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The National Register of Historic Places is the federal government’s official list of sites that have been deemed significant to American architecture, history, and culture. All sites listed on the National Register must first be listed on their respective State Register of Historic Places. Of the over 95,000 listings on the National Register, only 36 are listed specifically for LGBTQ+ significance.

Properties listed on the National Register can later have their nominations amended to include additional significant history. Several places have had their nominations amended in this way to include LGBTQ+ history, although there are innumerable that should be reinterpreted for this reason.

• Stonewall New York, New York (1999)

• Dr. Franklin E. Kameny Residence Washington, D.C. (2011)

• Cherry Grove Community House and Theater Cherry Grove, New York (2013)

• Carrington House Cherry Grove, New York (2014)

• Henry Gerber House Chicago, Illinois (2015)

• Bayard Rustin Residence New York, New York (2016)

• Julius’ New York, New York (2016)

• The Furies Collective Washington, D.C. (2016)

• Casa Orgullo San Juan, Puerto Rico (2016)

• Elks Athletic Club/Henry Clay Hotel Louisville, Kentucky (2016 amendment)

• Alice Austen House Staten Island, New York (2017 amendment)

• Caffe Cino New York, New York (2017)

• Earl Hall, Columbia University New York, New York (2018)

• The Women’s Building San Francisco, California (2018)

• First Unitarian Society of Denver Denver, Colorado (2017)

• Boulder County Courthouse Boulder, Colorado (2018 amendment)

• James Baldwin Residence New York, New York (2019)

• Church of the Holy Apostles New York, New York (2019 amendment)

• Darcelle XV Portland, Oregon (2020)

• Trinity Episcopal Church St. Louis, Missouri (2020)

• All Souls Unitarian Church Washington, D.C. (2020)

• Japanese YWCA San Francisco, California (2020)

• Slowe-Burrill House Washington, D.C. (2020)

• Lorraine Hansberry Residence New York, New York (2021)

• Women’s Liberation Center New York, New York (2021)

• Lillian Wald Residence New York, New York (2022)

• Morris Kight Residence Los Angeles, California (2022)

• Todd Union Rochester, New York (2023)

• Erv Link Field Portland, Oregon (2024)

• Crystal Hotel Portland, Oregon (2024 amendment)

• Greenwich Village Historic District New York, New York (2024 amendment)

• Firebrand Books Headquarters Ithaca, New York (2024 amendment)

• Compton’s Cafeteria San Francisco, California (2025)

• Lavender Hill Commune Newfield, New York (2025)

• Louis N. Jaffe Art Theater Building New York, New York (2025 amendment)

National Historic Landmarks are a subset of the National Register that includes 2,600 sites with outstanding historic significance. Of these, seven are listed for LGBTQ+ significance. All National Historic Landmarks are automatically listed in the National Register.

• Stonewall New York, New York (2000)

• Henry Gerber House Chicago, Illinois (2015)

• Pauli Murray Family Home Durham, North Carolina (2016)

• Boulder County Courthouse Boulder, Colorado (2024)

• Slowe-Burrill House Washington, D.C. (2024)

• The Furies Collective Washington, D.C. (2024)

• Azurest South Petersburg, Virginia (2024)

National Monuments are distinguished by being under the ownership or control of the federal government.

The Stonewall Inn has received multiple levels of official recognition. In 1999, the Stonewall Inn became the first site in the country to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places for LGBTQ+ significance. It was then designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000, a New York City landmark by the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission in 2015, and a New York Historic Site by Governor Cuomo in 2016, the same year it was declared a National Monument.

• Stonewall New York, New York (2016)

Also see National Historic Landmark and National Register listings above.