Walking Tour
Walking TourThe Dunbar Apartments
Sugar Hill
Built in 1928 to house Harlem's working class, these apartments instead became home to Black excellence—W.E.B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, and Countee Cullen among them. Reviews note the building has fallen into serious disrepair.
Historic Black landmark
Harlem Renaissance heritage
Rockefeller philanthropy
Talented Tenth residence
The Dunbar Apartments
Sugar HillOpens Monday at 9:00 AM
Walking TourWalking TourBuilt in 1928 to house Harlem's working class, these apartments instead became home to Black excellence—W.E.B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, and Countee Cullen among them. Reviews note the building has fallen into serious disrepair.
Historic Black landmark
Harlem Renaissance heritage
Rockefeller philanthropy
Talented Tenth residence