he Hotel Theresa was one of the major social centers of Harlem, serving from 1940 until its conversion into an office building in the late 1960s as one of the most important institutions for Harlem’s African American community. In 1940, long after Harlem had become a predominantly African American community, the Hotel Theresa dropped its discrimination policies, went under new management, installed an African American manager and catered almost exclusively to a black clientele. As a result, the Theresa went on to become the most famous African American hotel in the nation.
It is a building that created history and is amazing to see.
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**Cited from https://www.nps.gov/places/hotel-theresa.htm**
