. A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century . strict Court House. The churches he has built include Zion andSt. Timothys, St. Anthonys and Rectory, in Sullivan street; Lu-theran, 88th street; St. John the )tist, St. Lawrences Rectory,and St. Johns. White Plains, Xew York. Altliougli Mr. Aluri)hy has Intilt for the most part very largestructures, he has also erected some handsome dwellings. Xotableamong these are the residences of Air. Frederick Benedict, \- Kennedy, Xo. 175 l-ifth avenue, and Air. Henry
. A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century . strict Court House. The churches he has built include Zion andSt. Timothys, St. Anthonys and Rectory, in Sullivan street; Lu-theran, 88th street; St. John the )tist, St. Lawrences Rectory,and St. Johns. White Plains, Xew York. Altliougli Mr. Aluri)hy has Intilt for the most part very largestructures, he has also erected some handsome dwellings. Xotableamong these are the residences of Air. Frederick Benedict, \- Kennedy, Xo. 175 l-ifth avenue, and Air. Henry There is no greater test of a builders ability, perhaps, than theconstruction of modern office liuildiugs. ()n account of theirgreat height, the enormous amount of weight to be borne by eachfloor and the jjeculiarity of the steel construction, they are indis-putable evidences of the skill and technical ability of their Murphys work in this direction may be seen in the StevensBuilding, the Banks Building, the Shultz B)uilding, and the Mon-tauk Building. BUILDING AND ARCHITECTURE LN NEW 314 A HISTORY OF REAL ESTATE, Aniono- tin- i^cncral work Anuc hy this builder arc tlif LnitodState National , the Madison Avenue Hotel, Hotel Renais-sance, Union Club annex, _()tli street and iMlth avenue; .^t. l-rancisXavier College School: Xew rk Catholic Protectory. ConventA. C. J., Sharon Hill, Ia.: St. ilonie. Staten Island. Other buildino-s are Holy Cross St. .Monicas School,Oanuuar School .\o. (._:;, i;;^! street and Third avenue. .\Co Cel-lar lb-OS. W arehouse, on West I b-oadway, and the tactory oi I Co. The size of the f(jrei;oini; list, when the |)ronnuenceof the buildings is taken into consideration, is remarkable. .\otonlv is it a record of which any l)uilder ,dit well be proud, butit shows a ca])acitv for work and an amount of resource far removedfrom the ordinary. .Mr. Alur])hys success is due, it ma\- be briefly stated
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