Jumel Terrace Historic District

The buildings included in the district are: • 425–451 West 162nd Street, on the north side of the street • 430–444 West 162nd Street, on the south side of the street; #430–438 were built in 1896 and were designed by Henri Fouchaux • 1–19 Sylvan Terrace, on the north side of the street (see below) • 2–20 Sylvan Terrace, on the south side of the street (see below) • 425 West 160th Street, also known as 2 Jumel Terrace, an apartment building built in 1909 in the Queen Anne style Sylvan Terrace, located where West 161st Street would normally be, was originally the carriage drive of the Morris estate. In 1882–83 twenty wooden houses, designed by Gilbert R. Robinson Jr., were constructed on the drive. Initially rented out to laborers and working class civil servants, the houses were restored in 1979–81. They are now some of the few remaining framed houses in Manhattan. ==Gallery==