New York - Hamilton Heights Historic District

The Hamilton Heights Historic District was originally a place for wealthy country estates given the privacy of the area which is set atop a hill. Later, the section known as Sugar Hill, became home to black America's elite: Chief Justice Thurgood Marshall, Count Basey, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway and many others. The row homes are made of stone, rising three- and four-stories high, built at the turn of the last century in Flemish, Romanesque and Tudor styles.

On the National Register it is roughly bounded by St Nicholas and Amsterdam Avenues, W. 145 and W. 140th Streets.