The Hotel Theresa is located at 2082–96 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard between West 124th and 125th Streets in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. In the mid-20th century, it was a vibrant center of African American life in the area and the city.

The Hotel Theresa, built in 1912-13, was one of the major social centers of Harlem, serving from 1940 until its conversion into an office building in the late 1960s as one of the most important institutions for Harlem's African-American community.

Feb 17, 2025 · Hotel Theresa, the white brick, terra cotta, 300-room, thirteen story, steel-framed hotel, was for many years the tallest building in Harlem, New York. It opened down the street from the Apollo Theater in 1913 and was famously known as the “Waldorf of Harlem” and later the “social headquarters of Negro America.”

Aug 9, 2021 · Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2005, the Hotel Theresa was one of the major social centers of Harlem, serving from 1940 until its conversion into an office building in the late 1960s as one of the most important …

Hotel Theresa: the Waldorf of Harlem (words) The Hotel Theresa opened in 1913 on 125th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem and closed its doors as a hotel in 1970. It was built by German-born stockbroker Gustavus Sidenberg to the designs of architects George and Edward Blum.

The Hotel Theresa, called the “Waldorf of Harlem” by Ebony magazine, ends its generally segregated policy. Built in 1913 at 2090 Seventh Avenue at 125th Street, the hotel contains the offices of A. Philip Randolph’s March on Washington Movement, and later, Malcolm X’s Organization of Afro-American Unity.

The Hotel Theresa, built in 1912-13, is significant in the history of Harlem, America’s most prominent African-American community, as one of the most important social centers of that community. It is a major work by the noted architectural firm of George & Edward Blum, exemplifying this firm’s singular approach to ornamentation and ...

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Aug 5, 2011 · The Hotel Theresa remained the tallest building in Harlem until 1973 when the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building, on the northeast corner of 125 th and Seventh Avenue was built. In 1993, the Hotel Theresa became a New York landmark on the National Register of Historic Places.

Jun 4, 2005 · The Hotel Theresa, located at 2082-96 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard between West 124th and 125th Streets in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was, in the mid-20th century, a vibrant center of African American life in the area and the city.