List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City

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This article lists National Historic Landmarks in New York City, of which there are 108. One of the New York City (NYC) sites is also a National Monument, and there are two more National Monuments in NYC as well. These are listed further below. It also briefly discusses NYC designated landmarks.

In all of New York State there are 256 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs), which is the most of any state. For a discussion of state NHLs inside and outside of NYC, see List of NHLs in New York State. For consistency, the sites are named here as designated under the National Historic Landmark program.


Landmark name
[1]		 Image Date of designation[1] Location[1] County[1] Description[2]
1 69th Regiment Armory 19 June 1996 Manhattan New York Home of the watershed Armory Show in 1913, which introduced America to modern art
2 African Burial Ground 19 April 1993 Manhattan New York Dedicated as National Monument on October 5, 2007; burial site in Lower Manhattan of over 400 Africans from the 17th and 18th centuries
3 Ambrose (lightship) 11 April 1989 Manhattan New York Lightship, several miles offshore, that marked Ambrose Channel into New York Harbor, now at South Street Seaport.
4 American Stock Exchange 6 June 1978 Manhattan New York One of the world-class stock exchanges dating back to colonial times
5 Chester A. Arthur House 12 December 1965 Manhattan New York Home of president Chester A. Arthur; site of his inaugural oath
6 Louis Armstrong House 11 May 1976 Corona Queens Home of jazz legend Louis Armstrong for 28 years
7 Alice Austen House 19 April 1993 Rosebank Richmond (Staten Island) Home of photographer Alice Austen, now a museum
8 Bartow-Pell Mansion 8 December 1976 Pelham Bay Park Bronx 19th-century mansion in largest New York City park
9 Bayard-Condict Building 8 December 1976 Manhattan New York Only Louis Sullivan building in New York City; one of the first steel skeleton skyscrapers
10 Bell Laboratories Building 15 May 1975 Manhattan New York Home of numerous inventions including the first experimental talking movies (1923), black and white and color TV, radar, the vacuum tube, medical equipment, the development of the phonograph record and the first commercial broadcasts of opera and a baseball game; today home to the Westbeth art collective.
11 Brooklyn Bridge 29 January 1964 Brooklyn and Manhattan Kings and New York The first steel wire suspension bridge; at one point the largest in the world; inspiration for Hart Crane's poem, "The Bridge"
12 Brooklyn Heights Historic District 12 January 1965 Brooklyn Kings Exemplary collection of 19th-century architectural styles; first historic district in New York City
13 Brooklyn Historical Society Building 17 July 1991 Brooklyn Kings One of the few remaining buildings by George B. Post; innovative structural system
14 Ralph Johnson Bunche House 11 May 1976 Kew Gardens Queens Home of Ralph Johnson Bunche, eminent African-American diplomat and Undersecretary General of United Nations
15 Carnegie Hall 29 December 1962 Manhattan New York One of the most famous music venues in the world
16 Andrew Carnegie Mansion 13 November 1966 Manhattan New York Home of Andrew Carnegie, now the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
17 Central Park 23 May 1963 Manhattan New York The Green Lung of the city; one of the most visited city parks in the world; designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.
18 Central Synagogue 15 May 1975 Manhattan New York Oldest synagogue continuously in use by a New York City Jewish congregation; built in a Moorish Revival style to recognize importance of that period in Jewish history
19 Chamber of Commerce Building 22 December 1977 Manhattan New York New York City's Chamber of Commerce; established in 1768; prototype for the organization
20 Chrysler Building 8 December 1976 Manhattan New York Art Deco skyscraper; distinctive feature of Manhattan skyline; at one point world's tallest building
21 Church of the Ascension 23 December 1987 Manhattan New York Early church design by Richard Upjohn; valuable interior artwork
22 City Hall 19 December 1960 Manhattan New York Oldest city hall in U.S. still in use as main municipal government building
23 Conference House 23 May 1966 Tottenville Richmond (Staten Island) Only surviving pre-Revolutionary War manor house in New York City; site of unsuccessful peace conference in 1776
24 Will Marion Cook House 11 May 1976 Manhattan New York Home of the leading black composer and musician Will Marion Cook
25 Cooper Union 4 July 1961 Manhattan New York Pioneering adult education center; site of famous anti-slavery speech by Abraham Lincoln
26 Daily News Building 29 June 1989 Manhattan New York First modernistic free-standing skyscraper designed by Raymond Hood
27 Dakota Apartments 8 December 1976 Manhattan New York Combination of Renaissance architectural styles by Henry Hardenbergh; setting for Rosemary's Baby and the shooting death of John Lennon
28 Dyckman House 24 December 1967 Manhattan New York Only remaining farmhouse in Manhattan
29 Eldridge Street Synagogue 19 June 1996 Manhattan New York One of the oldest synagogues in the U.S.; first built by Jews from Eastern Europe
30 Duke Ellington House 11 May 1976 Manhattan New York Ellington, the legendary jazz composer and bandleader, lived in Apartment 4A from 1939-61
31 Empire State Building 24 June 1986 Manhattan New York Current tallest building in New York and internationally-recognized symbol of the city
32 Equitable Building 2 June 1978 Manhattan New York One of the earliest skyscrapers in Manhattan; profoundly influenced later skyscraper design
33 Fire Fighter 30 June 1989 Staten Island Richmond (Staten Island) Most powerful diesel-electric fireboat when built in 1938; still in use today
34 Hamilton Fish House 15 May 1975 Manhattan New York Home of Hamilton Fish, future Governor and Senator of New York
35 Flatiron Building 29 June 1989 Manhattan New York Considered the World's first Skyscraper. Distinctive triangular building at Madison Square; world's tallest 1901-1911
36 Founder's Hall, The Rockefeller University 30 May 1974 Manhattan New York Building marked the start of John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s putting the vast family fortune to philanthropic purposes
37 Governors Island

