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GEORGE JOHN LUXTON
Originally published in 1900 |
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GEORGE JOHN LUXTON, only son of Charles and Susan (Hopper) Luxton,
was born in New York City on the 20th of February, 1844. In 1850
he moved with the family to New Jersey, and there, in the public schools
of old Hudson City, received his education, which was practical and cal-
culated to fit him for a business career. At the age of nineteen he associated
himself with his father, and so continued until the latter's death in 1889,
since which time he has engaged in real estate operations alone. Mr. Luxton's
experience of thirty-six years in the real estate and insurance business
makes him the oldest operator in Northern Hudson County, and one of the
oldest west of the Hudson River in Eastern New Jersey. Probably no
other man in the State has been more heavily identified with real estate
matters nor more prominent and active in developing suburban property,
improving it for factory and residential purposes, and converting it into
handsome homes, than has Mr. Luxton during the last ten or fifteen years.
He opened and built up, in Jersey City Heights, the Leinau tract, a tract
of 102 lots, between Nelson and Tonnelly Avenues, and two tracts of 82
and 95 lots each, representing a total valuation of about $150,000; the Indian Spring property of about 90 lots, the Buse tract on Malone and Spring
Streets, and the Van Amberg tract, 118 lots, on Central and Summit Avenues and Shippen Street, in West Hoboken;_ Tyler Park, 145 lots, between
Grand and Tonnelly Avenues north and south of Hamblet Place, in North
Bergen, at a cost of $40,000; and Weehawken Heights in Weehawken.
The last named tract represented property valued at about $400,000, and
under the name of the Palisade Land Company Mr. Luxton converted it
from a field, overgrown with brush and trees, into one of the finest and
most thickly settled sections of the county. The houses which adorn it
cost from $4,000 to $18,000, and the whole was developed between 1894 and
1897.
Mr. Luxton's extensive real estate operations are best illustrated by the fact that he has built up sections comprising about one-half of Jersey City Heights, one-third of West Iloboken, practically all of Weehawken Heights, and a considerable part of North Bergen. His method has been to buy the land, lay it out into city lots, streets, and avenues, cause modern improvements to be carried out, and place the property in the market on terms which have enabled the workingman as well as the capitalist to own and occupy his home. And in nearly every venture he has been successful. He is one of the prominent and enterprising, as well as one of the oldest, real estate operators in Hudson County, and is widely respected as authority in all matters pertaining to the business. His knowledge of land titles is broad and comprehensive, giving him the position of a recognized leader among his fellow-citizens. He settled in West Hoboken in 1893, and has offices at 470 Palisade Avenue, Weehawken, and 596 Palisade Avenue, Jersey City. Mr. Luxton has also been interested since 1898 in the North River Company, in connection with real estate matters, and is a member of Doric Lodge, F. and A. M. In politics he is a Democrat. He has long been a prominent and useful citizen. His patriotism led him to enlist, January 30, 1865, in Company E, Fortieth New Jersey Volunteers, with which he served in Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina, participating in numerous skirmishes in following up Lee's army, including Farmersville, New Store, Danville, and others, and being present at the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. He was honorably discharged July 13, 1865, Mr. Luxton married Louisa C., daughter of Charles and Margaret Coltier, natives of France, who moved to this country and settled in Jersey City. Of their four children two are living: George and Emily Marion.
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