YOHKERS PARK VOXivIj^S PARR AA YONKERS PARK, — : OWNED BY : — The Yonkers Park Association. Incorporated under the Laws of the State of New York. ♦> CAPITAL STOCK, - - $140,000. OFFICERS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES : ALFRED COOLEY, President, - - Mount Vernon, N. Y. FRANCIS M. CARPENTER, Vice-President, Mt. Ki.sco, N. Y. \V. W. TAYLOR, Secretary, - . - New York City. CARLOS J. MILLER, Treasurer, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. Jos. P. Cory, Providence, R. L Wm. S. Anderson, - Mount Vernon, N. Y. T. Ellwood Carpenter, - - - Mt. Kisco, N. Y. Alfred Cooley, General Manager. Office : 24 E. 42c! Street, New York. GENERAL OFFICE : 11 Depot Place, - - - Mount Vernon, N. Y. Attorneys for the Association : TITLE GUARANTEE & TRUST CO., 55 Liberty Street, New York City. Engineer: A. P. HARTMAN, 18 Liberty Street, New York City. j(M " For Price List and detailed information apply to the Genera! Manager or to any of the Officers or Trustees of the Association, or at the following offices: 24 E. 42d Street, 153 Broadway, 598 Broadway, 124S Third Ave., New York City; 11 Depot Place, Mount Vernon, N. Y., or 10 following Agents: WM. S. ANDERSON, 153 Broadway; T. ELL- WOOD CARPENTER, Mt. Kisco, N.Y.; S. P. GALL A WAY, 53 Montgomery Street, Newburgh. N.Y.; ANDREW DOW, 24 fc\ 4 aj Street, New York City: Z. A. CLOSE, Mouni Vernon, N. V.; THOS S. LENT. Peekskill N. Y.; F. LEWIS, 176 Broadway, New York: F. A. WATTS, a 4 E. 4 ad Sireet, New York; R. F. WASHBURNE, Yonkers Park, Turkahoe, New York. Yonkers Park. LOCATION. In the Fourth Ward of the City of Yonkers, Westchester County, N. Y. , on the Harlem Division of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, near Tuckahoe, 16 miles from Grand Central Depot, New York City, and four miles from the northern boundary of New York City. The Harlem Railroad bounds the Park on the east, and a handsome Station is being erected on the property, within five min- utes' walk of every lot in the Park. The Tuckahoe Station is only a few minutes' walk from the entrance to the Park, on west side. RAPID TRANSIT. It is the terminus of the Rapid Transit System of the Harlem Railroad. Has some eight}- trains daily. Is reached in thirty minutes from Grand Central Depot. COMMUTATION TO NEW YORK CITY. Less than nine cents per trip. A Fifty-trip "Family Ticket" is also issued for $10.50. SIZE OF PARK . There are 141 acres, divided into about 1,600 lots. TOPOGRAPHY. The property is naturally a park, and has been artistically laid out, with the park idea in view, by expert engineers and landscape gardeners. The lay of the land is an oblong plateau, formed like a turtle's back, about three-fourths of a mile from South to North, and about one-third of a mile wide, of sufficient elevation to afford an excel- lent view of the surrounding country, and give perfect drainage. The streets and avenues are winding, conforming most naturally with the elevation of the land. The effect of the plan, as will be seen from the map, is not that of a painfully rectangular combination of streets and lots, but rather a graceful and convenient park-like idea put into practical use. RESTRICTIONS. No dwelling can be erected on less than two lots, or within twenty feet of the street line on which property fronts. Careful restrictions exclude all undesirable dwellings and nuisances. * IMPROVEMENTS. Extensive water works are being constructed by the Association. Flagged sidewalks, costly marble entrances, broad avenues, and shade trees are already in the Park. Mail delivery and police pro- tection are furnished by the City of Yonkers. Churches, public schools and stores are conveniently at hand. Many fine residences are erected in the Park and others are in course of erection. A beautiful lake, with several islands connected by elaborate rustic bridges, fine lawns, artistic flower beds, tennis court, etc., all help to make Yonkers Park the attraction of Westchester County. SALES. A large number of lots have already been sold, and the purchasers are a class of homeseekers who appreciate refined surroundings, and make desirable neighbors. The Lots are sold on liberal terms and title guaranteed free of cost to the purchaser, by The Title Guarantee & Trust Co., of No. 55 Liberty Street, New York City. THE NEW RAILROAD STATION. The new station at Yonkers Park is situated on the principal avenue leading to the Railroad. As one approaches it from the Park, he is impressed with the picturesque treatment of the exterior, which is built up of Tuckahoe marble, laid in Random Ashler. The roof is of slate, and terminates in a terra cotta cresting, the eaves projecting two feet beyond the face of stone work, throwing a very pleasing shadow, while a massive stone chimney on one corner gives the building an additional air of ruggedness. The covered platforms on the Railroad side extend across the front, and twenty feet on both ends, and are supported by undressed cedar posts. The interior is ceiled up with yellow pine, and in one corner of the waiting-room is a large open fireplace, built of field stone, laid up in large joints of black mortar, giving the room an air of coziness as well as warmth. Large windows give ample light, and a beautiful view of the Park from all sides, particularly the eighty-foot road leading to station, which is to be laid out artistically with fountain and beds of flowers extending through the centre of the broad avenue. 