Series IV: Real Estate Documents, 1850-1931
Scope and Contents note
This series contains documents relating to the renting, ownership, and administration of the houses used by the LCU. This includes documents relating to insurance coverage as well as inspection certificates and code violations. These materials have been digitized and can be viewed here.
Subseries 1: Sage House, 1850-1911
Scope and Contents note
This subseries includes property information such as leases, deeds, and titles for 27 and 28 Washington Square North and 49 West 9th Street. Since the Sage House was the LCU's oldest home, this subseries contains the largest amount of material in the series.
"Lease Assignments and Papers" relating to title at No. 29 Washington Square, 1850-1868, inclusive
Papers connected with Purchase of Property at 27 and 28 Washington Square, 1866-1868, inclusive
Papers and Leases re 27-29 Washington Square, 1868-1897, inclusive
Deeds and Titles for 49 West 9th Street, 1890, 1897, inclusive
Petition to move Young Women's Home to 49 West 9th Street, 1907, inclusive
Building Reports and Papers Connected to Construction of West 9th Street Tunnel, 1905-1911, inclusive
Department of Buildings Code Violation for 27 and 28 Washington Square, 1874, inclusive
Subseries 2: Hegeman House, 1873-1923
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains real estate documents from the various locations of the Hegeman House. The Abstract of Title to 308 Second Avenue recounts the history of the property that was formerly part of Peter Stuyvesant's estate.
Abstract of Title to 308 Second Avenue, 1881, inclusive
Deeds and Mortgages for 308 Second Avenue, 1879-1923, inclusive
133 MacDougal, Lease, 1870-1873, inclusive
268 West 11th Street, Lease, 1878, inclusive
Subseries 3: Katharine House, 1910
Scope and Contents note
A bill for the development of real estate title insurance.
Katharine House Insurance Bill, 1910, inclusive
Subseries 4: Milbank Memorial House, 1919
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains insurance and building inspection information for the Milbank Home on 10th Street. The inspection certificates indicate the examination of the house's wiring, fixtures, and electrical apparatus.
Deed for Milbank Memorial Home, 1919, inclusive
Electrical Inspection Certificates for Milbank Memorial Home, 1919, inclusive
Subseries 5: Rosemary House, 1908
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains the deed for the Rosemary House as well as a letter from an attorney recommending more insurance coverage for the house and the furniture.
Deed for Rosemary House, 1908, inclusive
Letter re Insurance Coverage, 1908, inclusive
Subseries 6: Roberts House, 1931
Scope and Contents note
The one folder of material contains an agreement between the Roberts House and a neighbor over the proposed construction of a wall.