Jumel Terrace Historic District

Jumel Terrace Historic District

Row houses at 439-451 West 162nd Street (2014)
Location roughly bounded by:
north: West 162nd Street
east: Edgecombe Avenue
south: West 160th Street
west: St. Nicholas Avenue
Washington Heights, Manhattan,
New York City
Coordinates 40°50′5″N 73°56′21″W / 40.83472°N 73.93917°W / 40.83472; -73.93917Coordinates: 40°50′5″N 73°56′21″W / 40.83472°N 73.93917°W / 40.83472; -73.93917
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built 1890-1909[1][2]
Architectural style Queen Anne
Romanesque
Neo-Renaissance[1]
NRHP Reference # 73001220[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP April 3, 1973
Designated NYCL August 18, 1970[2]

The Jumel Terrace Historic District is a small New York City and national historic district located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It consists of 50 residential rowhouses built between 1890 and 1902, and one apartment building constructed in 1909, as the heirs of Eliza Jumel sold off the land of the former Roger Morris estate.[1] The buildings are primarily wood or brick rowhouses in the Queen Anne, Romanesque and Neo-Renaissance styles. Also located in the district, but separately landmarked, is the Morris-Jumel Mansion, dated to about 1765.[4]

The district was designated a New York City Landmark in 1970, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[3]

Among its notable residents was Paul Robeson.[5]

Description

The buildings included in the district are:[6]

Sylvan Terrace, located where West 161st Street would normally be, was originally the carriage drive of the Morris estate. In 1882-83 twenty wooden houses, designed by Gilbert R. Robinson Jr., were constructed on the drive. Initially rented out to laborers and working class civil servants, the houses were restored in 1979-81. They are now some of the few remaining framed houses in Manhattan.[1][2][7]

See also

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S. (text); Postal, Matthew A. (text) (2009), Postal, Matthew A., ed., Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.), New York: John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1, p.208
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Jumel Terrace Historic District Designation Report" New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (August 18, 1970)
  3. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  4. ↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Lash, Stephen & Ezequelle, Betty (February 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Jumel Terrace Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying three photographs
  5. ↑ Lamparski, Richard (1968). Whatever Became of ...?, Vol II. Ace Books. p. 9.
  6. ↑ "Jumel Terrace Historic District Map" New York Landmarks Preservation Commission website
  7. 1 2 3 4 White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010), AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.), New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780195383867, p.562


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