National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan above 110th Street
Encyclopedia
List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan above 110th Street
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 above 110th Street in Manhattan. For properties and districts in other parts of Manhattan and the other islands of New York County, see National Register of Historic Places listings in New York County, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a Google map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".

Listings above 110th Street

Landmark name Image Date listed Location Neighborhood, etc. Summary
1 116th Street – Columbia University Subway station ( train) Jct. of Broadway and West 116th St.
40°48′28"N 73°57′52"W
Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights, Manhattan
Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City and is chiefly known as the home of institutions such as Columbia University, Teachers College, Barnard College, the Manhattan School of Music, Bank Street College of Education, the Cathedral of Saint John the...

2 145th Street
145th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)
145th Street is a station on the IRT Lenox Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 145th Street and Lenox Avenue in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, it is served by the 3 train at all times....

 Subway station ( train)
Under Lenox Avenue at the jct. with 145th St.
40°49′13"N 73°56′12"W
Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

3 168th Street Subway station ( train) Under Broadway at the jct. of W. 168th St.
40°50′26"N 73°56′26"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

Lower set of tracks (1 train
1 (New York City Subway service)
The 1 Broadway – Seventh Avenue Local is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. It is colored red on station signs, route signs and the official subway map, since it uses the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line for its entire route....

) is only station along Fort George Tunnel where its semicircular vaulted
Vault (architecture)
A Vault is an architectural term for an arched form used to provide a space with a ceiling or roof. The parts of a vault exert lateral thrust that require a counter resistance. When vaults are built underground, the ground gives all the resistance required...

 ceiling is visible.
4 181st Street
181st Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
181st Street is a station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located on Fort Washington Avenue and 181st Street, one of the main shopping districts of the Hudson Heights neighborhood of Washington Heights, and served by the A train at all times.This underground...

 Subway station ( train)
Fort Washington Ave., Vet. W. 185th and 181st Sts.
40°51′6"N 73°56′18"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

5 181st Street Subway station ( train) Under St. Nicholas Ave. bet. W. 181st and W. 180th St.s
40°50′58"N 73°56′3"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

6 190th Street
190th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
190th Street is a station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, served by the A train at all times. It is located on Fort Washington Avenue about 240 meters north of 190th Street. The station is near Fort Tryon Park and Mother Cabrini Shrine in the Hudson Heights neighborhood...

 Subway station ( train)
Under Fort Washington Ave. bet. Fort Tryon Park
Fort Tryon Park
Fort Tryon Park is a public park located in the Washington Heights section of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, USA. It is situated on a 67 acre ridge in Upper Manhattan, with a commanding view of the Hudson River, the George Washington Bridge, the New Jersey Palisades and the Harlem River...

 (Cabrini Blvd.) and W. 190th St/
40°51′32"N 73°56′5"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

7 207th Street Yard – Signal Service Building and Tower B W. 215th St. bet. Tenth Ave. and the Harlem R
40°52′6"N 73°54′49"W
Inwood, Manhattan
Inwood, Manhattan
Inwood is the northernmost neighborhood on Manhattan Island in the New York City borough of Manhattan.-Geography:Inwood is physically bounded by the Harlem River to the north and east, and the Hudson River to the west. It extends southward to Fort Tryon Park and alternatively Dyckman Street or...

8 369th Regiment Armory
369th Regiment Armory
369th Regiment Armory is a historic National Guard armory building located in Harlem, New York, New York. It was built for the 369th Regiment. The unit was founded in 1913 as the first and only National Guard unit in New York State composed solely of African-Americans...

2366 Fifth Ave.
40°49′2.6394"N 73°56′3.6126"W
Harlem Home of the 69th Infantry Regiment (United States), Harlem Hellfighters
9 Apollo Theater
Apollo Theater
The Apollo Theater in New York City is one of the most famous, and older, music halls in the United States, and the most famous club associated almost exclusively with Black performers...

