George Frederick Pelham (1867[1] - February 7, 1937) was an American architect and the son of George Brown Pelham, who was also an architect.[2]
Pelham was born in Ottawa, Ontario, coming to New York City when his father opened an architectural office there in 1875. The elder Pelham designed for the city's Department of Public Parks, and employed his son as a draftsman in his firm. After being privately tutored in architecture, the younger Pelham opened his own office in 1890, specializing in apartment houses and hotels, row houses, and commercial buildings and utilizing the Renaissance Revival, Gothic Revival and Colonial Revival styles. His work is particularly represented on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He designed buildings for 43 years;[3] his final building was the Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company Building.
Pelham was the architect of the Chalfonte Hotel at 200 West 70th Street in Manhattan. Built in 1927, it was later converted to rental apartments and is still standing today.[4]
In 1905, he designed the Riverdale apartment building at 67 Riverside Drive for developer John Louis Miller. It opened on October 31, 1907. In 1905 he also designed a new synagogue building for Brooklyn's Beth Jacob Anshe Sholom, based on Arnold Brunner's West Side Synagogue building on Manhattan's West 88th Street.[5] The synagogue is no longer extant.
For many years the office was at 200 West 72nd Street, originally built as a clubhouse for the Colonial Club of New-York. Pelham, like Rosario Candela, chose that address because a number of developers had their offices there, including Paterno & Son and Anthony Campagna.[6]
Pelham's son George Fred Pelham Jr. joined the firm in 1910 and continued the family tradition; he was the architect of a number of New York City buildings, such as Castle Village in 1938-1939, 411 West End Avenue in 1937, and 1150 Park Avenue in 1940.
| Building Name | Floors | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. James House (501 West 113th Street) | 20 | 1931 | |
| 121 East 31st Street | 12 | 1931 | |
| 1120 Park Avenue | 19 | 1930 | |
| 47 East 88th Street | 16 | 1930 | |
| Atlantic Bank of New York (960 Sixth Avenue) | 16 | 1930 | |
| 77 Second Avenue | 6 | 1903[7] | |
| 125 Second Avenue | 7 | 1901[8] | |
| 81 Irving Place | 14 | 1930[9] | |
| 98 Riverside Drive | 17 | 1929 | |
| 50 West 96th Street | 15 | 1929 | |
| 944 Park Avenue | 15 | 1929 | |
| 400 East 58th Street | 16 | 1929 | |
| 14 East 90th Street | 12 | 1929[10] | |
| Bedford Hotel (118 East 40th Street) | 17 | 1928-29 | |
| Belvoir Apartments (470 West End Avenue) | 16 | 1928 | |
| 245 Fifth Avenue | 26 | 1927 | |
| 33 Riverside Drive | 17 | 1927 | |
| 331 W 84th Street | 5 | 1894 | |
| 585 West End Avenue | 17 | 1927 | |
| 115 East 86th Street | 16 | 1927 | |
| 310 West 106th Street | 16 | 1927 | |
| The Broadmoor (235 West 102nd Street) | 16 | 1927 | |
| The Marbro (171 West 79th Street) | 16 | 1927 | |
| 175 West 79th Street | 16 | 1927 | |
| 21 East 90th Street | 16 | 1927 | |
| 315 East 84th Street | 6 | 1905 | |
| Beekman Apartments (30 Beekman Place) | 15 | 1927 | |
| Chalfonte Hotel (200 West 70th Street) | 15 | 1927 | |
| 263 West 38th Street | 17 | 1926 | |
| 1225 Park Avenue | 16 | 1926 | |
| 243-253 East 78th Street | 6 | 1905 | |
| 20 West 77th Street | 16 | 1926 | |
| Park Royal Hotel (23 West 73rd Street) | 16 | 1926 | |
| 164 West 79th Street | 15 | 1926 | |
| Hotel Milburn (242 West 76th Street) | 15 | 1926 | |
| The Olcott (27 West 72nd Street) | 16 | 1925 | |
| 10 West 86th Street | 15 | 1925 | |
| 1136 5th Avenue | 15 | 1925 | |
| 910 West End Avenue | 15 | 1925 | |
| Surrey Apartments (215 West 83rd Street) | 15 | 1925 | |
