The Greystone was built in 1911 by the Merritt Ferguson Construction Co. and was designed by the architect George Pelham.
George Frederick Pelham was born in Ottawa, Canada and was brought to New York as a child. His father, George Brown Pelham (1831-1889), opened an architectural practice in New York in 1875 and served as an architect with the City's Department of Parks. After being privately tutored in architecture and serving as a draftsman for a number of years, George F. Pelham opened his own office in 1890.
A prolific architect, he specialized in apartment buildings designed in the neo-Renaissance, neo-Gothic, and neo-Federal styles during the forty-three years that he practiced, and his work is found in the Riverside-West End, Ladies Mile, and Upper East Side Historic Districts.
Especially active on the Upper West Side, Pelham's work is well-represented in the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, where he designed rows of Renaissance Revival style houses and flats early in his career and by 1916 shifted to the design of larger apartment buildings in the neo-Renaissance style.
A window into our past
From 1913
From the NYPL Digital Collection; 1913 Supplement to the World's New York Apartment House Album
No 127 W. 82nd St
A closer look from the NYPL Digital Collection; 1913 Supplement to the World's New York Apartment House Album
In the 1940's
From the NYC Department of Records & Information Services; Manhattan 1940s Tax Photos
LPC Report from the 90's
Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District Designation Report Volume I