2 Beekman Place1


2 Beekman Place was build in 1933. The designation is Block 3807, Lot 1.2
The occupants of 2 Beekman Place were:

#1. Kenneth B. Wood (1933.)
Kenneth was listed in 1931 at 302-H34 Highstreet, in 1933 at 2 Beekman Place, and in 1935-46 at 2 Bedford Place.
Kenneth B. Wood was born in 1894 in New York.3 Kenneth B. Wood married Phoebe B.4,5,3 Kenneth B. Wood was an accountant in New York. In the census he is listed as an accountant for the telephone company.4,5,3 Phoebe was born in 1897 in New York.3 Kenneth and Phoebe had 3 sons: Kenneth B. Jr., Stuart K. and Donald.3
Stuart King Wood was born on 29 February 1924 in College Point, Queens County, New York.6,3 Stuart King Wood died on 26 July 2010 in Yarmouthport, Massachusetts.6 (Obituary in the Cape Cod Times, (online). Stuart King Wood, of Yarmouthport, died early in the evening on Monday, July 26, 2010. He was 86 years old. Born at home on leap year day, Feb. 29, 1924, in College Point, Queens, N.Y., the middle of three sons to Phoebe (Wolf) and Kenneth Barrow Wood, Stu was raised in the Landmark Town, Radburn, N.J. Educated at the Radburn School and graduating from nearby Ridgewood High School, Stu entered Norwich University's Army Air Corps Air Crew Training Program, and served overseas as a second lieutenant in the 8th Air Force 303rd Bomb Group (H) "Hell's Angels" 359th Squadron, navigating B-17s in nine missions over Germany in the final months of World War II out of Molesworth, England, and was awarded the Air Medal and an honorable discharge. After the war, he joined the Williams College class of '50 for a year, then took a job driving a truck for B.F. Goodrich throughout the western half of the U.S. Returning to Radburn in '49, Stu fell in love with "Dee" Gates, married her on July 15, 1950, at the Church in Radburn, settled in their hometown and began raising a family. Throughout the 1950s and 60s, Stu held executive positions in marketing and promotion with U.S. Rubber, Avon, the Amateur Athletic Union, American Cyanamid, and Pfitzer International's Coty division. In 1971, Stu moved the family to Cape Cod, purchased an old Captain's House, and became the owner and sole employee of Stuart K. Wood Fuels, delivering heating oil from his home-based business for the next 20 years. Since retiring in '95, Stu continued to work part time for the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority as a dispatcher until 2007. Stu lived to nurture, support and share in the interests, talents and achievements of his four children and three grandsons. Always a passionate lover of baseball, and a diehard Red Sox fan, he instilled a love of the game in them all. On July 17 of this year, joined by their large extended family, Stu and Dee celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. He went to bed that night expressing his joy for the love, pride and gratitude he felt for Dee and the life they had built together, remarking how he was as happy and content as he'd ever been. Within days he passed into the great hereafter, surrounded by his family. Stu will always be remembered for his unshakable optimism, timeless good looks, and beliefs in the Golden Rule and the fundamental goodness of the American way. His genuine interest in others, how he listened deeply and encouraged their dreams and ideas, especially those of his children and grandsons, remained active in him till the end. He was a good man and he will be missed. Stu was predeceased by his parents and brothers, Kenneth Barrow Wood Jr. and Donald Wood; brother-in-law Charles (Muriel) Gates; sister-in-law Anne Wood; nephew Andrew Wood; and old friends Sherm, Munson, Ziggy, Carm, Stan, Skip and Butch. He is survived by his wife Dee; sister-in-law Bev; children Stuart King Wood Jr., Steven Wood and his partner Claudia Chartrand, Carol Anne Wood, and Mary Lou Wood; grandsons Thacher Taylor Wood, Samuel King Wood, and Nicholas Stuart Rhodes; as well as many nieces and nephews. A graveside service is planned for Oct. 2 at Woodside Cemetery, followed by a celebration of Stu's life at his home in Yarmouthport for all who would like to join in his fond farewell. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the 8th Air Force Historical Society at 8thafhs.org. Notes of sympathy and comfort to the family may be submitted at www.MorrisOConnorBlute.com.)6


#2. F. Judson Wineman (1935.)
F. was listed in 1933 at 6A Townley Road, and in 1935 at 2 Beekman Place. F. Judson Wineman married M Lucille.7 F. Judson Wineman was in 1933 a manager in New York. and in 1935 a travelling auditor.7,8


#3. Harry C. Lutes (from 1937 to 1941.)
The monthly rent in 1940 was $62.9
Harry was listed in 1935 at 1 Burnham Place, and in 1937-41 at 2 Beekman Place.
Harry C. Lutes was born in 1892 in Massachusetts.9 Harry C. Lutes married Isabella P.8,9 Harry C. Lutes was a salesman, and in 1937-41 he was in leather in New York.8,5,9,10 Isabella was born in 1896 in Massachusetts.9


#4. Devereaux Martin.
Devereaux was listed in 1933 at 333 Plaza Road North, in 1935 as removed to Paramus, then in 1940-41 at 1 Bolton Place, in 1944 at 2 Beekman Place, in 1948-50 at 8 Ballard Place, and in 1952 as removed to Reading, PA. He was not listed in 1937-39 and 1946.
Devereaux Martin was born on 26 December 1905 in Massachusetts.11,12 Devereaux Martin married Florence.7,10,11 Devereaux Martin died on 2 February 1983 in Los Angeles, California.12 Devereaux Martin was a radio engineer in New York. In the census he is listed as a radio engineer at an airport, in 1948 as an elect. engineer. He was in the class of 1928 at MIT.7,10,11,13,14 Devereaux and Florence lived in 1935 in New Castle, Lincoln County, Maine.11 Florence was born in 1908 in Pennsylvania.11 Devereaux and Florence had a son Benn.11 Benn was born in 1934 in Maine.11


#5. Raymond Neubecker (from 1946 to 1952.)


#6. Amede R. Boyer (from 1954 to 1958.)


#7. Charles Winter (from 1960 to 1973).
     In 1970 and 1973 Helen Winter is listed as the head.
Charles Winter married Helen. She was the widow of Charles A. in 1970.15,16 Charles Winter was in 1960 a teacher in Glen Rock.15 Both Charles Winter and Carl E. Zaisser are listed on the Glen Rock alumni website.


In 1931 it was listed as vacant.

Citations

  1. [S3] Radburn Association, Map of Radburn, NJ, c. 1990.
  2. [S80] New Jersey Tax Records, online http://www.njtaxrecords.net/
  3. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 7A (1311), line 7-11.
  4. [S5] 1931 Directory.
  5. [S9] 1939 Directory.
  6. [S30] Obituary, online Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA), 5 Sep 2010 (online).
  7. [S6] 1933 Directory.
  8. [S7] 1935 Directory.
  9. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 6B (1310), line 47-48.
  10. [S10] 1941 Directory.
  11. [S2] 1940 Federal Census, T627: ED 2-87, sheet 4B (1308), line 63-65.
  12. [S82] Ancestry.com, online at https://ancestry.com/ /California Death Index.
  13. [S13] 1948 Directory.
  14. [S82] Ancestry.com, online at https://ancestry.com/ /The 1926 Technique, yearbook of the Massachussetts Institute of Technology, publ. by the undergraduates.
  15. [S19] 1960 Directory.
  16. [S24] 1970 Directory.