253 W. 125th St.
40°48′36"N 73°57′1"W
Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

Venue for African-American mid-20th century popular musicians
10 Audubon Terrace Historic District Bounded by Broadway, W. 155th and W. 156th Sts.
40°50′0"N 73°56′49"W
Washington Heights
Washington Heights, Manhattan
Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the borough of Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest point on Manhattan island by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War, to defend the area from the...

11 James Bailey House
James Bailey House
The James Bailey House is a large freestanding house which resembles a castle, and which sits at 10 St Nicholas Place in Hamilton Heights, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York...

10 St. Nicholas Pl. (at 150th St.)
40°49′38"N 73°56′33"W
Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

(Ed. note: see NYTimes article)
12 Broadway Synagogue, Old
Old Broadway Synagogue
Old Broadway Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue incorporated in 1911 under the name Chevra Talmud Torah Anshei Marovi, by an immigrant named Morris Schiff , Schiff was a polish immigrant who lived in the Harlem area, an area with a high jewish population at the time...

15 Old Broadway (nr 125th St & Bway)
40°48′55"N 73°57′27"W
Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

13 Brooks and Hewitt Halls
Brooks and Hewitt Halls
Brooks and Hewitt Halls are historic dormitory buildings located on the campus of Barnard College in Morningside Heights, New York, New York. Brooks Hall was designed by Charles A. Rich and built in 1906-1907. It is a seven and one half story, red Harvard brick building on a granite foundation...

Jct. W. 116th St. and Claremont Ave.
40°48′30"N 73°57′54"W
Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights, Manhattan
Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City and is chiefly known as the home of institutions such as Columbia University, Teachers College, Barnard College, the Manhattan School of Music, Bank Street College of Education, the Cathedral of Saint John the...

14 Casa Italiana
Casa Italiana
Casa Italiana is a structure designed by McKim, Mead and White on the campus of Columbia University in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It originally opened as an outreach of the Italian government of Benito Mussolini in conjunction with then university President Nicholas Murray Butler. ...

1151-1161 Amsterdam Ave. (@ 116th)
40°48′26"N 73°57′39"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

15 Chapel of the Intercession Complex and Trinity Cemetery 550 W. 155th St.
40°49′56"N 73°56′50"W
Washington Heights
Washington Heights, Manhattan
Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the borough of Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest point on Manhattan island by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War, to defend the area from the...

16 Church of Notre Dame and Rectory
Church of Notre Dame (New York City)
The Church of Notre Dame in New York City is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The church is located at 40 Morningside Drive and the rectory at 405 West 114th Street in Manhattan, New York City.-History:...

405 W. 114th St. and 40 Morningside Dr.
40°48′18"N 73°57′38"W
Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights, Manhattan
Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City and is chiefly known as the home of institutions such as Columbia University, Teachers College, Barnard College, the Manhattan School of Music, Bank Street College of Education, the Cathedral of Saint John the...

17 College of the City of New York
City College of New York
The City College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York , in New York City. It is also the oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning...

Bounded by Amsterdam Ave., St. Nicholas Terr., W. 138th, and W. 140th Sts.
40°49′15"N 73°56′58"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

18 Will Marion Cook House
Will Marion Cook House
The Will Marion Cook House is where Will Marion Cook lived from 1918 to 1944. Called the "master of all masters of our people" by Duke Ellington, he was a leading black composer and musician. The house, located at 221 West 138th Street, Manhattan, New York City, is part of the area known as...

221 W. 138th St.
40°49′4"N 73°56′37"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

Musician Will Marion Cook
Will Marion Cook
William Mercer Cook , better known as Will Marion Cook, was an African American composer and violinist from the United States. Cook was a student of Antonín Dvořák and performed for King George V among others...

 lived here
19 Croton Aqueduct Gate House
Croton Aqueduct Gate House
The Croton Aqueduct Gate House is located in New York, New York. The building was built in 1884 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 22, 1983.-See also:...

