Mount Morris Park Historic District

Coordinates: 40°48′17″N 73°56′49″W / 40.80472°N 73.94694°W / 40.80472; -73.94694
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Mount Morris Park Historic District
Mount Morris Park Historic District is located in Manhattan
Mount Morris Park Historic District
Mount Morris Park Historic District is located in New York City
Mount Morris Park Historic District
LocationBounded roughly by Lenox Ave., Mount Morris Park West, and W. 124th and W. 119th Sts., (original)
Roughly bounded by Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. and Mt. Morris Park W. from W. 118th to W. 124th Sts., (increase),
New York, New York[1]
Coordinates40°48′17″N 73°56′49″W / 40.80472°N 73.94694°W / 40.80472; -73.94694
Built1878
ArchitectMultiple; including in the increase: Angell, Edward L.; Baxter, Charles
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Late 19th- and 20th-century Revivals, Romanesque (original)
Beaux Arts, Second Empire, Renaissance (increase)
NRHP reference No.73001221
Added to NRHPFebruary 6, 1973 (original)
May 24, 1996 (increase)[1]

Mount Morris Park Historic District is a 16-block

historic district in west central Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. It was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1971, and is part of the larger Mount Morris Park neighborhood. The boundaries are West 118th and West 124th Streets, Fifth Avenue, and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (Seventh Avenue).[2]

"Doctor's Row" comprises the nearby stretch of West 122nd Street, Mount Morris Park West and Malcolm X Boulevard; one of the doctors of "Doctor's Row" was the father of the composer Richard Rodgers. Mount Morris Square, the core of the district, is now called Marcus Garvey Park.

Early history

Before the European settlements, the rocky hill of

Hessian soldiers "mounted a battery" at the hill "to command the mouth of the Harlem River".[3]

Despite the 18th-century local prominence of the

Park Avenue.[6]

Mt Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church
Apartment house on Mt Morris Park West

On September 4, 1839, a 20-acre (81,000 m2) residential square was set aside.

Ignaz Pilat.[8]

Late 19th- and early 20th-century residential

World Columbian Exposition in Chicago were among the influences that created the eclectic style from the Gilded Age
.

Community

In the 1930s, New York City Parks Commissionmer Robert Moses installed playgrounds and a pool. The Boys Choir of Harlem was established in the neighborhood in 1968.[9]

In 1973, the name of the land was changed to Marcus Garvey Park. This was in honor of the international Pan-African movement leader. In 1973, a part of the current district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

In 1981, the Mount Morris Park Community Association (MMPCIA) was created.[10] The organization promotes the preservation of buildings such as Apollo Theatre, National Black Theatre. It has also supported the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the Studio Museum in Harlem. The MMPCIA sponsored annual Historic Neighborhood House Tours, held on the second week of June.[11]

The association features historic brownstones and landmark buildings open for the public to view. In 1996, the boundaries of Mount Morris Park District were expanded. They were pushed west to include blocks between Lenox Avenue and Seventh Avenue, and south to include some of West 118th Street.[1] An extension is contemplated to reflect the area on National Register of Historic Places.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Expanding Historic District Boundaries- Mount Morris Park." Historic Districts Council.
  3. New York Times
    . January 21, 1936. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  4. Morris-Jumel Mansion
    , sometimes also called "Mount Morris".
  5. OCLC 258332257
    .
  6. ^ Sanderson 2009.
  7. ^ MMPCIA: Mount Morris Park Historic District
  8. ^ East Harlem: Marcus Garvey Park.
  9. ^ Petri, E. R. "Mt. Morris Park, Manhattan", Forgotten New York, May 3, 2009, accessed March 1, 2014
  10. ^ Mount Morris Park Community Association
  11. ^ Mount Morris Park House Tour Showcases Historic Homes Archived 2014-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, Jeff Mays, DNA Info, on 2012-05-30.
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