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|[[Carrington House]]||—||[[Cherry Grove, New York|Cherry Grove]]||[[New York (state)|New York]]||[[National Register of Historic Places|NRHP]]||Federal||January 8, 2014||Oldest house in the gay town of [[Cherry Grove, New York|Cherry Grove]]; where [[Truman Capote]] wrote ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]''||<ref name=ebar/> |
|[[Carrington House]]||—||[[Cherry Grove, New York|Cherry Grove]]||[[New York (state)|New York]]||[[National Register of Historic Places|NRHP]]||Federal||January 8, 2014||Oldest house in the gay town of [[Cherry Grove, New York|Cherry Grove]]; where [[Truman Capote]] wrote ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]''||<ref name=ebar/> |
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⚫ | |[[Penn South|Bayard Rustin Residence]]||[[File:Penn South on Ninth Avenue.jpg|100px]]||[[New York City]]||[[New York (state)|New York]]||[[National Register of Historic Places|NRHP]]||Federal||August 3, 2016||In 1962, Bayard Rustin (1912-1987) bought apartment 9J in Building 7 of the new Penn South Complex in the West Chelsea section of Manhattan||<ref>{{cite web|title=Bayard Rustin Residence|url=https://www.nps.gov/places/bayard-rustin-residence.htm|website=nps|accessdate=15 March 2018}}</ref> |
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|[[The Castro Camera and the Harvey Milk Residence]]||—||[[San Francisco]]||[[California]]||[[List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks|SFDL]]||Local||July 2, 2000||Home and studio of [[Harvey Milk]], the first openly gay person to win an election. Lenient sentencing following his [[Moscone–Milk assassinations|assassination]] in 1978 led to the [[White Night riots]].||<ref name=ebar/> |
|[[The Castro Camera and the Harvey Milk Residence]]||—||[[San Francisco]]||[[California]]||[[List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks|SFDL]]||Local||July 2, 2000||Home and studio of [[Harvey Milk]], the first openly gay person to win an election. Lenient sentencing following his [[Moscone–Milk assassinations|assassination]] in 1978 led to the [[White Night riots]].||<ref name=ebar/> |
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|[[Henry Gerber House]]||[[File:Gerber,_Henry_House_2.JPG|100px]]||[[Chicago]]||[[Illinois]]||[[Chicago Landmark|CL]]<br>[[National Register of Historic Places|NRHP]]<br>[[National Historic Landmark|NHL]]||Local||June 6, 2001||Apartment of [[Henry Gerber]], who founded the first [[Society for Human Rights|gay rights organization]].||<ref name=ebar/> |
|[[Henry Gerber House]]||[[File:Gerber,_Henry_House_2.JPG|100px]]||[[Chicago]]||[[Illinois]]||[[Chicago Landmark|CL]]<br>[[National Register of Historic Places|NRHP]]<br>[[National Historic Landmark|NHL]]||Local||June 6, 2001||Apartment of [[Henry Gerber]], who founded the first [[Society for Human Rights|gay rights organization]].||<ref name=ebar/> |
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|[[Julius (restaurant)|Julius' Bar]]||[[File:Julius-bar.jpg|100px]]||[[New York City]]||[[New York (state)|New York]]||[[National Register of Historic Places|NRHP]]||Federal|| April 20, 2016||Julius’ Bar is the oldest gay bar in New York City and one of the oldest bars in the city in continuous operation||<ref>{{cite web|title=Julius' Bar|url=https://www.nps.gov/places/juliusbar.htm|website=nps|accessdate=15 March 2018}}</ref> |
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|[[Dr. Franklin E. Kameny Residence]]||[[File:Dr._Franklin_E._Kameny_House_2012.jpg|100px]]||[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]||[[District of Columbia]]||[[National Register of Historic Places|NRHP]]||Federal||November 2, 2011||Home of gay rights activist [[Frank Kameny]]||<ref name=ebar/> |
|[[Dr. Franklin E. Kameny Residence]]||[[File:Dr._Franklin_E._Kameny_House_2012.jpg|100px]]||[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]||[[District of Columbia]]||[[National Register of Historic Places|NRHP]]||Federal||November 2, 2011||Home of gay rights activist [[Frank Kameny]]||<ref name=ebar/> |
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|[[Pauli Murray Family Home]]||||[[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]]||[[North Carolina]]||||||||National Historic Landmark candidate. Home of civil rights advocate [[Pauli Murray]]||<ref>https://www.nps.gov/nhl/news/LC/fall2016/PauliMurrayFamilyHome.pdf</ref> |
|[[Pauli Murray Family Home]]||||[[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]]||[[North Carolina]]||||||||National Historic Landmark candidate. Home of civil rights advocate [[Pauli Murray]]||<ref>https://www.nps.gov/nhl/news/LC/fall2016/PauliMurrayFamilyHome.pdf</ref> |
