Peace House (New York City)

This article is about the building in New York. For the building in Israel, see Beit HaShalom.

Peace House was founded in New York City in 1923 by Edith Clare Bryce Cram. ^[1]

History

It was founded in New York City in 1923 by Edith Clare Bryce Cram. ^[2]

The building for The Peace House was located at 1280 Fifth Avenue at 109th Street ^[3] and was an example of neoclassical architecture and it was designed by Frederick Fillmore French. ^[4]

From 1950 to 1958 the building was used as a television studio by the US network CBS. ^[5]

The studio was numbered 57 and also called The Peace Theater. CBS used it for the original Field Sequential color broadcasts in 1951. The color shows ended in October 1951. It was used by Mike & Buff, The Egg and I, Valiant Lady, Red Brown & the Rocket Rangers and Hotel Cosmopolitan (1957–58). That appears to be the last time I find a show originating from there. Mike & Buff may have also come from another studio (there is an overlap in shows there in 1952-53) ^[6]

References

1. "Peace House". Swarthmore College . Retrieved 2014-08-04.
2. "Peace House". New Yorker . October 2, 1937. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
3. "1940s NYC". 1940snyc.com. 1940s. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
4. Christopher Gray (December 4, 1994). "Streetscapes". New York Times . Retrieved 2014-08-04.
5. Ellerbee, Bobby (June 2016). "CBS Studios – New York". Eyes Of A Generation…Television's Living History. pp. 77–80. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
6. "CBS New York, Deep Studio History…Part 2". Eyes Of A Generation…Television's Living History. December 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2025.