135th St. and Convent Ave.
40°49′6"N 73°57′6"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

20 Delta Psi, Alpha Chapter
Delta Psi, Alpha Chapter
The Delta Psi, Alpha Chapter is located in New York City. The building was built in 1898 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 1996....

434 Riverside Dr. (@ 115th)
40°48′30"N 73°57′59"W
Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

21 Dunbar Apartments
Dunbar Apartments
Constructed in 1926, the Dunbar Apartments are a set of buildings in North-Central Harlem in New York City, built by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to provide housing for African Americans. The apartments were designed by architect Andrew J. Thomas, noted for his designs in the community of Jackson...

Bounded by 7th and 8th Aves. and W. 149th and 150th Sts.
40°49′30"N 73°56′20"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

22 Dyckman Street Subway station ( train) Bet. Hillside and St. Nicholas Aves. , jct. of Dyckman St. and Nagle Ave.
40°51′39"N 73°55′34"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

23 William Dyckman House 4881 Broadway
40°52′3"N 73°55′24"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

Last remaining farmhouse in Manhattan, dating to late 18th century. Now a museum run by the Parks Department.
24 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington House 935 St. Nicholas Ave., Apt. 4A
40°49′55.73"N 73°56′27.5"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

Home of jazz legend Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...

 for much of his adult life
25 Elmendorf Reformed Church
Elmendorf Reformed Church
Elmendorf Reformed Church, also known as Elmendorf Chapel, is a historic Reformed church located in Harlem, New York, New York. It was built in 1894 and is a two story, plus basement building in the Renaissance Revival style. It is "L" shaped in plan and fills much of its 53 feet wide by 120 feet...

171 E. 121st St.
40°48′5.18"N 73°56′18.05"W
Harlem New listing; refnum 10000225
26 Fort Tryon Park and the Cloisters
Fort Tryon Park and the Cloisters
Fort Tryon Park and the Cloisters is an entry of the National Register of Historic Places in New York, New York. It covers:*Fort Tryon Park, a park is located in the far Northern Inwood section of Manhattan....

Broadway and Dyckman St.
40°51′39"N 73°55′57"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

27 Fort Washington Avenue Armory
Fort Washington Avenue Armory
The Fort Washington Avenue Armory is located on the street of that name, between 168th and 169th streets, in the neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City's borough of Manhattan...

216 Fort Washington Ave. (jct. with 168th St.)
40°50′31"N 73°56′31"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

1911 neoclassical armory was one of first in city in that style. Now home to National Track and Field Hall of Fame
National Track and Field Hall of Fame
The National Track and Field Hall of Fame located within the Armory Foundation at 216 Fort Washington Avenue, between 168th and 169th Streets, in Washington Heights, in the New York City borough of Manhattan, is a museum operated by The Armory Foundation in conjunction with USA Track & Field...

.
28 Fort Washington Presbyterian Church
Fort Washington Presbyterian Church
Fort Washington Presbyterian Church, also known as Iglesia Presbiteriana Fort Washington Heights, is a historic Presbyterian church complex located in Washington Heights, New York, New York. The complex consists of a long rectangular three-by-seven-bay church with an attached Sunday school wing...

21 Wadsworth Ave.
40°50′43"N 73°56′16"W
Washington Heights
Washington Heights, Manhattan
Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the borough of Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest point on Manhattan island by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War, to defend the area from the...

New listing; refnum 0900120
29 Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist
Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist (New York City)
The former Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, now known as the Hebrew Tabernacle of Washington Heights, is an historic domed Art Deco style building located at 551 Ft. Washington Avenue, corner of 185th Street, in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City...

551 Ft. Washington Ave.
40°51′13"N 73°56′16"W
Washington Heights
Washington Heights, Manhattan
Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the borough of Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest point on Manhattan island by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War, to defend the area from the...

New listing; refnum 11000620
30 Fort Washington Site Bennett Park
Bennett Park (New York)
Bennett Park is a public park in New York City, named for James Gordon Bennett, Sr., the newspaper publisher who launched the New York Herald in 1835...

