1668-4 Economics, Development, & Real Estate 1943-1993 \vy\
ALSO A PIPE ORGAN - ' ' 1
New York FarmerOn the ground floor,-;ihe,tom•
biped' living room and .dining
room brings a vista 98 feet long
and 25 feet wide. The formal liv-
ing room is 25 feet by 63 feet. It a
• is equipped with a pipe organ.
Buys `Carl Fisher' Both the dining room.._.. .
and liv
ing room have fireplaces. A '
1 double teakwood rtairway_.has
•
• bronze railings. Llbrary,.'�•ith ,
Home fireplace; breakfast androonwIli but.-
Bis a Ze a fir's pantry, kitchen and.�ining
room for servants complete-the
_ _ ground floor arrangement_,.
A �.
The three-story home built•fn 1926 by the late Carl G. Fisher, A 56,000 Chinese rug covers the
—overlooking Biscayne bay, and one of the most palatial residential living room and a 35,000 Chinese
'estates at Miami Beach, was bought during the week from Harry . rug the dining room. 1
' SargentbyRalph Aitken, bachelor farmer from Mt. On the second floor there are i
$ `W. a four bedrooms, each with bath. l
Upton; N..Y. The master bedroom, 25 feet by;
35 feet is, in words of the buyer
"It Kae the tower that turned 1 r2 FEET ALONG BAY-'_i'.-` "o t of this world." It has a fire
the trick," said the smiling new ornamented with
, ace, large bath with two lava.;.
owner. "you see I have been a The property,
farmer nearly all my life and royal palms and other tropical tories, specially designed tub.andl
that tower looks so like a silo landsc the ba stretches ated 200 feet back glassed-inOn te thirdlflooe �there are six
2 feet
the place makes me . feel atalong y
home. to N. Bay rd., with about 200 feet bedrooms, three .baths and ii�.
on the road. The address is 50't I glassed-in porch. : . . 1
"Yes, sir, a silo with a cockiall N. Bay rd. The observation tozcer-on the
lounge on the top and an elevator At the time Fisher but the northwest corner of the man. 1
running up to 1t'
was a combing- home as a replica of an Italian sion is 65 feet high, and has a
A A villa he was at height of his balcony of teakwood. Here, too.
' , tion I couldn't
tion .'I career as developer of Miami is a fireplace. the glassed tower
srYBeach. The 'place cost him, to. brings in a view Of the Atlantic 1
L'rtx z , , Aitken has" a
765 acre farm at ;tether with furnishings' and ocean and the Miami. skyline.
landscaping, about $468,000. Con.
The lounge is 16 feet by.16 feet.
�, bit. ..'prop, and struction cost of the main and there is a toilet and lava.
"? he also Is posy structure n'as more than b200 tory,
,k 'z fly interested in�� y' £the .Ocean View 000. The automatic elevator serving
fir' :amusement par, 11, The property was sold in 1937, the tower room also serves the
„!.....',:‘at Norfolk '%a• ' exclusive of furnishings, for 565: other floors..
<..„'' "Folks ask me
at<<,.4 000, (he buyer refurnishing it at This was the second and most '
what I, an un- I•a cost of $70,000. Furnishings pretentious of three homes that
Ralph Aitken married man, am i were included in the present sale Carl Fisher built at Miami Beach.
going to do with a 20 room:hou=e. j at 585,000. His first home, still standing, was,
Well, for one thing I'm going to Construction of the residence 1s at the foot of Lincoln Road, on'
and down on that silo of reinforced steel and concrete the south side. The last of the,
ride up Fisher homes was a modest two-
elevator, and I �t'ish I had a silo and hollow tile. Some of the floors bedroom bungalow at Cherokee'
like that on m• : New York tfarm." $e of tile and others are parkay.
and 51st st.