Surf Wiki
Save to docs
geography/united-states

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Webb and Knapp

Former real estate development firm

Summary

Former real estate development firm

FieldValue
nameWebb and Knapp
industryReal estate development
founded
founderRobert C. Knapp
W. Seward Webb
defunctafter 1965

W. Seward Webb

Webb and Knapp was a real estate development firm.

The company is most famous for developing the Roosevelt Airfield, which was the launching site of the transatlantic flights of Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. It was also the firm at which famed architect I. M. Pei first worked from 1948 to 1956.

History

The company was founded in 1922 by Robert C. Knapp and W. Seward Webb.

William Zeckendorf joined the firm in 1938 and acquired it in 1949.

In the 1965, the company filed for bankruptcy protection and Roosevelt Airfield was sold to Corporate Property Investors. The company at that time had total assets of about $21,500,00 and total liabilities of about $60 million, plus contingent tax liabilities of $29,400,000.

References

References

  1. (October 14, 1946). "Mr. Knickerbocker's Face Lifting". [[Time (magazine).
  2. (2024-01-18). "The Zeckendorfs {{!}} Real estate families of New York".
  3. BARMASH, ISADORE. (June 5, 1977). "Roosevelt Field: A Shopping Giant at a Crossroads". [[The New York Times]].
  4. BEDINGFIELD, ROBERT E.. (February 13, 1970). "Liquidation Asked For Webb & Knapp". [[The New York Times]].
  5. Supreme Court, United States. (1971). "United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court". Banks & Bros., Law Publishers.
Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

defunct-real-estate-companies-of-the-united-states
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Webb and Knapp — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report