2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Daily Tour
15 people
English
New York City is more than just Manhattan, and with this walking tour through Sugar Hill in Harlem, you will discover a wealth of hidden historic landmarks. Follow your guide from 18th-century country housing nestled between buildings to the residences of Harlem Renaissance figures. Take in the neighborhood without the stress of following a map and leave with an insider’s perspective on the history of this unique area of the city.
The Morris–Jumel Mansion or Morris House is a Federal style museum home in northern Manhattan with mid-eighteenth century roots.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
The Hispanic Society of America is a museum and reference library for the study of the arts and cultures of Spain and Portugal and their former colonies in Latin America, the Philippines and Portuguese India.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
On this Washington Heights to Sugar Hill walking tour, your guide will take you on an informative walk through North Harlem. Learn about the development of area from rural countryside and estates, and the site of the revolutionary war, to what is now the center of New York’s Dominican community.
We will pass by the Church of the Intercession & Trinity Cemetery – the resting place of some of New York City’s aristocracy and politicos who shaped the development of New York City.
Visit the Morris-Jumel Mansion and The Hispanic Society of America. View from street, the Bailey House, the castle-like residence built for James Bailey, of Barnum and Bailey Circus fame, the Audubon Ballroom – site of the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, and former homes of some of Harlem’s notable residents associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
Leave with a new understanding of this unique New York neighborhood. This tour is led by a Harlem local and is great for all ages.
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
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