The Hotel Theresa is located at 2082–96 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard between West 124th and 125th Streets in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. In the mid-20th …

Aug 9, 2021 · Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2005, the Hotel Theresa was one of the major social centers of Harlem, serving from 1940 until its conversion into an office …

Feb 17, 2025 · Hotel Theresa, the white brick, terra cotta, 300-room, thirteen story, steel-framed hotel, was for many years the tallest building in Harlem, New York. It opened down the street …

Hotel Theresa: the Waldorf of Harlem (words) The Hotel Theresa opened in 1913 on 125th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem and closed its doors as a hotel in 1970. It was built by German …

Aug 5, 2011 · Designed by the architectural firm of George & Edward Blum, the Hotel Theresa was Harlem’s ‘first great hotel.’ It stands 13 stories and was the tallest building in Harlem at …

Apr 30, 2009 · The Hotel Theresa, built at 125th Street and Seventh Avenue in 1913, has symbolized the aspirations of Harlem and housed Fidel Castro.

Feb 19, 2021 · The Hotel Theresa was once called the Waldorf of Harlem, a glamorous place known as a hub for Black society and culture in the 1940s and 50s.

Jun 4, 2005 · The Hotel Theresa, located at 2082-96 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard between West 124th and 125th Streets in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was, …

The Hotel Theresa, built in 1912-13, is significant in the history of Harlem, America’s most prominent African-American community, as one of the most important social centers of that …

Nov 3, 2024 · During the 1940s and 1950s, Hotel Theresa was one of the few full-service hotels in the city that truly welcomed African American guests. As a result, musicians, political leaders, …