Governors Island National Monument		 4 February 1985 Manhattan New York Island in NY Harbor which served various branches of the US Military from 1783 until the late 1990s; future uses are still being decided
38 Grace Church 22 December 1977 Manhattan New York Gothic Revival masterpiece designed by James Renwick, Jr.
39 Grand Central Terminal 8 December 1976 Manhattan New York Beaux-Arts architecture; historic rail gateway to New York City; largest train station in the world by number of platforms
40 Green-Wood Cemetery 20 September 2006 Brooklyn Kings Popular tourist attraction in the 1850s; most famous New Yorkers who died during the second half of the nineteenth century buried here
41 Hamilton Grange National Memorial 19 December 1960 Manhattan New York Home of Alexander Hamilton: military officer, lawyer, member of the United States Constitutional Convention, American statesman, first United States Secretary of the Treasury, and Founding Father; facade is oldest surviving structure in Manhattan
42 Henry Street Settlement and Neighborhood Playhouse 30 May 1974 Manhattan New York One of the nation's first settlement homes where new immigrants and the poor could find assistance
43 Matthew Henson Residence 15 May 1975 Manhattan New York Home of Matthew Henson, African-American polar explorer who may have been the first to reach the North Pole
44 Holland Tunnel 4 November 1993 Manhattan New York Tunnel underneath the Hudson River, connecting Manhattan and New Jersey; civil engineering landmark; one of the earliest ventilated tunnels
45 USS Intrepid 14 January 1986 Manhattan New York One of the most active U.S. ships during World War II; today a museum moored along the West Side
46 James Weldon Johnson Residence 11 May 1976 Manhattan New York Harlem home of African-American artist-activist James Weldon Johnson
47 King Manor 2 December 1974 Jamaica Queens Home of Rufus King, a signer of Declaration of Independence and early U.S. Senator from New York
48 Lettie G. Howard (schooner) 11 April 1989 Manhattan New York Last remaining Fredonia-type schooner (once the standard for American fishing boats) at the South Street Seaport
49 Lorillard Snuff Mill 22 December 1977 New York Botanical Garden Bronx Oldest existing tobacco-manufacturing facility in U.S.
50 Low Memorial Library 23 December 1987 Columbia University New York First building on Morningside Heights campus; capped by largest freestanding granite dome in U.S.
51 R. H. Macy and Company Store (Macy's) 2 June 1978 Manhattan New York Largest department store in world for many years
52 Claude McKay Residence 8 December 1976 Manhattan New York Home of African-American writer Claude McKay; now Harlem YMCA
53 McGraw Hill Building 29 June 1989 Manhattan New York Landmark Art Deco building; first U.S. building in International Style
54 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower 6 February 1978 Manhattan New York Tallest building in the world 1909-13; still part of the skyline a century later
55 Metropolitan Museum of Art 24 June 1986 Manhattan New York One of the world's most important and prestigious art museums
56 Pierpont Morgan Library 13 November 1966 Manhattan New York Office, Library, and now Museum of J. P. Morgan; the Panic of 1907 ended in the Library
57 Morris-Jumel Mansion 20 January 1961 Manhattan New York Oldest building in Manhattan
58 National City Bank Building 2 June 1978 Manhattan New York Home to one of the country's largest and most important banks since 1908
59 New York Amsterdam News Building 11 May 1976 Manhattan New York Influential black newspaper the New York Amsterdam News was published here 1916-38
60 New York Botanical Garden 28 May 1967 The Bronx Bronx One of the leading botanical gardens in the world and home to many plant laboratories
61 New York Cotton Exchange 22 December 1977 Manhattan New York First commodity market in the U.S.
62 New York Life Building 2 June 1978 Manhattan New York Last significant Cass Gilbert skyscraper in Manhattan
63 New York Public Library 21 December 1965 Manhattan New York One of the largest and most important libraries in the U.S.
64 New York Stock Exchange 2 June 1978 Manhattan New York One of the first securities markets in the U.S.; still the world's largest
