Apthorp Farm

40°47′24″N 73°58′17″W / 40.789997°N 73.971269°W / 40.789997; -73.971269

A black-and-white drawing of the Apthorpe Mansion, which depicts its appearance in 1790
A 1907 drawing of how the Apthorpe Mansion looked in 1790...
A black-and-white photograph of the Apthorpe Mansion, taken circa 1891
...and a photograph of its state c.1891

The Apthorp Farm occupied the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City between the 18th and early 20th centuries. It straddled the old Bloomingdale Road, laid out in 1728, which was re-surveyed as The "Boulevard" – now Upper Broadway. The Apthorp Farm was the largest block of real estate remaining from the "Bloomingdale District", a rural suburb of 18th-century New York City. Legal disputes between the eventual heirs of the Loyalist Charles Ward Apthorp and purchasers of parcels of real estate held in abeyance the speculative development of the area between 89th and 99th Streets, from Central Park to the Hudson River until final judgment was awarded in July 1910; at that time The New York Times Magazine estimated its worth at US$125 million (equivalent to $3 billion in 2023).[1]

  1. ^ "The Famous Apthorp Farm Litigation Finally Ended". The New York Times Magazine. July 31, 1910. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-08-19. [note: this NYTM article has provided much of the information in this en.wiki article]