The Dorrance Brooks Square Historic District’s walking tour will introduce you to Harlem’s legacy residents and institutions, and the District’s landmarked architecture. Dorrance Brooks Square, the first NYC public park and historic district named for an African American, was dedicated to honor Private First-Class Dorrance Brooks, a decorated World War I veteran.
In the early 1920s, a middle-class African American community of intellectuals, artists, actors, educators, authors, and doctors, formed in Harlem fueled by talent, purpose, and social consciousness. Decades later, the Harlem Renaissance cultural era led to the civil rights movement.
The District contains intact streetscapes of striking row houses, religious structures, and apartment buildings designed in the Renaissance Revival, Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival styles.
Accessibility
We begin at the B/C subway exit (front of the train coming Uptown) and will walk at a leisurely pace, within an eight-block radius. There will not be any stairs or inaccessible areas to navigate, just sidewalks and curb cuts for people using wheelchairs and canes.
Location Information
RSVP is required and capacity is limited. Meeting location, ending location, and directions will be provided via email before walk date.
guided
Saturday, May 2, 202611:00 AM
90 minutes
Borough: Manhattan
Theme: Advocacy, Art & Architecture, History & Culture
Language: English
