50 MacDougal Street

SoHo | built 1903

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

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1903
George Pelham designs a six-story terra-cotta tenement at 50 MacDougal Street for Charles J. Weinstein
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Charles J. Weinstein commissioned this six-story new-law tenement with a store in 1903, and George Pelham designed it in brick with white terra-cotta trim. Its lintels vary from segmental to triangular pediments, and the sixth-story arched windows have keystones with female busts. Cast-iron piers with acanthus leaves frame the residential entrance, and the Commission says only the cornice is lost.
“…designed by George Pelham for Charles J. Weinstein and built in 1903…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1903
George F. Pelham, a prolific apartment-house architect, designs 50 MacDougal Street
George Frederick Pelham, a native of Ottawa, grew up in New York, where his father was an architect with the Parks Department. He opened his own office in 1890, practiced for 43 years, and specialized in apartment houses, designing buildings across Manhattan. He drew 50 and 56-58 MacDougal Street, both built in 1903 for Charles J. Weinstein.
“George Frederick Pelham was born in Ottawa, Canada, and brought to New York as a child…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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