Valentine's manual of the city of New York, 1917-1918 . died in 1804. His widow continued to live in the resi-dence. The garden which occupied the lot known as 231Broadway became in 1812 the site of the residence ofDavid Mumford, the President of the Columbia Insur-ance Company. This was a model house and furnishedin better style than any other at that date. Citizensfrom the remotest parts says the record, which meantas far out of town as Chambers Street, felt such pridein it that they came to visit it. Next to the Startin resi-dence stood at No. 235 the beautiful house owned andoccupied by P
Valentine's manual of the city of New York, 1917-1918 . died in 1804. His widow continued to live in the resi-dence. The garden which occupied the lot known as 231Broadway became in 1812 the site of the residence ofDavid Mumford, the President of the Columbia Insur-ance Company. This was a model house and furnishedin better style than any other at that date. Citizensfrom the remotest parts says the record, which meantas far out of town as Chambers Street, felt such pridein it that they came to visit it. Next to the Startin resi-dence stood at No. 235 the beautiful house owned andoccupied by Philip Hone when Mayor, which he de-scribes in his diary and regrets exceedingly to leavewhen business invasion caused him to remove to Broad-way and Bond Street. The Mayor sold his residenceMarch 8, 1836, for $60,000. The Commercial Advertiserof June 30 of that year announced that that old andfamous establishment, the American Hotel, had beenfurther extended by connecting therewith the large andelegant house vacated by Fhilip Hone, Esq. The hotel [160]. c » I MHttJ Broadway, looking north ai 90th Street: thin section was known as Tweeds Boulevard as originallylaid out. All the trees seen in this view were removed during the construction of the subway. They should be restored. thereby embraced the whole front sweep of the blockbetween Park Place and Barclay Street. All these lotswere purchased by the Woolworth interests. The Vanden Heuvel plot fell to the Hamilton family and at thetime of the sale was covered by a 7-story business struc-ture. Mr. Van den Heuvel had the misfortune to lose hiswife shortly after his arrival. Justina Henrietta Baerlcaccompanied him to this country and died on MondayMarch 25th 1793. Iti 1792 *he had purchased from theheirs-at-law of James McEvers part of the de Lanceyproperty lying between the Bloomingdale Road on theeast, the land of John van Cortlandt on the north, thatof Teunis Somerindykc on the south and the HudsonRiver on the west, containing
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