on the west side of Briggs av, 297 ft. north of 196th St. BRIGGS AV.—Harry H. Cohen sold for the Mitchell & McDermott ReaUy Co. 2707 Briggs av, a new 5-sty apartment house, on plot 5<.Klxl07, to Charles Bollman, who gave in part payment two 2-sty dwellings at 740 to 744 East 182d st, on plot 75x70. BROOK AV.—Jacob A. Michel bought from Catherine H. Jennsen the 5-sty flat at the northwest corner of Brook av and 171st st on plot 100x45.4. CLINTON.—Herman Eilers sold the 2-Ety dwelling, at the nortbeast corner of Clinton av and 176th st, on plot 40x103. EAST FORDHAM RD.—Nathaniel Weston sold to Alfred Oienick, the new 5-sty apartment house, at 017-619 East Fordham rd, on plot 38.8x100. FORDHAM RD.—Gaines & Roberts, builders, bought from Francis F. Keil the vacant plot 188x111.6 at the southwest corner of Fordham rd and Grand Boulevard and Concourse. The plans of the buyers have not yet been made known.