1 1 THE WATER WORKS. Skilled engineers have been employed in the construction of the complete system of water works owned by the Yonkers Park Association, which will supply the residents of the Park with the purest water in the State. The supply is ob- tained from a cluster of springs on the property, which have given an abundance of clear pure water for the past century. The cut on opposite page represents the Pump House erected over the springs, from which the water will be forced to the stand pipe, thus insuring high pressure to every house in Yonkers Park. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS AND THE PUBLIC. FROM THE MAIL AND EXPRESS (N. Y.), OCTOBER 2ist, 1891. The Mail and Express has frequently referred to the many desira- ble localities just north of the metropolis in Westchester County, and nearly all the readers of the Leading Evening Paper are familiar with the majority of these points, but possibly many have failed to note the advertisement which has appeared in its columns in reference to Yonkers Park, a beautiful tract of 141 acres, in the heart of the charming locality immediately ad- joining the northern boundary of New York City. The tract is located only 1,900 feet from the Tuckahoe Station of the Harlem Railroad, in the Fourth Ward of the City of Yonkers. The Yonkers Park Association, of which Mr. Alfred Cooley, of Mount Vernon, is President, have improved and beautified the property by opening broad avenues, with the sidewalks curbed and flagged, and otherwise made the place one of the many beautiful suburban home towns in Westchester County. * * * * FROM THE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE (N. Y.), DECEMBER 15, 1892. Yonkers Park. — This very desirable property, located a little west and north of the Tuckahoe Station, on the Harlem Railroad, has been purchased and laid out in beautiful and attractive shape for residential purposes. It will have a station of its own in a very short season right on the line of the property, and not many hundred feet south of the terminus of the Rapid Transit system of the railroad. Mr. Cooley and the gentlemen who are associated with him, are all well-known and responsible men, and are putting in large money in the development and permanent improvement of the place. A large number of lots have been sold, and handsome residences are in course of construction. New York, March 8th, 1893. Office of The Globe. Nos. 21-23 Centre Street. Alfred Cooley, Esq., Mount Vernon, N. Y,, My Dear Mr. Cooley : Always pleased with the prospects that seemed to insure the success of Yonkers Park as a popular location for suburban Homes, I am more than interested now that I claim the ownership of a choice lot on one of the favorite avenues. If your Association fail to make the Park in reality what it is to all intents and purposes, a part of " The Greater New York," you will disappoint the judgment of hundreds now looking anxiously to that section. Very truly yours, J. M. Place. FROM THE HOME SEEKER, MARCH 1893. * * * * Probably the greatest amount of improvement has been required in the northward growth of New York. Hills, bluffs, overflowing rivers and brooks, all required modifications. As one of the typical districts to which we refer, we might mention Yonkers Park. What with a bold promontory, dense woods and overflowing river and brook, there seemed little chance for building operations. Nature has done everything for pic- turesque effect and little for man's convenience. But now art, science and money have brought nature and man to- gether on a more kindly and appreciative plain. Improvements have been made in conformity with nature's plans. A waterfall has been heightened, and a lake .deepened by damming the brook ; islands have been connected with rustic bridges ; Easy drives and walks wind in and out among the shrubbery and trees up to the higher parts of the Park, where the views are beautiful. Perched on other prominences are the castle-like homes of McAllister, of the "400," and other noted citizens. Just below and beyond the Harlem Railroad and the Bronx River is a marble quarry, whence comes the glisten- ing stone for the Yonkers Park gateways and walls, as well as for the new railroad depot bei ng erected inside the Park. Although improvements, costing some $100,000, were only com- menced one year ago, yet the Park has met immediate popularity, and hundreds of New York citizens have selected building plots, and many handsome residences are in course of erection. We read of engineers and gardeners changing the face of nature and making "the wilderness blossom as the rose," but we could hardly credit the remarkable results or, believe the evidence of our eyes when we visited the Park in the fall of last year. We say to ourselves as we gaze at the scene : " Is this really where we stood a year ago ? Is this beautiful park the wild scrubby hillside we saw then ; that