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Entries Containing the Word «harlem»

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By Sean P. Flynn, May 24, 2025
Welcome to Hinckley Marker
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 Illinois, DeKalb County, Hinckley — Welcome to Hinckley — Harlem Globetrotters

2 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Morningside Heights — Battle of Harlem Heights

3 New York, Columbia County, Copake — Harlem Valley Rail Train

4 Florida, Hillsborough County, Tampa, Downtown — Historic Harlem Academy / School #2
5 Mississippi, Bolivar County, Winstonville — 96 — Harlem Inn

6 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — The Harlem Renaissance — The Legacy Walk —

7 South Carolina, Spartanburg County, Spartanburg — 42-25 — 15th N.Y. Infantry / Harlem Hell Fighters

8 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Morningside Heights — Battle of Harlem Heights — September 16 – 1776
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9 New York, Columbia County, Copake Falls — Harlem Valley Rail Trail

10 Kentucky, Shelby County, Shelbyville — Harlem Hellfighters — Bert Beckham • Ionia Harris • Bradley Logan • Leonard Todd • Robert Wooten — Kentucky Black Trailblazers —

11 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Central Harlem — Harlem YMCA — New York City Designated Landmark

12 New York, Erie County, Buffalo, Downtown — Little Harlem Hotel

13 New York, New York County, Manhattan, West Harlem — The Harlem Stage Gatehouse — 2006

14 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Central Harlem — Harlem Landmark Trail

15 New York, New York County, Manhattan, East Harlem — 300 — Harlem Art Park — .347 acre

16 New York, New York County, Manhattan, East Harlem — 369th Infantry Regiment Memorial — “Harlem Hellfighters” Monument — Reported permanently removed
17 New York, New York County, Manhattan, East Harlem — Alice Kornegay Triangle — Harlem River Drive
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18 Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Annapolis — The Harlem of Annapolis

19 California, Alameda County, Oakland, West Oakland — The Music They Played on 7th Street — Oakland Walk of Fame — "The Harlem of the West Coast" —

20 New York, New York County, Manhattan, East Harlem — The New York Age — New York, Thursday, September 14, 1911 — Has largest circulation in Harlem —

21 Missouri, Linn County, Laclede — Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial — First World War Commemorative Garden —

22 Georgia, Columbia County, Harlem — 36-09 — Oliver Norvell Hardy

23 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Hamilton Heights — The First Line of Defence

24 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — The Savoy Big Five — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —

25 New York, New York County, Manhattan, West Harlem — Nelson Mandela

26 New Jersey, Atlantic County, Atlantic City — They Called It “KY & The Curb” — Historic Atlantic City - Kentucky Avenue, 1933-1980's
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27 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Central Harlem — Lewis Michaux — While We Are Still Here —

28 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lakeview — Abe Saperstein — Basketball promoter (1902-1966) — Chicago Tribute — Reported unreadable

29 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Central Harlem — Lenox Lounge — 288 Lenox Avenue — While we are still here —

30 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Washington Heights — Morris-Jumel Mansion

31 New York, New York County, Manhattan, West Harlem — Langston Hughes Playground

32 New York, New York County, Manhattan, East Harlem — Geoffrey Canada

33 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Washington Heights — Old Croton Aqueduct Trail

34 Illinois, Cook County, River Forest — Frances E. Willard

35 Georgia, Columbia County, Harlem — Oliver Hardy Residence
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36 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Washington Heights — The John T. Brush Stairway

37 Georgia, Columbia County, Appling — Rev. Daniel Marshall
38 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Willa Brown — 1906-1992 — Bronzeville Walk of Fame —
39 Kansas, Wyandotte County, Kansas City, I-435 West KC-KS — Wilt Chamberlain — Professional Basketball Player — University of Kansas —
40 Missouri, Linn County, Laclede — Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial — First World War Commemorative Garden —
41 New York, New York County, Manhattan, West Harlem — GreenThumb
42 Virginia, Richmond, Jackson Ward — Bill “Bojangles” Robinson

43 Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee, Frenchtown — Frenchtown History
44 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Fort George — McNally Plaza World War I Memorial
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45 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Morningside Heights — International House
46 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Washington Heights — John T. Brush Stairway

47 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Washington Heights — Sugar Hill Luminaries Lawn — Highbridge Park — Reported permanently removed

48 Montana, Blaine County, Harlem — Airmen Memorial

49 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Central Harlem — Graham Court Apartments — New York City Designated Landmark
50 Virginia, Stafford County, Stafford — Oak Grove Baptist Church

