Jumel Terrace Historic District

Jumel Terrace Historic District
Row houses at 439–451 West 162nd Street (2014)
Jumel Terrace Historic District is located in New York City
Jumel Terrace Historic District
Jumel Terrace Historic District is located in New York
Jumel Terrace Historic District
Jumel Terrace Historic District is located in the United States
Jumel Terrace Historic District
Locationroughly bounded by:
north: West 162nd Street
east: Edgecombe Avenue
south: West 160th Street
west: St. Nicholas Avenue
Washington Heights, Manhattan,
New York City
Coordinates40°50′5″N 73°56′21″W / 40.83472°N 73.93917°W / 40.83472; -73.93917
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1890–1909[2][3]
Architectural styleQueen Anne
Romanesque
Neo-Renaissance[2]
NRHP reference No.73001220[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 3, 1973
Designated NYCLAugust 18, 1970[3]

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.[2] 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.[1]

Among its notable residents was Paul Robeson.[5]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (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
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference desrep was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 1, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2016. Note: This includes Lash, Stephen & Ezequelle, Betty (February 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Jumel Terrace Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016. and Accompanying three photographs
  5. ^ Lamparski, Richard (1968). Whatever Became of ...?, Vol II. Ace Books. p. 9.