65 New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture 27 April 1992 Manhattan New York Original home of the Whitney Museum, the first devoted to 20th-century American art
66 New York Yacht Club 28 May 1987 Manhattan New York Oldest yachting club in U.S.; longtime home of the America's Cup
67 Old Merchant's House
Seabury Tredwell House
Merchants House Museum		 23 June 1965 Manhattan New York Nineteenth-century family home; preserved inside and out
68 Old Quaker Meeting House (Flushing, Queens) 24 December 1967 Flushing Queens Only surviving 17th-century eccelsiastical frame building in New York; in almost continuous use since 1696
69 Philosophy Hall 21 July 2003 Columbia University New York Edwin Armstrong developed FM radio in this Columbia University building
70 Players Club 19 December 1962 Manhattan New York Extensive collection of art and theater memorabilia; interior redone by Stanford White
71 Plaza Hotel 24 June 1986 Manhattan New York French Renaissance-style building; outstanding example of American hotel architecture; symbol of elegance; visible from much of lower Central Park; setting for Kay Thompson's popular Eloise series of children's books
72 Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims 4 July 1961 Brooklyn Kings Important station on Underground Railroad when Henry Ward Beecher was pastor
73 Pupin Physics Laboratory, Columbia University 21 December 1965 Columbia University New York Columbia University building; site of first splitting of uranium atom in U.S. and other milestones in development of atomic bomb
74 Quarters A, Brooklyn Navy Yard 30 May 1974 Brooklyn Kings Home to Matthew Perry at the time of his opening of Japan
75 Paul Robeson Home 8 December 1976 Manhattan New York Home of legendary African-American actor and activist Paul Robeson
76 Jackie Robinson House 11 May 1976 Brooklyn Kings Home of baseball great Jackie Robinson
77 Rockefeller Center 23 December 1987 Manhattan New York Successful urban planning projects of 20th-century America; changed Midtown Manhattan; originating site of popular NBC television programs Today and Saturday Night Live
78 Sailors' Snug Harbor 8 December 1976 Sailors' Snug Harbor Richmond (Staten Island) First and only home for retired merchant seamen in U.S.
79 St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church 23 December 1987 Brooklyn Kings Site of first figural stained-glass windows in U.S.
80 St. George's Episcopal Church 8 December 1976 Manhattan New York Home church of Harry Thacker Burleigh, African-American singer who helped establish the spiritual in the liturgy of many American faiths
81 St. Patrick's Cathedral 8 December 1976 Manhattan New York First large-scale medieval-style church built in U.S.
82 St. Paul's Chapel 9 October 1960 Manhattan New York One of the few surviving colonial-era churches in city; George Washington worshipped here following his inauguration; site of informal memorials following September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
83 Margaret Sanger Clinic 14 September 1993 Manhattan New York Clinic where Margaret Sanger dispensed birth control
84 Gen. Winfield Scott House 7 November 1973 Manhattan New York Home of Winfield Scott, heroic general in the U.S.-Mexican War and later presidential candidate
85 Seventh Regiment Armory 24 February 1986 Manhattan New York One of the most impressive collections of 1880s interior decoration outside of a museum; only armory actually owned by the unit for which it was constructed
86 Harry F. Sinclair House 2 June 1978 Manhattan New York Harry F. Sinclair, the oil industrialist, lived here from 1918- 1930; now part of the Ukrainian Institute; often used in filmmaking and television production
87 Alfred E. Smith House 28 November 1972 Manhattan New York Home of four time New York State governor, Alfred E. Smith (and later presidential candidate) from 1907 to 1923
88 SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District 2 June 1978 Manhattan New York Believed to be the largest existing collection of late 19th-century cast iron facades in the world
89 A. T. Stewart Company Store 2 June 1978 Manhattan New York Site of the first American department store (now known as the New York Sun building)
90 Stonewall 16 February 2000 Manhattan New York Site of 1969 Stonewall riots which began gay rights movement
