LGBT historic places in the United States

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 HouseCherry GroveNew YorkNRHPFederalJanuary 8, 2014Oldest house in the gay town of Cherry Grove; where Truman Capote wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's[1]
The Castro Camera and the Harvey Milk ResidenceSan FranciscoCaliforniaSFDLLocalJuly 2, 2000Home 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 TheatreCherry GroveNew YorkNRHPFederalJune 4, 2013Oldest continually-operating gay summer theater[1]
Henry Gerber HouseChicagoIllinoisCL
NRHP
NHL
LocalJune 6, 2001Apartment of Henry Gerber, who founded the first gay rights organization.[1]
Dr. Franklin E. Kameny ResidenceWashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaNRHPFederalNovember 2, 2011Home of gay rights activist Frank Kameny[1]
James Merrill HouseStoningtonConnecticutNRHP
NHL
FederalAugust 28, 2013Home of poet James Merrill and his partner David Noyes Jackson[1]
Pauli Murray Family HomeDurhamNorth CarolinaNational Historic Landmark candidate. Home of civil rights advocate Pauli Murray[2]
Stonewall InnNew York CityNew YorkNRHP
NHL
NM
FederalJune 28, 1999Site of the Stonewall riots of 1969. First recognized National Historic Landmark and National Monument.[1]

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