Daytonian in Manhattan

  When this photograph was taken in 1912, buildings had crowded around the property.  from the collection of the New-York Historical Societ...

  Once lined with aristocratic mansions, by the first years of the 20th century, Park Avenue was bustling with commerce and traffic.  In 191...

  After learning his trade in the architectural office of his father, George Brown Pelham, George Fred Pelham opened his own office in 1890....

  Before the outbreak of the Civil War, millionaires had ventured north of 23rd Street along Fifth Avenue, erecting opulent mansions.  Three...

  Less than two decades after the first mansion was built on Fifth Avenue just above Washington Square, development reached above 23rd Stree...

  Born in Sumter, South Carolina on March 25, 1809, John Leighton Wilson graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary in 1833, sailing almos...