George Frederick Pelham (b. c. 1857 - d. February 7, 1937) was an American architect. He worked for 43 years during which he designed numerous apartment buildings and office buildings in New York City. His final building was the Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company Building.
Mr. Pelham was also 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.[1]
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.[2]
Building List [3]
Building Name | Floors | Year | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | St. James House | 20 | 1931 |
2. | 121 East 31st Street | 12 | 1931 |
3. | 1120 Park Avenue | 19 | 1930 |
4. | 47 East 88th Street | 16 | 1930 |
5. | Atlantic Bank | 16 | 1930 |
6. | 81 Irving Place | 14 | 1930 |
7. | 98 Riverside Drive | 17 | 1929 |
8. | Bedford Hotel | 17 | 1929 |
9. | 50 West 96th Street | 15 | 1929 |
10. | 944 Park Avenue | 15 | 1929 |
11. | Belvoir Apartments | 16 | 1928 |
12. | 245 Fifth Avenue | 26 | 1927 |
13. | 33 Riverside Drive | 17 | 1927 |
14. | 585 West End Avenue | 17 | 1927 |
15. | 115 East 86th Street | 16 | 1927 |
16. | 310 West 106th Street | 16 | 1927 |
17. | The Broadmoor | 16 | 1927 |
18. | Beekman Apartments | 15 | 1927 |
19. | Chalfonte Hotel | 15 | 1927 |
20. | 263 West 38th Street | 17 | 1926 |
21. | 1225 Park Avenue | 16 | 1926 |
22. | 20 West 77th Street | 16 | 1926 |
23. | Park Royal Hotel | 16 | 1926 |
24. | 164 West 79th Street | 15 | 1926 |
25. | Hotel Milburn | 15 | 1926 |
26. | The Olcott | 16 | 1925 |
27. | 10 West 86th Street | 15 | 1925 |
28. | 1136 5th Avenue | 15 | 1925 |
29. | 910 West End Avenue | 15 | 1925 |
30. | Surrey Apartments | 15 | 1925 |
31. | 1160 Park Avenue | 14 | 1925 |
32. | Hotel Plaza Athénée | 16 | 1924 |
33. | The Florence | 16 | 1924 |
34. | 140 West 86th Street | 15 | 1924 |
35. | 161 West 54th Street | 15 | 1924 |
36. | 290 Riverside Drive | 15 | 1924 |
37. | Bradford Hotel | 15 | 1924 |
38. | Butler Hall | 15 | 1924 |
39. | The Gatsby | 15 | 1924 |
40. | 300 Riverside Drive | 14 | 1924 |
41. | 136 East 36th Street | 12 | 1924 |
42. | Marboro Apartments | 16 | 1923 |
43. | 135 East 74th Street | 12 | 1923 |
44. | Oxford Apartments | 15 | 1922 |
45. | 29 East 64th Street | 12 | 1922 |
46. | 710 West End Avenue | 15 | 1920 |
47. | 270 West End Avenue | 13 | 1918 |
48. | Bellguard Apartments | 12 | 1915 |
49. | Buchova Apartments | 12 | 1915 |
50. | 36 West 25th Street | 16 | 1912 |
51. | 44 West 28th Street | 16 | 1912 |
52. | 675 West End Avenue | 16 | 1912 |
53. | 133 West 21st Street | 12 | 1911 |
54. | 37 West 28th Street | 12 | 1911 |
55. | 72 Madison Avenue | 12 | 1911 |
56. | 15 East 32nd Street | 12 | 1909 |
57. | Fowler Court | 12 | 1909 |
58. | The Lansdown[4] (now The Lyric) | 6 | 1908 |
59. | The Riverdale | 9 | 1907 |
60. | Dream Hotel | 13 | 1904 |
61. | 504-508 East 12th Street | 6 | 1904 |
62. | Parc 77 | 13 | 1903 |
63. | 175 West 79th Street | 16 | |
64. | 21 East 90th Street | 16 | |
65. | 400 East 58th Street | 16 | |
66. | 14 East 90th Street | 12 | |
67. | Hadson Hotel | 12 | |
68. | The Fanwood | 6 | 1890 |
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