Langston Hughes House

Langston Hughes House

The African-American poet Langston Hughes, one of the foremost figures of the Harlem Renaissance, lived at 20 East 127th Street for the last two decades of his life, on the top floor of a brownstone row house where he wrote such notable works as "Montage of a Dream Deferred" and "I Wonder as I Wander."

Open to the public, it's also home to the I, Too, Arts Collective, a non-profit committed to nurturing creativity within underrepresented communities that offers poetry salons, workshops and affordable work space.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and was designated as a city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1981.