pleasant grove the rough piece of woods we could hardly walk through." * * * * There is no doubt about it, however ; a wonderful transformation has taken place. * * * * FROM THE MOUNT VERNON RECORD, OCTOBER 26, 1892. Yonkers Park Anniversary. It was about a year ago that a few far-seeing, enterprising business men got together at the suggestion of Colonel Alfred Cooley, and talked over the advisability of purchasing and developing a tract of country, beautifully situated near Tuckahoe, or, more properly, the Fourth Ward of Yonkers, conveniently adjacent to the Tuckahoe Station of the Harlem Railroad. It was a tract of land little showing at that time its splendid possibil- ities as a resident park if properly handled. Therefore, it is greatly to the credit of these astute gentlemen that their keen and far-seeing sagacity prompted the venture, the result of which within one year, amply justifies all the outlay. From the very first, their aims were high ; to lay out and develop the finest resident property in the County, and then to people it with the best class of citizens. Their earnest efforts, therefore, have been in this direction. The engineering ability employed in the laying out of the tract was of the best obtainable, consequently the landscape effects are natural, beautiful and rest- ful to the eye, and particularly well adapted, each lot having a commanding situation. Landscape gardening of a high order has been also employed, with the most pleasing results. No pains or money have been spared to do all necessary to make this a spot naturally to be selected as a place for a home by refined, intelligent persons. The advantages of this to such people will readily be seen when it is considered, once the Park is well settled, it will become a community of itself, with its own individual characteristics and tastes. With this idea distinctly in view, the management has, from the first, planned to have, conveniently near the residences, yet apart from them, stores of various kinds, which will no doubt be thoroughly appre- ciated. All things considered, Yonkers Park unquestionably is destined to become a much sought for place of residence by the best people, wishing to mild or buy away from noisy New York — but in its suburbs — in glorious )ld Westchester County. The managers are quite naturally, and par- lonably, proud of this their first year's success. Besides, what more fitting ime for an anniversary celebration than on the date of the 400th anniver- ] ?ary of the discovery of this grand hemisphere by Christopher Columbus ? So it came about that the management prepared the dainty invitations fi which were sent out so generously, requesting the favor of a visit on this I day to the hospitality 'of Yonkers Park to all its friends. * * * * FROM THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE, JANUARY 17th. 1892. * * * * One of the most prosperous and attractive churches in Westchester County, and the second oldest society of the same denomination there, and one with an interesting history, is the Methodist Episcopal Church in Tuckahoe, of which the Rev. E. L. Hoffecker is minister. The society had its beginning at the home of Mrs. Abigail Sherwood in 1771, the preacher being Francis Asbury, one of John Wesley's missionaries to America. Mrs. Sherwood's farm was what has recently become the prop- erty of the Yonkers Park Association, which is now laid out in handsome villas, enclosed in massive and picturesque stone walls with handsome gate- ways. * * * * PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. FROM THE NEW YORK RECORDER, AUGUST 22d, i8 9 t. Noted for Natural Beauties- * * * * At present Tuckahoe, on the Harlem Railroad, is the railroad station, but a new station is to be established at Yonkers Park. Then it will be twenty-eight minutes' ride from the Grand Central Station. The Park it situated on land so high as to insure perfect drainage, which is often deficient in suburban towns. It is located in one of the most beauti- ful sections of Westchester County, which has long been noted for its natural beauties, as well as for its peculiarly salubrious and healthy climate. Extensive improvements have already been made and more are promised. The streets and drives have been laid out so as to emphasize the park idea without detracting in the least from the convenience of residents. The streets and drives, of getierous width, are not only laid out, but they are opened, graded, curbed and flagged. Nature left but little to be done to improve the scenic appearance, but that little has been carefully and artistically done by competent landscape gardeners and architects. Two handsome entrances have been constructed at the approaches to the main avenue. This avenue, called the Grand Central, is of serpentine design, and winds clear through the Park, intersecting a majority of the other thorough- *6 fares, and forming an elegant and picturesque drive. In every possible way the Association has aided Nature in making the Park an ideal home. When on^September ist the larger lots are placed upon the market, the terms will embody such restrictions as will insure purchasers against every species of