List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City facts for kids
This article lists the 116 National Historic Landmarks in New York City. One of the New York City sites is also a national monument, and there are two more national monuments in New York City.
In New York state, there are 276 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs), 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.
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National Historic Landmarks in New York City
| Landmark name | Image | Date designated | Location | County | Description | |
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| 1 | 69th Regiment Armory |
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Manhattan 40°44′30″N 73°59′01″W / 40.741648°N 73.983607°W |
New York | Home of the watershed Armory Show in 1913, which introduced America to modern art |
| 2 | Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Gravesite |
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Bronx 40°53′32″N 73°51′57″W / 40.892165°N 73.865860°W |
Bronx | Only intact known property directly associated with Admiral David Farragut |
| 3 | African Burial Ground |
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Manhattan 40°42′52″N 74°00′16″W / 40.714558°N 74.004384°W |
New York | Dedicated as National Monument on October 5, 2007; burial site in Lower Manhattan of over 419 Africans from 1690s to 1794 |
| 4 | Ambrose (lightship) |
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Manhattan 40°42′17″N 74°00′09″W / 40.704844°N 74.002467°W |
New York | Lightship, several miles offshore, that marked Ambrose Channel into New York Harbor, now at South Street Seaport Museum. |
| 5 | American Stock Exchange |
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Manhattan 40°42′32″N 74°00′45″W / 40.7090°N 74.0126°W |
New York | Former headquarters of the American Stock Exchange |
| 6 | Louis Armstrong House |
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Corona 40°45′16″N 73°51′42″W / 40.754556°N 73.861557°W |
Queens | Home of jazz legend Louis Armstrong for 28 years |
| 7 | Chester A. Arthur House |
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Manhattan 40°44′34″N 73°58′56″W / 40.74279°N 73.982196°W |
New York | Home of President Chester A. Arthur; site of his inaugural oath |
| 8 | Alice Austen House |
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Rosebank 40°36′54″N 74°03′47″W / 40.615129°N 74.062952°W |
Richmond | Home of photographer Alice Austen, now a museum |
| 9 | Bartow–Pell Mansion |
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Pelham Bay Park 40°52′18″N 73°48′20″W / 40.871748°N 73.805578°W |
Bronx | 19th-century mansion in largest New York City park |
| 10 | Bayard-Condict Building |
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Manhattan 40°43′35″N 73°59′44″W / 40.7263°N 73.9956°W |
New York | Only Louis Sullivan building in New York City; one of the first steel skeleton skyscrapers. |
| 11 | Bell Laboratories Building |
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Manhattan 40°44′13″N 74°00′36″W / 40.736852°N 74.009871°W |
New York | Bell Labs work here included experimental phonograph record, vacuum tubes, talking movies (1923), black and white and color TV, radar, and early commercial remote broadcasts. Today home to the Westbeth Artists Community (listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places). |
| 12 | Brooklyn Bridge |
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Brooklyn and Manhattan 40°42′23″N 73°59′51″W / 40.706344°N 73.997439°W |
Kings and New York | The first steel wire suspension bridge; at one point the largest in the world |
| 13 | Brooklyn Heights Historic District |
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Brooklyn 40°41′48″N 73°59′48″W / 40.696667°N 73.996667°W |
Kings | Exemplary collection of 19th-century architectural styles; first historic district in New York City |
| 14 | Center for Brooklyn History |
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Brooklyn 40°41′41″N 73°59′34″W / 40.694761°N 73.992794°W |
Kings | One of the few remaining buildings by George B. Post; innovative structural system |
| 15 | Ralph Johnson Bunche House |
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Kew Gardens 40°42′23″N 73°50′13″W / 40.70646°N 73.836998°W |
Queens | Home of Ralph Johnson Bunche, eminent African-American diplomat and Undersecretary General of United Nations |
| 16 | Carnegie Hall |
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Manhattan 40°45′54″N 73°58′49″W / 40.764944°N 73.980139°W |
New York | One of the most famous music venues in the world |
| 17 | Andrew Carnegie Mansion |
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Manhattan 40°47′04″N 73°57′28″W / 40.784421°N 73.95789°W |
New York | Home of Andrew Carnegie, now the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum |
| 18 | Central Park |
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Manhattan 40°46′55″N 73°57′58″W / 40.781944°N 73.966111°W |
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. |
| 19 | Central Synagogue |
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Manhattan 40°45′35″N 73°58′14″W / 40.759592°N 73.970473°W |
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 |
| 20 | Chamber of Commerce Building |
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Manhattan 40°42′34″N 74°00′36″W / 40.709434°N 74.009871°W |
New York | Former home of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, established in 1768; prototype for the chamber of commerce |
| 21 | Chrysler Building |
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Manhattan 40°45′06″N 73°58′31″W / 40.7517°N 73.9753°W |
New York | Art Deco skyscraper; distinctive feature of Manhattan skyline; at one point world's tallest building |
