Maya Angelou Brownstone: Writer's Second Harlem Home Sells

A second Harlem brownstone owned by Maya Angelou sold for $2.3M.

A Harlem multifamily brownstone previously owned by the late poet and activist Maya Angelou has sold for $2.3 million, as the New York Post reported. The townhouse at 29 E. 129th St. was asking $2.65 million when listed by Warburg in February 2018.

The 3,500-square-foot, three-story home dates back to 1900. It includes three full-floor rental units and a private backyard garden. All appliances have been recently updated, according to the StreetEasy listing.

Central Harlem

2273 Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard

$2,950 No Fee

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Central Harlem

34 West 139th Street

$3,100 No Fee

2 |

Central Harlem

105 West 138th Street

$1,950 No Fee

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South Harlem

60 West 125th Street

$3,060 No Fee

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Central Harlem

446 Saint Nicholas’s Avenue

$1,950 No Fee

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Central Harlem

235 West 146th Street

$2,000 No Fee

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Central Harlem

290 West 147th Street

$2,695 No Fee

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Central Harlem

150 West 140th Street

$2,000 No Fee

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Central Harlem

69 East 125th Street

$2,841 No Fee

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South Harlem

1931 Madison Avenue

$3,200 No Fee

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Central Harlem

312 West 133rd Street

$2,200 No Fee

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South Harlem

301 Cathedral Parkway

$3,200 No Fee

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Angelou died in 2014 at 86. She received a tribute from Hillary Clinton and Toni Morrison, among others, at the Riverside Church in Morningside Heights near her other former Harlem brownstone. That four-story, 20-foot wide townhouse at 58 W. 120th St. sold for $4,595,000 in July 2016, according to the Real Deal.

The poet also owned a cheery yellow house in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, that she decorated with birdcages throughout. The home sold for $500,000 in 2016.