Mount Morris Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Also known as: See Also:Mt. Morris Park Historic District
Why it's listed
This Harlem district expansion adds about four blocks to the existing Mount Morris Park Historic District, bringing it to roughly 15 blocks. The largest addition lies west of the original area, running from West 118th to West 123rd Street between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard. Smaller additions lie at Fifth Avenue and to the north around West and East 124th Street. It includes 393 contributing buildings, mostly three- to five-story rowhouses built from the late 1870s through the 1890s in Neo-Grec, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival and Neo-Renaissance styles, many fronted in brownstone. Apartment buildings, often Beaux-Arts in design, stand at corners and along the avenues. The earliest buildings are Italianate and Second Empire rows from 1868 and 1870. The nomination holds that the original boundaries were drawn arbitrarily, and that the added blocks share the same developers, architects, styles and early residents, so the enlarged district reads as one cohesive neighborhood.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the original district's boundaries were arbitrary and that the expansion area shares the same historical development, architects, developers, styles and residents. With the additions, the district forms a cohesive unit of late nineteenth-century rowhouses, apartment buildings and institutions in Harlem.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 96000585, listed May 24, 1996. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | Roughly bounded by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd. and Mt. Morris Park W. from W. 118th to W. 124th Sts., New York |
|---|---|
| County | Manhattan |
| Listed | May 24, 1996 |
| Reference number | 96000585 |
| Resource type | District |
| Architect / builder | Many architects and builders, including Neville & Bagge, John Hauser, Alfred H. Taylor, George Pelham, John C. Burne, Cleverdon & Putzel and Arnold W. Brunner |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian (Renaissance, Romanesque, Queen Anne, Second Empire, Neo-Grec); Late 19th & Early 20th Century Revivals (Beaux-Arts, Classical Revival) |
| Areas of significance | Community Planning and Development, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still in residential use as single and multiple dwellings; many buildings have lost stoops or cornices, and 12 vacant lots are non-contributing sites. |
| Acreage | 23 |
| Coordinates | 40.80469, -73.94999 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 96000585.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q6922292
- This listing as JSON
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