annoyance, and to insure a continuance of the locality's reputation as one of the most healthful spots within reach of New York. * * * * Newbtjrgh, January, 1893. The Yonkers Park Association : Gentlemen : In reply to yours received, I cheerfully comply, and as an investor in Yonkers Park, will say that I believe Yonkers Park has a glorious future. It is all and more than the Association bespeak for it. I know of no suburban property where I could more cheerfully advise my friends to invest their money than in Yonkers Park, whether they are looking for a safe investment or to locate a home. Yours respectfully Geo. \V. Cantine, Newburgh, N. Y. A RESIDENCE AT YOVKF.RS PARI SUPERINTENDENT'S RESIDENCE VON JEERS Newburgh, December 15, 1892. Yonkers Park Association : Gentlemen : I heartily concur with my friend Col. Cantine. We are neighbors at home, and have invested side by side in Yonkers Park. My dealings with the Association have been entirely satisfactory. Their agent, S. P. Gallaway, has been gentlemanly, prompt and accommodating, and his statements have been, in every way, reliable. Elias S. Osborn, D. D. FROM THE CHRISTIAN AT WORK, DECEMBER 22c!, 1892. Yonkers Park. The rapid and steady increase in the population of New York, and the consequent premium placed upon desirable residence property make the "house" problem a very serious one to many minds. The increasing activity in suburban property bears evidence to the fact that in many cases the solution lies in that direction. To those of our readers who are brought face to face with the ques- tion, we gladly commend the property of the Yonkers Park Association, which has lately been extensively advertised in our columns. The advantages which this property offers are many, and cannot fail to impress themselves on the mind of any thoughtful man. Not the least of these is the wise and far-sighted policy which characterizes the manage- ment of the Association. Money is freely spent to improve the property and make it in every way a desirable place of residence. The most careful restrictions are imposed to guard against nuisances and everything of an objectionable nature. The President, Mr. Alfred Cooley, is a wide-awake business man of sterling reputation. To his care the affairs of the Association and the in- terests of the property holders are safely entrusted. The Park itself is a most delightful spot, and is not surpassed in this vicinity for beauty of scenery or healthfulness of location. As an investment, too, this property offers great attractions. It lies only three miles beyond the present city limits, and the future must prove, as the past has done, that property lying north of New York city fur- nishes an excellent field for safe investment. Every year the growth in that direction is enormous, and the value of real estate is constantly enhancing. Yonkers Park is in every way a worthy and commendable enterprise, and is entitled to serious consideration. FROM THE MORNING ADVERTISER (N. Y.), OCT. 8th, 1891. Here is a Garden Spot. suburban "park," as spoken of by a real estate man, is seldom what its -name implies. Generally, it is nothing more or less than an unattractive looking town site, with painfully straight and very muddy streets, wretched sidewalks or none at all, and few or no shade trees. In this wilderness of new towns it is re- freshing to find at least one that is a genuine park " in every sense of the word. Up in Westchester Count}', only fifteen miles from the Grand Central Depot, is just such a spot. Its winding driveways are shaded and pictur- esque, and at the present time, beautified by the autumnal tints of the foliage, it is a delightful place. Its name is Yonkers Park. The aim of its promoters has been to make it an ideal place for a residence, to combine the advantages of the country with all the con- veniences of the city. Within the boundaries of Yonkers Park are 1,700 spacious lots, all comprised in the Fourth Ward of the City of Yonkers. From nearly every point a fine view of the surrounding country can be obtained. The land is on a high plateau, falling off gradually on both sides. This diversity of level is one of the chief charms of the Park, result- ing, as it does, in hill, brook and river, lake and island. Only 1,900 feet from the property is Tuckahoe Station, on the Harlem Railroad, from which OFFICE VONKERS PARK — S44' EAST FORTY-SECONI) STREET, NEW YORK CITY. there are eighty-three trains daily to the Grand Central Depot. The ride to and fro occupies but twenty-eight minutes, the commutation rate to this city has been placed at the low rate of eight and one-half cents a trip. A handsome marble station, directly on the property, will soon be erected. .