51 New York, Albany County, Albany, Washington Park — The Battle of Henry Johnson

52 Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Hough — 75-18 — James Mercer Langston Hughes

53 Ohio, Delaware County, Galena — 18-21 — Benajah Cook Sawmill and Farmstead
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54 Virginia, Fredericksburg — The Green Book — Trail to Freedom —

55 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Wendell Phillips High School — William Bryce Mundie, architect; 1904 — Chicago Landmark —
56 New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Downtown Brooklyn — Ida B. Wells — July 16, 1862 - March 25, 1931
57 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Central Harlem — Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
58 New York, New York County, Manhattan, East Harlem — Langston Hughes House — Designated Landmark — New York City —
59 Ohio, Delaware County, Harlem — 21-21 — Field Musician Richard W. Thompson

60 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Central Harlem — Savoy Ballroom
61 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Washington Heights — Morris-Jumel Mansion — Roger Morris Park, 1,524 acres — Reported permanently removed

62 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Chinatown — Alain LeRoy Locke
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63 California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco, The Castro — Gladys Bentley — Rainbow Honor Walk —

64 Maryland, Montgomery County, Sandy Spring — Countee Cullen / The Odd Fellows Lodge — Sandy Spring African American Heritage Trail — [Sandy Spring Slave Museum & African Art Gallery] —

65 Florida, Hillsborough County, Tampa, Westshore — The Claxton Manor
66 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Hamilton Heights — Dorothy Maynor

67 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Ever-Blooming Night and Day Flowers, 1982 — By James Seawright
68 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Hamilton Heights — Hope Steven Garden
69 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Hamilton Heights — Hope Steven Garden
70 Ohio, Summit County, Akron — 17-77 — Howard Street District

71 New York, Erie County, Buffalo, Willert Park — Moving North — Michigan Avenue Heritage Corridor
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72 Connecticut, Western Region, Greenwich, Old Greenwich — Sound Beach Railroad Station
73 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — The Pink Triangle — The Legacy Walk —
74 Illinois, Cook County, Summit — Argo-Summit American Legion Post 735
75 Indiana, Wayne County, Richmond, Wayne Township — Duke Ellington — Starr-Gennett Walk of Fame —
76 Kentucky, Shelby County, Simpsonville — Whitney M. Young Jr. — Kentucky Black Trailblazers —
77 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Central Harlem — Cotton Club — While We Are Still Here
78 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Central Harlem — Ethel Waters
79 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Fort George — Colonel William Baxter
80 New York, New York County, Manhattan, West Harlem — Blumstein
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81 New York, New York County, Manhattan, East Harlem — Village of Nieuw Haerlem — Reported damaged

82 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Marble Hill — The Wading Place / Kings Bridge / Fort Prince Charles

83 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Central Harlem — Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
84 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Central Park West Historic District — AME Zion Church — Seneca Village Community

85 Maryland, Montgomery County, Sandy Spring — Leatha Howard Holland Webster / William Howard Hill & Anna Virginia Carter Hill — Sandy Spring African American Heritage Trail — [Sandy Spring Slave Museum & African Art Gallery] —
86 Ohio, Delaware County, Delaware — Edwards Gymnasium / Home of High School Basketball Tournaments

87 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Hamilton Heights — James Baldwin Lawn — St. Nicholas Park

88 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Washington Heights — Regina Andrews — While We Are Still Here —
89 North Carolina, Buncombe County, Asheville, East End — Triangle Park Mural — 2012–2013

90 New York, New York County, Manhattan, East Harlem — 369th Infantry Regiment Monument
91 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Sugar Hill — Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Historic District — New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation
92 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Cecil B. Moore — Jessie Redmon Fauset — Reported missing
93 Virginia, Lynchburg, Diamond Hill — Anne Spencer Home and Edankraal — Literary Landmarks Register — Friends of Libraries U.S.A. —
94 Virginia, Lynchburg, Diamond Hill — In Tribute to Anne Bethel Spencer — 1882 - 1975

95 Maryland, Baltimore, University of Maryland — Local Hero, National Leader

96 Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Great Barrington — Grass Roots Democracy — W.E.B. Du Bois National Historic Site

97 Arkansas, Garland County, Hot Springs — Hubert ‘Geese’ Ausbie — Basketball — Hot Springs Arkansas Walk of Fame —

98 New York, Bronx County, Bronx, Kingsbridge — Marble Hill Playground — 1.646 Acres
99 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Central Harlem — Romare H. Bearden — September 2, 1911 - March 12, 1988 — 154 West 131st Street, Manhattan —
100 New York, New York County, Manhattan, Hamilton Heights — Alexander Hamilton Playground — .811 acre

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