| 22 | Church of the Ascension |
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Manhattan 40°44′01″N 73°59′44″W / 40.733647°N 73.995492°W |
New York | Early church design by Richard Upjohn; valuable interior artwork |
| 23 | City Hall |
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Manhattan 40°42′46″N 74°00′21″W / 40.7127°N 74.0059°W |
New York | Oldest city hall in U.S. still in use as main municipal government building |
| 24 | Conference House |
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Tottenville 40°30′11″N 74°15′11″W / 40.503072°N 74.253159°W |
Richmond | Only surviving pre-Revolutionary War manor house in New York City; site of unsuccessful peace conference in 1776 |
| 25 | Will Marion Cook House |
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Manhattan 40°49′05″N 73°56′35″W / 40.818096°N 73.942924°W |
New York | Home of the leading black composer and musician Will Marion Cook |
| 26 | Cooper Union |
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Manhattan 40°43′46″N 73°59′26″W / 40.729405°N 73.990417°W |
New York | Pioneering adult education center; site of famous anti-slavery speech by Abraham Lincoln |
| 27 | Daily News Building |
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Manhattan 40°44′58″N 73°58′25″W / 40.749544°N 73.973492°W |
New York | First modern free-standing skyscraper designed by Raymond Hood |
| 28 | Dakota Apartments |
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Manhattan 40°46′36″N 73°58′35″W / 40.776642°N 73.976269°W |
New York | Combination of Renaissance architectural styles by Henry Hardenbergh |
| 29 | Dyckman House |
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Manhattan 40°52′03″N 73°55′24″W / 40.8674°N 73.9233°W |
New York | Only remaining farmhouse in Manhattan |
| 30 | Eldridge Street Synagogue |
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Manhattan 40°42′54″N 73°59′38″W / 40.715007°N 73.993982°W |
New York | One of the oldest synagogues in the U.S.; first built by Jews from Eastern Europe |
| 31 | Duke Ellington House |
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Manhattan 40°49′56″N 73°56′27″W / 40.832269°N 73.94096°W |
New York | Ellington, the legendary jazz composer and bandleader, lived in Apartment 4A from 1939 to 1961 |
| 32 | Empire State Building |
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Manhattan 40°44′54″N 73°59′08″W / 40.748433°N 73.985694°W |
New York | World's tallest building from 1931 to 1972 and internationally recognized symbol of New York City |
| 33 | Equitable Building |
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Manhattan 40°42′35″N 74°00′40″W / 40.709722°N 74.011111°W |
New York | One of the earliest skyscrapers in Manhattan; profoundly influenced later skyscraper design |
| 34 | Hamilton Fish House |
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Manhattan 40°43′48″N 73°59′19″W / 40.730052°N 73.988583°W |
New York | Home of Hamilton Fish, future Governor and Senator of New York |
| 35 | Flatiron Building |
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Manhattan 40°44′28″N 73°59′23″W / 40.741111°N 73.989722°W |
New York | Distinctive triangular building at Madison Square. |
| 36 | Founder's Hall, The Rockefeller University |
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Manhattan 40°45′45″N 73°57′18″W / 40.762471°N 73.955074°W |
New York | Building marked the start of John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s putting the vast family fortune to philanthropic purposes |
| 37 | The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library Building |
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Manhattan 40°46′17″N 73°58′02″W / 40.771261°N 73.967241°W |
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| 38 | Governors Island |
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Manhattan 40°41′29″N 74°00′58″W / 40.691389°N 74.016111°W |
New York | Island in NY Harbor which served various branches of the US Military from 1783 until the late 1990s; now a park |
| 39 | Grace Church |
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Manhattan 40°43′54″N 73°59′31″W / 40.731667°N 73.991944°W |
New York | Gothic Revival masterpiece designed by James Renwick Jr. |
| 40 | Grand Central Terminal |
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Manhattan 40°45′10″N 73°58′35″W / 40.7528°N 73.976522°W |
New York | Beaux-Arts architecture; historic rail gateway to New York City; largest train station in the world by number of platforms |
| 41 | Green-Wood Cemetery |
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Brooklyn 40°39′08″N 73°59′28″W / 40.6522°N 73.9911°W |
Kings | Popular tourist attraction in the 1850s; most famous New Yorkers who died during the second half of the nineteenth century buried here |
| 42 | Hamilton Grange National Memorial |
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Manhattan 40°49′17″N 73°56′50″W / 40.821389°N 73.947222°W |
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 |
| 43 | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum |
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Manhattan 40°46′58″N 73°57′32″W / 40.782883°N 73.958992°W |
New York | The only museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright |
| 44 | Henry Street Settlement and Neighborhood Playhouse |
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Manhattan 40°42′50″N 73°59′07″W / 40.713889°N 73.985278°W |
New York | One of the nation's first settlement homes where new immigrants and the poor could find assistance |
| 45 | Matthew Henson Residence |
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Manhattan 40°49′32″N 73°56′20″W / 40.825444°N 73.93875°W |
New York | Home of Matthew Henson, African-American polar explorer who may have been the first to reach the North Pole |
