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We invite you to experience a piece of American History. From the forgotten Weckquasgeek Tribe, to the first middle class families that moved to this block in 1906 to the Harlem Renaissance and right up until today.
This part of Harlem breaths history like no other - Sugar Hill. This is after all where Miles Davis came to meet Sonny Rollins and hang out with him, and his Sugar Hill Harlem crowd.
Even before that there was Duke Ellington, his buddy Billy Strayhorn and Paul Robeson, the list is long and there are many more.
Sugar Hill Harlem Inn is located in the landmark district of Sugar Hill, in a Victorian townhouse built in 1906.
In 2001 we did a complete renovation of all the electric, the plumbing the bathrooms and the kitchens, taking great care to preserve the historical details of the building.
All our rooms were decorated by Carol Donawa, a graduate of The New York School of Interior Design and a partner in Donawa Stout Interiors. All our rooms come with their own private bathrooms and some have private kitchens.
All our rooms celebrate this history, and each room is named for one of the late great artists who were associated with this district.
Sugar hill Harlem Inn is located at West 141st between Amsterdam and Convent. It is a 5 minute walk to the subway and a 10 minute ride to midtown on the A train.
City College is one block away and Columbia University is 20 blocks away (1 mile).
Aaron Davis Hall is within the grounds of City College (part of the City University of New York), and a new theater called Harlem Stage at the Gatehouse, is located in an old granite water distribution plant. Plus, the
Classic Theater of Harlem and the Harlem School of the Arts are 2 blocks away.There is a large ribbon park, St Nicholas Park one block away.
Please click here for additional information on Sugar Hill Harlem.
The Weckquasgeek Tribe, part of the Iraquois Nation were the first people to inhabit Manhattan. In Harlem they came to be known as Reckewa’s people after the chief when the Dutch first arrived there.
Blacks began moving into this area around 1920 .The area became known as Sugar Hill, the place where life is sweetened by piles of sugar-money. This particular row of townhouses was designed by Neville and Bagge and constructed in 1906.
These were one family homes and the people who lived here were considered to be middle class. Back then middle class people did not live in studio apartments.
No, they lived in 4 story townhouse's, or brownstone's and the maids quarters was on the top floor, so for those of you who think life is so wonderful in the 21st century, with your ipods and flat screens, remember that 100 years ago they had space... more.