, Ft. Washington Ave. at 183rd St. "Address Restricted"
Washington Heights
Washington Heights, Manhattan
Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the borough of Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest point on Manhattan island by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War, to defend the area from the...

31 General Grant National Memorial Riverside Dr. and W. 122nd St.
40°48′48"N 73°57′49"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

32 Hamilton Grange National Memorial
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
Hamilton Grange National Memorial is a National Park Service site in St. Nicholas Park, New York City that preserves the early 19th-century home of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.-History:...

287 Convent Ave.
40°49′21"N 73°56′54"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

Home of Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury...

's family. Recently moved for preservation purposes
33 Hamilton Heights Historic District
Hamilton Heights Historic District
Hamilton Heights Historic District is a national historic district in Hamilton Heights, New York, New York. It consists of 192 contributing residential rowhouses, apartment buildings, and churches built between about 1886 and 1931. Most are three and four story brick rowhouses set behind raised...

Roughly bounded by St. Nicholas and Amsterdam Aves, W. 145 and W. 140th Sts.
40°49′21"N 73°56′54"W
Hamilton Heights
34 Harlem Courthouse
Harlem Courthouse
The Harlem Courthouse is located in New York, New York. The building was built in 1891 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1980.-See also:*National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan above 110th Street...

170 E. 121st St.
40°48′4"N 73°56′21"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

35 Harlem Fire Watchtower
Harlem Fire Watchtower
The Harlem Fire Watchtower, also known as the Mount Morris Fire Watchtower, is the only surviving one of eleven cast-iron watchtowers placed throughout New York City starting in the 1850s. It was built by Julius H. Kroehl for $2,300 based on a design by James Bogardus. It is located in Marcus...

Garvey Park at E. 122nd St.
40°48′14"N 73°56′38"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

Only survivor of 11 fire watchtowers once covering Manhattan and/or the city
36 Harlem River Houses
Harlem River Houses
The Harlem River Houses are located at 151st street and the Harlem River Drive in the New York City borough of Manhattan, and covers in Harlem. They were built in 1937 for African Americans.-Building:...

151st to 153rd St., Macombs Pl. and Harlem River Dr.
40°49′33"N 73°56′12"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

37 Harlem Savings Bank
Apple Bank for Savings
The Apple Bank for Savings provides private and commercial banking services to the greater New York City area. It is the 4th largest New York-based bank and has 50 branches in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the Bronx, as well as Westchester, Suffolk and Nassau counties...

124 E. 125th St.
40°48′13"N 73°56′20"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

38 Matthew Henson Residence
Matthew Henson Residence
Matthew Henson Residence is where Matthew Henson, the African American polar explorer, lived from 1929 until his death in 1955. Largely forgotten, he was arguably the first man to reach the North Pole in 1909, as he was assigned the task of breaking trail in explorer Robert Peary's expedition...

246 W. 150th St., Apt. 3F
40°49′32"N 73°56′19"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

39 High Bridge Aqueduct and Water Tower Harlem River at W. 170th St. and High Bridge Park
40°50′33.73"N 73°55′57.14"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

40 Hotel Theresa
Hotel Theresa
The Hotel Theresa was a vibrant center of black life in Harlem, New York City, in the mid-20th century. The hotel sits at the intersection of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and West 125th Street . The hotel was built by German-born stockbroker Gustavus Sidenberg , and designed by the firm of...

2082-2096 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.
40°48′31"N 73°56′58"W
Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

41 International House
International House of New York
International House New York, also known as I-House, is an unaffiliated and non-profit residence hall for graduate students, scholars engaging in research, trainees and interns...

500 Riverside Dr.
40°48′49"N 73°57′43"W
Upper West Side
Upper West Side
The Upper West Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River and between West 59th Street and West 125th Street...

42 Langston Hughes House
Langston Hughes House
Langston Hughes House is a historic home located in Harlem, New York, New York. It is an Italianate style dwelling built in 1869. It is a three story with basement, rowhouse faced in brownstone and measuring 20 feet wide and 45 feet deep...

