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__NOTOC__ The Jumel Terrace Historic District is a small New York City and national
historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from cer ...
located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of
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,
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. It consists of 50 residential
rowhouse In architecture and city planning, a terrace or terraced house ( UK) or townhouse ( US) is a form of medium-density housing that originated in Europe in the 16th century, whereby a row of attached dwellings share side walls. In the United Sta ...
s built between 1890 and 1902, and one
apartment An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are ma ...
building constructed in 1909, as the heirs of Eliza Jumel sold off the land of the former Roger Morris estate. The buildings are primarily wood or brick rowhouses in the Queen Anne, Romanesque and
Neo-Renaissance Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range ...
styles. Also located in the district, but separately landmarked, is the Morris-Jumel Mansion, dated to about 1765. ''Note:'' This includes an
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/ref> The district was designated a
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in 1970, and was listed on the
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in 1973. Among its notable residents was
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.


Description

The buildings included in the district are:"Jumel Terrace Historic District Map"
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website *425-451 West 162nd Street, on the north side of the street *430-444 West 162nd Street, on the south side of the street; #430-438 were built in 1896 and were designed by Henri Fouchaux in a style transitional between Romanesque Revival and neo-Classical *10-18 Jumel Terrace, on the west side of the street; built in 1896 and designed by Henri Fouchaux in the Romanesque revival style"Jumel Terrace Historic District Designation Report"
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(August 18, 1970) *1-19 Sylvan Terrace, on the north side of the street (see below) *2-20 Sylvan Terrace, on the south side of the street (see below) *425 West 160th Street, also known as 2 Jumel Terrace, an apartment building built in 1909 *418-430 West 160th Street, on the south side of the street; #418 was built in 1890 and was designed by Walgrove & Israels, the remainder of the row houses were built in 1891 and designed by Richard R. Davis p.562 in the Queen Anne style 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.


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File:Jumel Terrace Historic District 418-424 West 160th Street.jpg, 418-424 West 160th Street File:Jumel Terrace Historic District 12-18 Jumel Terrace.jpg, 12-18 Jumel Terrace File:Jumel Terrace Historic District 430-444 West 162nd Street.jpg, 430-444 West 162nd Street File:NYC, Sylvan Terrace.JPG, Sylvan Terrace looking east to Roger Morris Park File:Jumel Terrace Historic District 3-19 Sylvan Terrace from west.jpg, 3-19 Sylvan Terrace (south side) looking east from Jumel Terrace


See also

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List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan above 110th Street The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), formed in 1965, is the New York City governmental commission that administers the city's Landmarks Preservation Law. Since its founding, it has designated over a thousand landmarks, clas ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan above 110th Street 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 above 110th Street in the New York Ci ...


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* {{Authority control Queen Anne architecture in New York City Romanesque Revival architecture in New York City Washington Heights, Manhattan Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan Historic districts in Manhattan New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan New York City designated historic districts