Curated teaching resource
Hughes House at 20 East 127th Street (NYC Landmark, NRHP listed 1982)
By NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LP-1135, designated 1981)
- Collection
- U.S. Primary Sources
- Subject
- History
- Grades
- Grades 7-12
- Format
- gov-resource
- Curriculum
- Cross-curricular
- Publisher or host
- nyc.gov
Why this resource is included
Official landmark designation report. Hughes occupied the top floor of this 1869 Italianate brownstone as a workroom from 1947 to 1967. The Harpers purchased the house in 1947; Hughes moved in with them. For the campaign: this is the location that pops the dream bubble. If bookworms decide to visit Hughes’s house during the 48-hour window, they transition from the fictional setting to the historical Harlem. The building is now home to the I, Too, Arts Collective. Block renamed Langston Hughes Place.