20 E. 127th St.
40°48′26"N 73°56′27"W
Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

Home of Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance...

, important African-American poet
43 IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line Viaduct ( train) W. 122nd St. to W. 135th St., Broadway
40°49′12"N 73°57′20"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

44 Ivey Delph Apartments
Ivey Delph Apartments
Ivey Delph Apartments is a historic apartment building located in Hamilton Heights, New York, New York. It was designed by noted African American architect Vertner Woodson Tandy in 1948 and completed in 1951. It is a six story, beige brick and concrete building in the Moderne style...

17-19 Hamilton Terrace (at 141st St.)
40°49′20"N 73°56′50"W
Hamilton Heights
45 Jeffrey's Hook Lighthouse
Little Red Lighthouse
The Little Red Lighthouse, officially Jeffrey's Hook Light is a small lighthouse on the Hudson River in New York City. It was made famous by the 1942 children's book The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde Swift and Lynd Ward...

Fort Washington Park
Fort Washington Park
Fort Washington, located near the community of Fort Washington, Maryland, USA, was for many decades the only defensive fort protecting Washington D.C. The original fort, overlooking the Potomac River, was completed in 1809, and was named Fort Warburton...


40°51′0"N 73°56′52"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

Famous as Little Red Lighthouse underneath the giant G W bridge
46 James Weldon Johnson House 187 W. 135th St.
40°48′54.52"N 73°56′35.7"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

Home of James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson was an American author, politician, diplomat, critic, journalist, poet, anthologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, and early civil rights activist. Johnson is remembered best for his leadership within the NAACP, as well as for his writing, which includes novels, poems, and...

47 Jumel Terrace Historic District
Jumel Terrace Historic District
Jumel Terrace Historic District is a national historic district in Washington Heights, New York, New York. It consists of 49 contributing residential rowhouses and apartment buildings between 1882 and 1909. The buildings are primarily wood or brick rowhouses in the Queen Anne and Romanesque styles...

W. 160th and 162nd Sts. between St. Nicholas and Edgecombe Aves.
40°50′5"N 73°56′21"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

48 Low Memorial Library, Columbia University W. Sixteenth St. between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave.
40°48′29"N 73°57′45"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

Largest granite domed building in U.S. Now used as Columbia's main administration building
49 Manhattan Avenue-West 120th-123rd Streets Historic District
Manhattan Avenue-West 120th-123rd Streets Historic District
Manhattan Avenue-West 120th-123rd Streets Historic District is a national historic district in Harlem, New York, New York. It consists of 113 contributing residential rowhouses built between 1886 and 1896...

242-262 W. 120th St., 341-362 W. 121st St., 341-362 W. 122nd St., 344-373 123rd St., 481-553 Manhattan Ave. W side
40°48′32"N 73°57′19"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

50 Claude McKay Residence
Claude McKay Residence
Claude McKay Residence is located at 180 West 135th Street, Harlem, New York City, New York. Built in 1932, it replaced the 1919 building across the street.. African-American author Claude McKay lived here from 1941 through 1946. Bill Clinton is a current member.It was declared a National...

180 W. 135th St.
40°48′53.51"N 73°56′34.37"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

Also known as Harlem YMCA
51 Milbank, Brinckerhoff, and Fiske Halls
Milbank, Brinckerhoff, and Fiske Halls
Milbank, Brinckerhoff, and Fiske Halls are historic buildings located on the campus of Barnard College in Morningside Heights, New York, New York. The three interconnected buildings are collectively known as Milbank Hall. They were designed by Charles A. Rich and built between 1897 and 1898 and...

Roughly bounded by W. 119th and W. 120th Sts., and Broadway and Claremont Aves.
40°48′38"N 73°57′48"W
Morningside Heights
52 Minton's Playhouse
Minton's Playhouse
Minton’s Playhouse is a jazz club and bar located on the first floor of the Cecil Hotel at 210 West 118th Street in Harlem. Minton’s was founded by tenor saxophonist Henry Minton in 1938...

