Hotel Theresa | |
New York City Landmark No. 1843
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 View from the north (2006) | |
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| Location | 2082–2096 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd. Manhattan, New York City |
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| Coordinates | 40°48′31″N 73°56′58″W / 40.80861°N 73.94944°W |
| Built | 1912–1913[2] |
| Architect | George & Edward Blum |
| NRHP reference No. | 05000618[1] |
| NYCL No. | 1843 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 16, 2005 |
| Designated NYCL | July 13, 1993 |
The Hotel Theresa is located at 2082–96 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard between West 124th and 125th Streets in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. In the mid-20th century, it was a vibrant center of African American life in the area and the city.
The 13-story hotel was built in 1912–13 by German-born stockbroker Gustavus Sidenberg (1843–1915), whose wife the hotel is named after,[3] and was designed by the firm of George & Edward Blum, who specialized in designing apartment buildings. The hotel, which was known in its heyday as "the Waldorf of Harlem", exemplifies the Blums' inventive use of terracotta for ornamentation, and has been called "one of the most visually striking structures in northern Manhattan".[2]
The building, now an office building known as Theresa Towers, was designated a New York City landmark in 1993[2] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c Dolkart, Andrew S. "Hotel Theresa Designation Report" Archived August 6, 2022, at the Wayback Machine New York Landmarks Preservation Commission (July 13, 1993)
- ^ Aberjhani. "Hotel Theresa" in Aberjhani and West, Sandra L. (eds.) Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, Facts On File, 2003. p. 158