91 Surrogate's Court 22 December 1977 Manhattan New York Probate Courthouse across from NYC's city hall
92 Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street 19 April 1994 Manhattan New York Preserved tenement building that housed hundreds of immigrants; now the heart of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.
93 Third Judicial District Courthouse 22 December 1977 Manhattan New York Originally built as the Third Judicial District Courthouse; faced with demolition, public outcry led to its reuse as a branch of the New York Public Library
94 Tiffany and Company Building 2 June 1978 Manhattan New York Served as the home of Tiffany and Company from 1905 through 1940
95 Samuel J. Tilden House 11 May 1976 Manhattan New York Home of Samuel J. Tilden, former New York State governor and loser of the bitter 1876 presidential election
96 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory 17 July 1971 Manhattan New York Site of one of the worst industrial disasters in the US, which led to many workplace reforms
97 Trinity Church 8 December 1976 Manhattan New York Historic church which looks down Wall Street
98 Tweed Courthouse 11 May 1976 Manhattan New York Historic courthouse connected to Tammany Hall, now used by NYC's Department of Education
99 Union Square 9 December 1997 Manhattan New York The political heart of Manhattan; many protests begin or end here
100 United Charities Building 17 July 1991 Manhattan New York Built in 1893 by a wealthy businessman in order to provide his favorite charities a low cost location for their operations
101 U.S. Customhouse 8 December 1976 Manhattan New York Cass Gilbert designed Customhouse for New York Harbor; now part of the Smithsonian Institution
102 Van Cortlandt House 24 December 1976 Van Cortlandt Park Bronx Mansion for the Van Cortlandt family built in 1748 and used during the American Revolution
103 Voorlezer's House 5 November 1961 Richmondtown Richmond (Staten Island) Oldest known surviving schoolhouse in America; owned by the Staten Island historical society
104 Wards Point Archeological Site 19 April 1993 Tottenville Richmond (Staten Island) Archaeological dig in Tottenville
105 Woodlawn Cemetery 23 June 2011 Bronx Bronx Illustrates transition from rural cemetery to 20th-century styles; notable dead buried here include Robert Moses and R.H. Macy
106 Woolworth Building 13 November 1966 Manhattan New York One of the oldest —and most famous — skyscrapers in New York City; one of the tallest buildings in the New York City
107 Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead 24 December 1976 Brooklyn Kings Housed Hessian soldiers during the American Revolution
108 Wyckoff House 24 December 1967 Brooklyn Kings Oldest surviving Dutch saltbox frame house in America

New York City Designated Historic Sites

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission was created following the preservation fight and subsequent demolition of Pennsylvania Station. New York City's right to limit owners' ability to convert landmarked buildings was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1978. Many of the NYC NHLs are listed, either individually or as part of historic districts, in the List of New York City Designated Landmarks.

National Monuments in Manhattan

There are nine National Monuments/National Historic sites in New York City:

Former National Historic Landmarks in New York City

Landmark name Image Date of designation[1] Location County Description
1 USS Edson 21 June 1990 Manhattan Formerly at the Intrepid Air and Space museum.
2 Florence Mills House 8 December 1976 Manhattan New York Site of what the National Park Service believed to be the home of Florence Mills, popular African-American singer and actress in the 1920s, now demolished. The National Park Service withdrew its NHL status in 2009.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e National Park Service (June 2011). "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/LIST11.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-06. .
  2. ^ National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/default.cfm.  retrieved on various dates, and other sources cited in the articles on each of the sites.

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