206-210 W. 118th St.
40°48′17"N 73°57′12"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

53 Morris-Jumel Mansion
Morris-Jumel Mansion
The Morris-Jumel Mansion , located in Washington Heights, is the oldest house in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It served as a headquarters for both sides in the American Revolution....

160th St. and Edgecombe Ave.
40°50′4"N 73°56′19"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

54 Mount Morris Bank
Mount Morris Bank
The Mount Morris Bank building, known as the Corn Exchange Bank after 1913, is an historic bank building located in Harlem in New York City. It was designed by the noted architectural firm of Lamb and Rich and built in 1883 and expanded in 1897 as a mixed use residential and commercial building...

E. 125th St. and Park Ave.
40°48′19"N 73°56′22"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

Covered with scaffolding (northwest corner of Park and 125th)
55 Mount Morris Park Historic District
Mount Morris Park Historic District
Mount Morris Park Historic District was designated to be a historic district by New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1971. It is a large 16-block area in east central Harlem. The boundaries are West 118th and West 124th Streets, Fifth Avenue, and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard...

Bounded roughly by Lenox Ave., Mount Morris Park West, and W. 124th and W. 119th Sts.
40°48′17"N 73°56′49"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

56 New York Amsterdam News Building
New York Amsterdam News Building
The New York Amsterdam News Building is where The New York Amsterdam News was published between 1916 and 1938. During this period, the newspaper grew to national influence covering African-American issues...

2293 7th Ave.
40°48′54"N 73°56′41"W
Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

Once offices of major early 20th-century African-American newspaper, New York Amsterdam News.
57 New York Presbyterian Church 151 W. 128th St & 7th Ave.
40°48′39"N 73°56′49"W
Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

Sign on church says it is Baptist
58 New York Public Library, 115th Street Branch
New York Public Library, 115th Street Branch
New York Public Library, 115th Street Branch is a historic library building located in Harlem, New York, New York. It was designed by McKim, Mead & White and built in 1907-1908. It is a three story high, three bay wide building faced in deeply rusticated gray limestone in a Neo Italian Renaissance...

203 W. 115th St.
40°48′10"N 73°57′14"W
Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

59 New York Public Library, Hamilton Grange Branch
New York Public Library, Hamilton Grange Branch
New York Public Library, Hamilton Grange Branch is a historic library building located in Washington Heights, New York, New York. It was designed by McKim, Mead & White and built in 1905-1906. The branch was one of 65 built by the New York Public Library with funds provided by the philanthropist...

503 and 505 W. 145th St.
40°49′32"N 73°56′54"W
Washington Heights
Washington Heights, Manhattan
Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the borough of Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest point on Manhattan island by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War, to defend the area from the...

60 Park and Tilford Building
Park and Tilford Building
Park and Tilford Building is a historic commercial building located in Harlem, New York, New York. It was built in 1908 and is a three story, unreinforced masonry building with a full basement in the Classical Revival style. It features exterior decoration in white marble, limestone, and terra cotta...

310 Lenox Ave.
40°48′29.23"N 73°56′41.15"W
Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

61 Philosophy Hall
Philosophy Hall
Philosophy Hall is a building on the campus of Columbia University in New York City. It houses the English, Philosophy, and French departments, along with the university's writing center, part of its registrar's office, and the student lounge of its Graduate School of Arts and Sciences...

1150 Amsterdam Avenue
40°48′26"N 73°57′41"W
Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights, Manhattan
Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City and is chiefly known as the home of institutions such as Columbia University, Teachers College, Barnard College, the Manhattan School of Music, Bank Street College of Education, the Cathedral of Saint John the...

Edwin Howard Armstrong invented FM radio in a basement lab
62 Public School 157
Public School 157
The Public School 157 is located in New York, New York. The building was built in 1898 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1982....

