Jumel Terrace Historic District

Manhattan, United States

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The Jumel Terrace Historic District is a small residential neighborhood in Washington Heights, Manhattan, comprising 51 buildings erected between 1890 and 1909 on land sold by the heirs of Eliza Jumel following the subdivision of the former Roger Morris estate. The district's fifty rowhouses, built between 1890 and 1902, and one 1909 apartment building display primarily Queen Anne, Romanesque, and Neo-Renaissance styles executed in wood and brick. Also within the district, though separately designated, stands the Morris-Jumel Mansion, dating to around 1765. Recognized as a New York City Landmark in 1970 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, the district counted among its residents the celebrated performer Paul Robeson, who lived at 555 Edgecombe Avenue.