Jumel Terrace: A neighborhood with a connection to Hamilton—the man and the musical

The Jumel Terrace Historic District is one the most interesting neighborhoods in upper Manhattan, and it happens to be full of history. That's probably why Lin-Manuel Miranda chose the Morris-Jumel Mansion (for which the area is named) as a setting in which to write parts of his hit musical. That's right, Tony-darling Miranda wrote two of his blockbusters songs —"Wait For it" and "The Room Where It Happens"— in Aaron Burr's bedroom at the former-home-now-museum, according to the museum itself.

At the time that Robeson, singer, actor and son of a former slave, testified before the House Unamerican Activities Committee—saying "I have struggled for years for the independence of the colonial peoples of Africa"—he gave his address as 16 Jumel Terrace.