Hamilton Heights- Sugar Hill Northeast Historic District

The thirty-two buildings in this district were constructed primarily between 1905 and 1930, a time when development shifted to multiple unit dwellings. Neville & Bragge, Schwartz & Gross, George F. Pelham, and Horace Ginsbern, all New York architects who specialized in high density residences, designed buildings in the area. Stone and brick facades, with Renaissance and Colonial Revival features, create a cohesive neighborhood streetscape. Two attached, Queen Anne-style dwellings, designed by William Milne Grinnell are the district's oldest houses. This area became famous in the 1930s and 1940s as the center of an affluent community of African American professional leaders, including poet Langston Hughes, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington, and musician W.C. Handy. ©2014