| 1160 Park Avenue | 14 | 1925 | |
| 964 Madison Avenue | 5 | 1925[11] | |
| Hudson View Gardens (116 Pinehurst Avenue) | 6 | 1924-25[12] | |
| Hotel Plaza Athénée (37 East 64th Street) | 16 | 1924 | |
| The Florence (545 West End Avenue) | 16 | 1924 | |
| 314 West 77th Street | 9 | 1924[13] | |
| 140 West 86th Street | 15 | 1924 | |
| 161 West 54th Street | 15 | 1924 | |
| 290 Riverside Drive | 15 | 1924 | |
| Bradford Hotel (210 West 70th Street) | 15 | 1924 | |
| Butler Hall (400 West 119th Street) | 15 | 1924 | |
| The Gatsby (65 East 96th Street) | 15 | 1924 | |
| 300 Riverside Drive | 14 | 1924 | |
| 136 East 36th Street | 12 | 1924 | |
| Marboro Apartments (171 West 79th Street) | 16 | 1923 | |
| 135 East 74th Street | 12 | 1923 | |
| 130 East 94th Street | 9 | 1923 | |
| Oxford Apartments (205 West 88th Street) | 15 | 1922 | |
| 29 East 64th Street | 12 | 1922 | |
| 710 West End Avenue | 15 | 1920 | |
| 270 West End Avenue | 13 | 1918 | |
| 533-539 West 150th Street (row houses) | 5 | 1915 | |
| Bellguard Apartments (216 West 89th Street) | 12 | 1915 | |
| Buchova Apartments | 12 | 1915 | |
| 385 Edgecombe Avenue | 6 | 1913[14] | |
| 36 West 25th Street | 16 | 1912 | |
| 44 West 28th Street | 16 | 1912 | |
| 675 West End Avenue | 16 | 1912 | |
| Francis Edmund Court (423 West 120th Street) | 10 | 1912 | |
| Soundview Court (260 Convent Avenue) | 10 | 1911-12[15] | |
| 133 West 21st Street | 12 | 1911 | |
| 37 West 28th Street | 12 | 1911 | |
| 72 Madison Avenue | 12 | 1911 | |
| 137-139 Grand Street | 7 | 1911[16] | |
| The Woodhull (62 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn) | 8 | 1911[17] | |
| Raymore Court (238 West 106th Street) | 6 | 1910[18] | |
| Hadson Hotel (31 West 34th Street) | 12 | 1910[19] | |
| The Cliffden (265 Riverside Drive) | 11 | 1909[20] | |
| 15 East 32nd Street | 12 | 1909 | |
| Fowler Court (400 Riverside Drive) | 12 | 1909 | |
| The Lansdown[21] (352-354 West 46th Street, now the Lyric) | 6 | 1908 | |
| The Riverdale (67 Riverside Drive) | 9 | 1907 | |
| [Eleanor Thomas] Elliott Hall (49 Claremont Avenue)[22] | 6 | 1906 | |
| Kennedy House (47 Claremont Avenue) | 6 | 1906 | |
| Concord Hall (468 Riverside Drive) | 12 | 1906-07 | |
| 17 West 17th Street | 11 | 1907[23] | |
| Woodward Hall (50 East 96th Street) | 6 | 1905 | |
| The Fairholm (503 W. 121st Street) | 6 | 1905[24] | |
| Congregation Beth Jacob Ohev Sholom (274–276 South 3rd Street, Brooklyn) | Unknown | 1905[25] | |
| Dream Hotel (210 West 55th Street) | 13 | 1904 | |
| 224-226 Avenue B | 6 | 1904[26] | |
| 504-508 East 12th Street | 6 | 1904 | |
| Parc 77 (50 West 77th Street) | 13 | 1903 | |
| 36 West 22nd Street | 7 | 1903[27] | |
| 441-461 East 140th Street, The Bronx (tenements) | 5 | 1902-03[28] | |
| 34-42 West 96th Street (row houses) | 4 | 1897[29] | |
| 616 West 113th Street (row house) | 4 + basement | 1897 | |
| 32-36 West 85th Street (row houses) | 5 | 1897[30] | |
| 97 Wooster Street | 7 | 1896-97[31] | |
| 526 West 114th Street | 5 | 1896 | |
| 42 Hudson Street | 6 | 1896[32] | |
| 16-22 West 68th Street (row houses) | 5 | 1896[33] | |
| 347 West Broadway | 7 | 1895-96[34] | |
| 495 Broome Street | 7 | 1895-96[35] | |
| 397 Washington Street | 6 | 1895-96[36] | |
| 303-309 West 103rd Street (row houses) | 3 | 1895-96[37] | |
| 93 Crosby Street | 6 | 1894-95[38] | |
| 18 North Moore Street | 5 | 1894[39] | |
| The Fanwood (112-114 East 17th Street) | 6 | 1890-91[40] | |
| 123 Second Avenune | 5 (formerly 3) | 1913 | |
| Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun (117 East 85th Street) | 5 | 1902 |
Sources (unless otherwise noted):[41] [42]
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