* * * * The architect's skill has also been brought into play in other direc- tions. There is a picturesque lake on the property, containing several islands, to connect which elaborate rustic bridges have been provided. Churches, public schools and stores are already at hand, and the purchaser of lots is assured that no city conveniences will be lacking. Yonkers Park claims the finest water supply in the State, the reservoir being supplied from its never-failing spring. To this fact is attributed the remarkable health- fulness of the place, as proved by the record of deaths for many years past. * * * * BURR DAVIS & SON. Mount Vernon, N. Y. To the Yonkers Park Association : Gentlemen : After visiting Yonkers Park, I am very favorablv impressed with its elegant locality, the admirable manner in which it is GENERAL OFFICE, MOUNT VERNON. S. v laid out and beautified. These, with its easy access to the great city, make it the most desirable and beautiful location for a suburban home anywhere on the line of the Harlem Railroad. It is indeed a park, and its future success in my opinion, is assured. Yours truly, Franklin T. Davis. Mount Vernon, March ist, 1893. I regard Yonkers Park as deserving of the fullest confidence. Its beautiful location, proximity to New York city, rapid transit facilities, together with its restrictions, render it, in my judgment, a very desirable prospect both for the home-seeker and the investor. L. R. Streeter. METHODIST BOOK CONCERN. William Baldwin, Advertising Departme7ii '. New York, November 25th, 1892. * * * * I have good hope of the future of Yonkers Park. The enterprise of the management is worthy of praise, and I am convinced the money invested will be returned with a handsome margin of profit. Very truly yours, Wm. Baldwin. 3« FROM DRV GOODS CHRONICLE (N. V.,, May 2 ist, 1892. Yonkers Park, within the corporate limits of the City of Yonkersi affords purchasers and home seekers even facility of citv in the wav of fre« mail delivery, water, gas, etc., as well as all the beauties of a select subui ban home. This beautiful park is being improved in a handsome as well as a practical way, under the supervision of Mr. Alfred Coolev, its president and manager. Mr. Cooley fully understands what homeseekers want, being a gentleman of large experience, a thorough, practical business man, and he also possesses one of those genial traits of character that makes it a pleasure to meet and greet. His office is at 598 Broadway, where he will be pleased to give full information concerning the advantages of Yonkers Park. FROM THE MERCANTILE AND FINANCIAL TIMES (NEW YORK), ;!5 OCTOBER 24TH, 1891. re * * * * We do not know of any mure desirable property than A that known as Yonkers Park, which is in the Fourth Ward of the City of '' Yonkers, about a quarter of a mile from the Tnckahoe Station. This 1 property is owned by the Yonkers Park Association, of which Mr. Alfred Cooley, the well-known New York merchant, of 456 Broadway, is President. The company is now offering it to the public on exceedingly reason- able terms. It is a beautiful piece of property, and the very best place for homesin the suburbs of New York. It is reached in twenty-eight minutes from the Grand Central Depot, and there are eighty-three trains a day, the commutation fare being only eight and one-half cents. It is the intention of the Company to build up a model community, such as refined people can take pleasure in belonging to ; and to that end they have made careful restrictions against all nuisances. Extensive and costly improvements have been made, and Yonkers Park is now worth going a long way to see. Our readers cannot do better than look into the matter for themselves. It would take up columns of this paper to describe the property properly. 40 4» ^'Yonkers Park Huilding-Loan Association, \/_ — : BRANCH OF '. — NEW YORK MUTUAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASS'N. Principal Office— 203 Broadway, N. Y. (Mat/ and Express Building). OFFICERS : President — Wm. W. Taylor, Real Estate, 315 Madison Avenue. First Vice-President — Francis M. Carpenter, Coal and Lumber Merchant, 409 W. 14th Street, N. Y. Second Vice-President — Wm. S. Anderson, Real Estate, 153 Broadway, N. Y. Secretary and Treasurer — Andrew Dow, Real Estate, 24 E. 42d Street, N. Y. For prospectus or other information, apply to ANDREW DOW, Sec'y and Treas., 24 E. Forty-second Street, N. Y. This branch of the New York Mutual .Savings & Loan Association, a practical Co- operative Bank, has been organized to enable those interested in Youkers Park to invest their money in said Association to loan to such as wish to build in Yonkers Park, and enable the 1 \tter to secure such loans. Every lot-owner and every person interested in Real Estate in this vicinity should take shares. You will not only receive the large profits which the Asso- ciation is earning (20 per cent.), but will also help to increase the value of your lots, as the Association uses your money to build there. Shares — $100 each — fi.oo per share first cost, then 20 cents to 60 cents per month, according to time of maturity — from seven to twelve years. Investor puts in from #300 to #500 to draw #1,000, according to class. Borrower pays monthly, like rent, from #11 to #15 for each #1,000 borrowed, including the payment of mort- gage. No "auction." #500.000 paid in and loaned on bond and mortgage. Surplus (earnings) #50,000. These figures are approximate. Annual report to Banking Department will be sent you on application. POVERTY Jpnkrr^ ^ji nrli ({ I s s n r f jmin IN THE FOURTH WARD OF THE i? 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