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George Frederick Pelham (1867〔Harris and Shockley (1998), p.8〕 – February 7, 1937) was an American architect and the son of George Brown Pelham, who was also an architect.〔Shockley, Jay. ''(Gansevoort Market Historic District Designation Report part 1 )'', New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (September 9, 2003)〕 ==Life and career== Pelham was born in Ottawa, Canada, 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;〔Presa (2010), p.177〕 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.〔(George Frederick Pelham ), Brief Biographies of American Architects: Who Died Between 1897 and 1947, ''Society of Architectural Historians''. Retrieved 3 April 2007.〕 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.〔Kaufman, David. ''Shul with a Pool: The "synagogue-center" in American Jewish History'', Brandeis University Press, University Press of New England, 1999, ISBN 978-0-87451-893-1, pp. 186–187.〕 The synagogue is no longer extant. His son, George Fred Pelham, Jr., joined his father's firm in 1910,〔 and continued the family tradition; he was the architect of a number of New York City buildings, such as Castle Village and 411 West End Avenue. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George F. Pelham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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