Saturday, April 4, 2015

The Gresley Apartments in Manchester

The Gresley Apartments in Manchester, NH were built by Edwin Lee Le Gresley in 1904. The current owner was just in contact...

"There are  2 identical buildings.  One is called the Belmont and the other the Milton.  Named after the current streets in Manchester NH."
  
She is trying to put the buildings on a historical registry and would like to get as much information as possible.
  "Very curious how long it took to build these beautiful buildings,  I was told they were always apartment buildings." 

Edwin Le Gresley (grandson of Joseph de Mouliped) moved to California before 1930. However, he was still listed in the Manchester Directory as of 1921. He had a son Reginald, and a daughter Vivian. It seems Reginald perhaps did not marry, but more research is needed.  Vivian graduated from UCLA around 1934 and married Pierson Forderer.  They had Yvon Forderer around 1938 according to a 1940 census, living at: 384 Santa Anita Avenue Pasadena Judicial Los Angeles, Ca. Yvonn married David Arnold Todd II and is now living in Oklahoma. More on this family lineage at a later date.

If you have any information you can contribute, please comment. 

The apartments have a lovely website: http://www.pillarmanors.com/.  They have been beautifully restored and are quite elegant.

2 comments:

Alex ken said...

Great information trying to put the buildings on a historical registry and would like to get as much information as possible."Very curious how long it took to build these beautiful buildings,I was told they were always apartment buildings." Thanks for sharing........

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Debby de Moulpied said...

I believe they were originally apartments. Thanks for commenting!