327 St. Nicholas Ave.
40°48′42"N 73°57′9"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

63 Pupin Physics Laboratories, Columbia University
Pupin Hall
Pupin Physics Laboratories, also known as Pupin Hall is home to the physics and astronomy departments of the Columbia University in New York City and a National Historic Landmark...

Broadway and 120th St.
40°48′36"N 73°57′42"W
Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights, Manhattan
Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City and is chiefly known as the home of institutions such as Columbia University, Teachers College, Barnard College, the Manhattan School of Music, Bank Street College of Education, the Cathedral of Saint John the...

First successful atom splitting on U.S. soil performed in basement lab
64 Riverside Park and Drive From 72nd St. to 129th St.
40°47′53"N 73°58′31"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

First major Robert Moses
Robert Moses
Robert Moses was the "master builder" of mid-20th century New York City, Long Island, Rockland County, and Westchester County, New York. As the shaper of a modern city, he is sometimes compared to Baron Haussmann of Second Empire Paris, and is one of the most polarizing figures in the history of...

 project in Manhattan sped travel to Bronx and made riverfront accessible as park
65 Paul Robeson Home
Paul Robeson Home
The Paul Robeson Residence is a National Historic Landmarked building, located at 555 Edgecombe Avenue, Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA...

555 Edgecombe Ave.
40°50′4"N 73°56′20"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

66 St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (New York, New York)
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church located at 2067 5th Avenue at 127th Street in the neighborhood of Harlem in Manhattan, New York City. Built in 1872, it was designed by noted New York City architect Henry M. Congdon in the Gothic Revival style...

2067 5th Ave.
40°48′28"N 73°56′33"W
Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

67 St. Nicholas Historic District
St. Nicholas Historic District
St. Nicholas Historic District is a national historic district in Harlem, New York, New York. It consists of 130 contributing buildings designed in 1891. The buildings consists of four sets of residential rowhouses built of brick and brownstone and three apartment buildings. The noted...

W. 138th and W. 139th Sts. (both sides) between 7th and 8th Aves.
40°49′5"N 73°56′37"W
Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

68 St. Philip's Church
St. Philip's Episcopal Church (Harlem, New York)
St. Philip's Church also known as St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church, is a historic Episcopal church located at 204 West 134th Street, just west of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard ) in Harlem, New York, New York. It was founded in 1809 by Free Africans worshiping at Trinity Church, Wall...

210-216 West 134th St.
40°48′52.82"N 73°56′43"W
Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

new listing; refnum 08000933
69 St. Walburga's Academy
St. Walburga's Academy
St. Walburga's Academy of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus is an historic academy located at 630 Riverside Drive and 140th Street in New York City....

630 Riverside Dr. (@ 140th)
40°49′27"N 73°57′18"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

70 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 103 W. 135th St.
40°48′52"N 73°56′29"W
Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

71 Sheffield Farms Stable
Sheffield Farms Stable
Sheffield Farms Stable is a historic stable located in Manhattanville, New York, New York. It is a six story, light colored brick building with terra cotta ornament. It was originally built in 1903 as a two story stable building for the Sheffield Farms dairy, then expanded to its present size in...

3229 Broadway (@ 130th)
40°49′0"N 73°57′30"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

72 Students' Hall
Students' Hall
Students' Hall, now known as Barnard Hall, is a historic educational building located on the campus of Barnard College in Morningside Heights, New York, New York. It was designed by Arnold Brunner and built in 1916 and contains classrooms. It is four stories on a raised basement built of dark red...

Barnard College
Barnard College
Barnard College is a private women's liberal arts college and a member of the Seven Sisters. Founded in 1889, Barnard has been affiliated with Columbia University since 1900. The campus stretches along Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough...

