4513 Livingston Avenue

Riverdale | built 1913

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1913
Columbia professor George B. Pegram builds a fieldstone house in Fieldston
Construction of this house began in 1913 for George B. Pegram, a Columbia University professor; the landmarks report lists the original owner as Mrs. George B. Pegram. It went up while Fieldston was being developed with picturesque houses, and the Landmarks Preservation Commission cites a New York Times article of September 28, 1913 among its references.
“…built in 1913-14 for owner George B. Pegram, a professor at Columbia University…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1913
William B. Claflin designs the Pegram house in solid fieldstone
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Designed by William B. Claflin, the Craftsman house stands at a right angle to Livingston Avenue and is made of three offset wings, giving it a compound footprint under steep, intersecting hipped roofs. Solid fieldstone walls, tall stone chimneys, and wide dormers mark the style, and the commission found the house remarkably intact in 2006.
“Its solid fieldstone walls, tall stone chimneys, and wide dormers are hallmarks of the Craftsman style.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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