US Democrat representative Adriano Espaillat announced by X that the Washington Heights area of Manhattan has been officially registered as Dominican Historic District. The area is being included in the National Register of Historic Places. Espaillat celebrated the recognition highlighting it ensures the Dominican legacy in Washington Heights is preserved for future generations.
This designation opens doors to new funding for preservation efforts, promotes heritage tourism, and acknowledges the Dominican community’s contributions to American history. “This is our moment—our history is now part of the nation’s history. Long live Dominican culture!” Espaillat concluded.
Representative Espaillat is the first Dominican American to serve in the US. House of Representatives and his congressional district includes Harlem, East Harlem, West Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill and the north-west Bronx. First elected to Congress in 2016, Representative Espaillat is serving his fifth term in Congress.
Representative Espaillat currently serves as a member of the influential US House Committee on Appropriations that is responsible for funding the federal government’s vital activities and serves as ranking member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee of the committee during the 119th Congress. He is chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), and serves as a senior whip of the Democratic Caucus.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the United State’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the US National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect the United States’ historic and archeological resources.
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3 March 2025