Sunnyslope is a historic home located in Hunts Point in the

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. It was built about 1860 by Peter Hoe, brother of Richard March Hoe, on their family estate. It is a -story

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–style house built in the Picturesque mode. In 1919 it was sold to Temple Beth Elohim and later became home to an

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congregation. ''See also:'' It was listed as a

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in 1981, and on the

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in 1983. It later became home to Bright Temple A.M.E. Church.

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