REMEMBER: THE BRADHURST ESTATE ON SUGAR HILL

Harlem Bespoke:  We just took the above photo yesterday on Sugar Hill and was reminded of how much better the weather has been in the past 24 hours.   This distinct corner at 148th and St. Nicholas Avenue is really unique because of the barrel front townhouses that line the avenue and also for the jazz clubs that used to be in a few of the commercial spaces.  A fire burned down one of the brownstones over a year ago but much still remains intact in this landmark district.

With that said, there is also a little known fact the wealthy Bradhurst family of the early 1800s had a cottage here when this was all countryside.  Nothing is really left but streets named aft the famous country folk in the heights but some early photos have documented these charming homes.  Check out our past post on a rare image of the Bradhurst Cottage that would have been situated at this corner of Harlem before the neighborhood was called Sugar Hill: LINK

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