REMEMBER: THE BRADHURST ESTATE ON SUGAR HILL
Harlem Bespoke: We just took the above photo on Sugar Hill and really soaked in the history of the neighborhood. 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 couple of years 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