, 3005 Broadway
40°48′32"N 73°57′52"W
Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights, Manhattan
Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City and is chiefly known as the home of institutions such as Columbia University, Teachers College, Barnard College, the Manhattan School of Music, Bank Street College of Education, the Cathedral of Saint John the...

built in 1916, now known as Barnard Hall
73 Substation 17
Substation 17
Substation 17, also known as Dyckman-Hillside Substation, is a historic electrical substation located in Washington Heights, New York, New York. It was one of eight substation constructed by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in 1904. It is a two story, free-standing masonry building in the...

127-129 Hillside Ave. (nr Ft Tryon)
40°51′36"N 73°55′37"W
Washington Heights
Washington Heights, Manhattan
Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the borough of Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest point on Manhattan island by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War, to defend the area from the...

74 Substation 219
Substation 219
Substation 219, also known as Harlem Substation, is a historic electrical substation located in Harlem, New York, New York. It was constructed by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in 1932 to provide power to the IND Eighth Avenue Line. It is a single story, double height masonry building in...

309 W. 133rd St.
40°48′56"N 73°56′55"W
Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

75 Sugar Hill Historic District
Sugar Hill, Manhattan
Sugar Hill is a neighborhood in the northern part of Hamilton Heights, which itself is a sub-neighborhood of Harlem, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The neighborhood is defined by 155th Street to the north, 145th Street to the south, Edgecombe Avenue to the east, and...

Roughly bounded by W. 155th St., 145th St., Bradhurst Ave. and Convent Ave.
40°49′38"N 73°56′36"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

76 Union Theological Seminary
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a preeminent independent graduate school of theology, located in Manhattan between Claremont Avenue and Broadway, 120th to 122nd Streets. The seminary was founded in 1836 under the Presbyterian Church, and is affiliated with nearby Columbia...

W. 120th St. and Broadway
40°48′41"N 73°57′51"W
Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights, Manhattan
Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City and is chiefly known as the home of institutions such as Columbia University, Teachers College, Barnard College, the Manhattan School of Music, Bank Street College of Education, the Cathedral of Saint John the...

77 US Post Office-Inwood Station
United States Post Office-Inwood Station
The US Post Office-Inwood Station is a historic post office building located in Manhattan, New York, United States. It was built between 1935 and 1937, and designed by consulting architect Carroll H. Pratt for the Office of the Supervising Architect. It is a one story brick building with a three...

90 Vermilyea Ave.
40°51′58"N 73°55′26"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

78 Washington Bridge
Washington Bridge
The Washington Bridge carries six lanes of traffic over the Harlem River in New York City between the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, connecting 181st Street and Amsterdam Avenue in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan to University Avenue in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx...

Between Amsterdam and Undercliff Aves.
40°50′42"N 73°55′29"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

79 West 147th-149th Streets Historic District
West 147th-149th Streets Historic District
West 147th-149th Streets Historic District is a national historic district in Harlem, New York, New York. It consists of 60 contributing buildings; 58 tenements, one school, and one stable built between 1894 and 1905. With the exception of the stable, all of the buildings are five or six stories...

Roughly bounded by Eighth Ave., W. 149th St., Seventh Ave., and W. 147th Ave.
40°49′26"N 73°56′22"W
Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...


Former NRHP listings

Landmark name Image Date listed Location City or Town Summary
1 Florence Mills House
Florence Mills House
Florence Mills House at 220 West 135th Street was believed to be where Florence Mills, 1896–1927, lived from 1910 to 1927. She was a leading African-American actress and entertainer during the 1920s. She lived at this address, or a similar address a few blocks away, during her most productive years...

(listed)
(removed)
220 W. 135th St.
40°49′31"N 73°56′9"W
New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

Mistakenly designated National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...

 of building that is blocks away from building where Florence Mills
Florence Mills
Florence Mills, born Florence Winfrey , known as the "Queen of Happiness," was an African American cabaret singer, dancer, and comedian known for her effervescent stage presence, delicate voice, and winsome, wide-eyed beauty.-Life and career:A daughter of former enslaved parents, Nellie and John...

 actually lived, which was since torn down. In 2009, the house was delisted from the NRHP and de-designated as NHL.

See also

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK