Bounded roughly by Lenox Ave., Mount Morris Park West, and W. 124th and W. 119th Sts., New York, New York. County/parish: New York.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 06, 1973. NRIS 73001221.
255 contributing buildings.Also known as:
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).
"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.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319746