236 East 5th Street

East Village | built 1912

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1890
George F. Pelham, who designs 236 East 5th Street, opens his own architectural office in 1890
George Frederick Pelham, the son of a Canadian architect, set up his own office in 1890. His father, George Brown Pelham, had worked on the Canadian Parliament buildings before moving to New York in 1875. The son went on to design apartment houses across the city in styles from neo-classical to Art Deco, and the LPC lists 236 East 5th Street, about 1912, among his many works in the East Village district.
“Pelham designed many houses in the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1912
George F. Pelham designs a six-story Renaissance Revival tenement at 236 East 5th Street for Harris Sopolski
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Around 1912 the owner Harris Sopolski built this six-story apartment house, designed by George F. Pelham, whose building application is dated 1912. The brick-and-limestone front has a recessed segmental entry with a scrolled keystone and garlands, and a rusticated first story. Tall pilasters decorated with garlands frame the end bays, and a heavily bracketed cornice crowns the top.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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