The Langston Hughes House is a historic home located in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. Built in 1869, this Italianate style rowhouse is faced in brownstone and measures 20 feet wide and 45 feet deep. It is a three-story-with-basement building standing 13.2 metres tall.
From 1947 to 1967, noted African American poet and author Langston Hughes occupied the top floor of the house as his workroom. The building was owned by Hughes's adopted uncle and aunt, Emerson and Ethel Harper. While living here, Hughes wrote Montage of a Dream Deferred and I Wonder as I Wander.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the house as a city landmark in 1981, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. By 2026, the house was being restored.
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