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⚫ | |[[Penn South|Bayard Rustin Residence]]||[[File:Penn South on Ninth Avenue.jpg|100px]]||[[New York City]]||[[New York (state)|New York]]||[[National Register of Historic Places|NRHP]]||Federal||August 3, 2016||In 1962, Bayard Rustin (1912-1987) bought apartment 9J in Building 7 of the new Penn South Complex in the West Chelsea section of Manhattan||<ref>{{cite web|title=Bayard Rustin Residence|url=https://www.nps.gov/places/bayard-rustin-residence.htm|website=nps|accessdate=15 March 2018}}</ref> |
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|[[Stonewall Inn]]||[[File:Stonewall_Inn_2012_with_gay-pride_flags_and_banner.jpg|100px]]||[[New York City]]||[[New York (state)|New York]]||[[National Register of Historic Places|NRHP]]<br>[[National Historic Landmark|NHL]]<br>[[National Monument (United States)|NM]]||Federal||June 28, 1999||Site of the [[Stonewall riots]] of 1969. First recognized [[National Historic Landmark]] and [[National Monument (United States)|National Monument]].||<ref name=ebar/> |
|[[Stonewall Inn]]||[[File:Stonewall_Inn_2012_with_gay-pride_flags_and_banner.jpg|100px]]||[[New York City]]||[[New York (state)|New York]]||[[National Register of Historic Places|NRHP]]<br>[[National Historic Landmark|NHL]]<br>[[National Monument (United States)|NM]]||Federal||June 28, 1999||Site of the [[Stonewall riots]] of 1969. First recognized [[National Historic Landmark]] and [[National Monument (United States)|National Monument]].||<ref name=ebar/> |
Revision as of 15:44, 15 March 2018
The following is a list of LGBT historic places in the United States. It includes sites that are recognized at the federal, state, county, or municipal level as important to the history of the LGBT civil rights movement. They represent the achievements and struggles of the community and provide context to understand these events and people. The National Park Service is amid an effort to chronicle LGBT sites across the nation, and have identified almost 400 of interest.[1]
Historic sites
Name | Image | City | State | Designation | Level of designation | Date first designated | Description | Ref |
Carrington House | — | Cherry Grove | New York | NRHP | Federal | January 8, 2014 | Oldest house in the gay town of Cherry Grove; where Truman Capote wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's | [1] |
The Castro Camera and the Harvey Milk Residence | — | San Francisco | California | SFDL | Local | July 2, 2000 | Home and studio of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person to win an election. Lenient sentencing following his assassination in 1978 led to the White Night riots. | [1] |
Cherry Grove Community House and Theatre | — | Cherry Grove | New York | NRHP | Federal | June 4, 2013 | Oldest continually-operating gay summer theater | [1] |
Earl Hall at Columbia University | ![]() |
New York City | New York | NRHP | Federal | March 14, 2018 | Important venue for LGBT gatherings nominated by the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project for its affiliation with the Student Homophile League, the first gay student organization in the country, founded at Columbia University in 1966. | [1][2] |
Henry Gerber House | Chicago | Illinois | CL NRHP NHL |
Local | June 6, 2001 | Apartment of Henry Gerber, who founded the first gay rights organization. | [1] | |
Julius' Bar | ![]() |
New York City | New York | NRHP | Federal | April 20, 2016 | Julius’ Bar is the oldest gay bar in New York City and one of the oldest bars in the city in continuous operation | [3] |
Dr. Franklin E. Kameny Residence | ![]() |
Washington | District of Columbia | NRHP | Federal | November 2, 2011 | Home of gay rights activist Frank Kameny | [1] |
James Merrill House | ![]() |
Stonington | Connecticut | NRHP NHL |
Federal | August 28, 2013 | Home of poet James Merrill and his partner David Noyes Jackson | [1] |
Pauli Murray Family Home | Durham | North Carolina | National Historic Landmark candidate. Home of civil rights advocate Pauli Murray | [4] | ||||
Bayard Rustin Residence | ![]() |
New York City | New York | NRHP | Federal | August 3, 2016 | In 1962, Bayard Rustin (1912-1987) bought apartment 9J in Building 7 of the new Penn South Complex in the West Chelsea section of Manhattan | [5] |
Stonewall Inn | ![]() |
New York City | New York | NRHP NHL NM |
Federal | June 28, 1999 | Site of the Stonewall riots of 1969. First recognized National Historic Landmark and National Monument. | [1] |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Bajko, Matthew S. (October 23, 2014). "Scores of LGBT sites eyed for landmark status". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
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(help) - ^ "Earl Hall Nominated for National Register". Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Julius' Bar". nps. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ https://www.nps.gov/nhl/news/LC/fall2016/PauliMurrayFamilyHome.pdf
- ^ "Bayard Rustin Residence". nps. Retrieved 15 March 2018.