{"nrhp_refnum":"73001221","name":"Mount Morris Park Historic District","other_names":["See Also:boundary increase"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded roughly by Lenox Ave., Mount Morris Park West, and W. 124th and W. 119th Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.80491957000004,"lon":-73.9464974268399,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-02-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Black"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, covering about 26 acres between Mount Morris Park and Lenox Avenue, from 119th Street to 123rd Street. It consists of late 19th-century townhouse rows and churches.","why_significant":"The nomination describes a cross-section of townhouses and churches in many architectural styles, built over more than four decades, with high quality of design and workmanship. The substantially unbroken row of residences and churches facing a park is called rare in Manhattan. The district's religious buildings also reflect the area's shift from a white middle-class enclave to a Black neighborhood.","narrative":"Mount Morris Park Historic District is a 26-acre residential area in Harlem, Manhattan, running from Mount Morris Park west to Lenox Avenue and from 119th to 123rd Streets. Speculative building began in 1878 and continued into the early 20th century, producing rows of townhouses, a few apartment houses and several churches. Architects included Arnold W. Brunner, George F. Pelham, William A. Potter and James E. Ware. The buildings show Romanesque Revival, neo-Grec, Queen Anne and Classical or Renaissance styles. St. Martin's Episcopal Church is described as the finest surviving Romanesque Revival example of its kind in Manhattan. Deed restrictions placed on the former Benson farm lots kept the area residential. In 1903 a newspaper compared the houses along Mount Morris Park West with Fifth Avenue mansions. After the Depression the neighborhood became predominantly Black, and its churches hosted speakers such as Booker T. Washington and Marcus Garvey. The survival of an almost unbroken row of residences facing a park is described as rare in Manhattan.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"Architects named include Arnold W. Brunner, Hugo Lamb of Lamb & Rich, George F. Pelham, William A. Potter, J.R. Thomas, Thom & Wilson and James E. Ware.","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival, French neo-Grec, Queen Anne, neo-Renaissance and Classical styles","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked fair and unaltered. The district is described as having well-maintained, owner-occupied residences, rooming houses, a few apartment buildings and churches, and has largely kept its late 19th-century character.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.704994-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/73001221.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001221/51dbebf2b4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001221/51dbebf2b4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"37and7","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manhattan_-_Mount_Morris_Park_Historic_District_-_20201014183825.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">37and7</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manhattan_-_Mount_Morris_Park_Historic_District_-_20201014183825.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"96000585","name":"Mount Morris Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/mount-morris-park-historic-district-boundary-increase-96000585/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319746","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Morris_Park_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6922292"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/mount-morris-park-historic-district-73001221/"}