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7 City College of Cab Calloway, and world
the City University champion boxer Sugar Ray
of New York Robinson have all lived there.
The handsome three- and
Main entrance at W 138th St and four-story stone row houses
Convent Ave. Map 19 A2. Tel (212) were built between 1886 and
650-7000. q 137th St-City College. 1906 mixing Flemish, Roman-
∑ ccny.cuny.edu esque, and Tudor influences.
In fine condition, many are
Set high on a hill adjoining used as residences by the
Hamilton Heights, the original faculty of City College.
Gothic quadrangle of this
college, built between 1903 and
1907, is very impressive. The
material used for the buildings
is Manhattan schist, a stone
that had been excavated in
building the IRT subway. Later,
contemporary buildings were
added to the school, which
enrolls nearly 15,000 students.
Once free to all residents
of New York, City College still
offers an education at low
tuition rates. Three-quarters Statue of Alexander Hamilton
of the students are from on Convent Avenue
minority groups, and a large
number of them are the first in the $10 bill and he is also the Row houses in Hamilton Heights
their families to attend college. subject of a highly successful
musical. Hamilton lived in The 0 St. Nicholas
Grange for the last two years of
his life. He was killed in a duel with Historic District
political rival Aaron Burr in 1804. 202–250 W 138th & W 139th St.
In 1889, St. Luke’s Episcopal Map 19 B2. q 135th St (B, C).
Church acquired the site, and the
building was moved four blocks A startling contrast to the
west. A second relocation in 2008 surrounding streets, the two
moved the building to its current blocks here, known as the
site in St. Nicholas Park. King Model Houses, were built
in 1891, when Harlem was
9 Hamilton Heights considered a neighbor hood
for New York’s gentry. They are
Historic District still among the city’s most
Shepard Archway at City College of the W 141st–W 145th St and Convent Ave. distinctive examples of row
City University of New York Map 19 A1. q 137th St-City College. town houses.
The developer, David King,
8 Hamilton Originally this was a setting for chose three leading architects,
Grange National the impressive country estates who succeeded in blending
Memorial of the wealthy. Also known their different styles to create
as Harlem Heights, it was
a harmonious whole. The most
St. Nicholas Park, 414 W 141st St. developed during the 1880s famous of these was the firm
Map 19 A1. Tel (212) 283-5154. following the extension of
q 137th St-City College. the El line (Elevated Railway)
Open 9am– 5pm Wed–Sun. into the neighborhood. The
Closed Thanksgiving & Dec 25. privacy of the enclave, on a
8 hourly. ∑ nps.gov/hagr high hill above Harlem, made
it a very desirable location.
Completed in 1802, this was The section of Hamilton
the country home of Alexander Heights known as Sugar Hill
Hamilton. He was one of was highly favored by Harlem’s
the architects of the federal elite – US Supreme Court
government system, First Secretary Justice Thurgood Marshall,
of the treasury and founder of notable jazz music ians Count
the National Bank. His face is on Basie, Duke Ellington, wand Houses in St. Nicholas district

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