Washington Apartments
2034 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard | also 200 West 122nd Street, 2030 Adam C Powell Boulevard | Harlem | built 1884
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1884
Architect Mortimer Merritt designs central Harlem's first apartment building
Developer Edward H. M. Just and architect Mortimer C. Merritt build the Washington Apartments in 1883-84 on what is now Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard. The eight-story brick building in the Queen Anne style is the first apartment house in central Harlem.
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- 1991
The city designates the Washington Apartments a landmark
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designates the Washington Apartments a city landmark on July 15, 1991. The designation covers the eight-story Queen Anne brick building, more than a century after Edward Just built it as central Harlem's first apartment house.
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