By E.B. Solomont
THE DEAL: A Harlem townhouse once owned by legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has sold for $2.8 million, after listing for $ 3 million last year, said listing agent Colin Montgomery of Sotheby's International Realty.
THE SELLERS: Retired attorney Isam Salah and Elaina Richardson, a former editor in chief of Elle magazine, bought the Renaissance Revival-style home for $3.17 million in 2018, according to property records. They put the renovated house on the market in August 2025; it was most recently asking $2.75 million.
The "Blowin' in the Wind" singer owned the Manhattan house from 1986 until 2000. Although the married couple didn't buy the house because of its association with the musician, "when someone as famous as Dylan has lived in your house," Richardson told The Wall Street Journal in 2025, "it's hard not to imagine — did he sit on the stoop?" Salah and Richardson declined to comment.
THE BUYERS: Stanley Montfort of Serhant, who represented the buyers, declined to identify his clients, but said "they are empty nesters relocating from the suburbs."
THE SPECS: Designed by the noted architect Stanford White, the five-bedroom home is located on Strivers' Row, a two-block tract of late-1800s townhouses that was once the epicenter of African-American elite life in the golden age of Harlem.
Dylan couldn't be reached for comment.
THE MARKET: Homes on Strivers' Row typically sell for $2 million to $3 million, said Montgomery, who had the listing with colleague Stan Ponte.
After the price cut in January, the sellers received multiple offers, he said, as more end users began shopping for homes this spring. But prices are still down from pre-pandemic highs, he said.
Montgomery said although the Dylan connection was "really fun and cool," people commented more frequently on the house's architectural provenance. "There were a lot of people who appreciated how it felt like it was a little bit of a time capsule," he said.