| 46 | Hispanic Society of America |
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Manhattan 40°50′01″N 73°56′47″W / 40.833521°N 73.946514°W |
New York | Museum of Iberian Art |
| 47 | Holland Tunnel |
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Manhattan 40°43′39″N 74°01′17″W / 40.7275°N 74.021389°W |
New York | Tunnel underneath the Hudson River, connecting Manhattan and New Jersey; civil engineering landmark; one of the earliest ventilated tunnels |
| 48 | USS Intrepid |
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Manhattan 40°45′53″N 74°00′04″W / 40.7648°N 74.001°W |
New York | One of the most active U.S. ships during World War II; today the Intrepid Museum moored along the West Side |
| 49 | James Weldon Johnson Residence |
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Manhattan 40°48′55″N 73°56′35″W / 40.815278°N 73.943056°W |
New York | Harlem home of African-American artist-activist James Weldon Johnson |
| 50 | King Manor |
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Jamaica 40°42′11″N 73°48′14″W / 40.703021°N 73.80376°W |
Queens | Home of Rufus King, a signer of Declaration of Independence and early U.S. Senator from New York |
| 51 | Lettie G. Howard (schooner) |
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Manhattan 40°42′22″N 74°00′12″W / 40.706111°N 74.003333°W |
New York | Last remaining Fredonia-type schooner (once the standard for American fishing boats) at the South Street Seaport |
| 52 | Lorillard Snuff Mill |
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New York Botanical Garden 40°51′35″N 73°52′34″W / 40.859681°N 73.876174°W |
Bronx | Oldest existing tobacco-manufacturing facility in U.S. |
| 53 | Low Memorial Library |
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Columbia University 40°48′30″N 73°57′43″W / 40.80826°N 73.96188°W |
New York | First building on Morningside Heights campus; capped by largest freestanding granite dome in U.S. |
| 54 | R. H. Macy and Company Store (Macy's) |
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Manhattan 40°45′01″N 73°59′18″W / 40.750278°N 73.988333°W |
New York | Largest department store in world for many years |
| 55 | McGraw-Hill Building |
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Manhattan 40°45′26″N 73°59′28″W / 40.757222°N 73.991111°W |
New York | Early Art Deco building; first U.S. building in International Style |
| 56 | Claude McKay Residence |
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Manhattan 40°48′51″N 73°56′30″W / 40.814167°N 73.94166°W |
New York | The Harlem YMCA, whose residents included African-American writer Claude McKay |
| 57 | Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower |
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Manhattan 40°44′28″N 73°59′15″W / 40.74124°N 73.9874°W |
New York | Tallest building in the world 1909-13; still part of the skyline a century later |
| 58 | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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Manhattan 40°46′44″N 73°57′49″W / 40.77891°N 73.96367°W |
New York | The Fifth Avenue building of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the world's most important and prestigious art museums |
| 59 | J. Pierpont Morgan Library |
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Manhattan 40°44′56″N 73°58′54″W / 40.748803°N 73.981556°W |
New York | Office, Library, and now Museum of J. P. Morgan; the Panic of 1907 ended in the Library |
| 60 | Morris-Jumel Mansion |
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Manhattan 40°50′04″N 73°56′19″W / 40.834528°N 73.938611°W |
New York | Oldest residential building in Manhattan |
| 61 | National City Bank Building |
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Manhattan 40°42′22″N 74°00′33″W / 40.706039°N 74.009174°W |
New York | Home to one of the country's largest and most important banks since 1908 |
| 62 | New York Amsterdam News Building |
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Manhattan 40°48′54″N 73°56′41″W / 40.814944°N 73.94472°W |
New York | Influential black newspaper the New York Amsterdam News was published here 1916-38 |
| 63 | New York Botanical Garden |
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Bronx 40°51′49″N 73°52′42″W / 40.863611°N 73.878333°W |
Bronx | One of the world's leading botanical gardens, with the largest herbarium in the U.S. and second largest in the world after the French National Museum of Natural History and home to many plant laboratories |
| 64 | New York Cotton Exchange |
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Manhattan 40°42′16″N 74°00′37″W / 40.704444°N 74.010167°W |
New York | First commodity market in the U.S.; now 1 Hanover Square |
| 65 | New York Life Building |
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Manhattan 40°44′34″N 73°59′08″W / 40.742778°N 73.985556°W |
New York | Last significant Cass Gilbert skyscraper in Manhattan |
| 66 | New York Public Library |
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Manhattan 40°45′12″N 73°58′56″W / 40.753333°N 73.982222°W |
New York | One of the largest and most important libraries in the U.S.; listing is for main branch building. |
| 67 | New York Stock Exchange |
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Manhattan 40°42′25″N 74°00′40″W / 40.706833°N 74.011028°W |
New York | One of the first securities markets in the U.S.; still the world's largest |
| 68 | New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture |
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Manhattan 40°43′59″N 73°59′54″W / 40.73295°N 73.998306°W |
New York | Original home of the Whitney Museum, the first devoted to 20th-century American art |
| 69 | New York Yacht Club |
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Manhattan 40°45′20″N 73°58′54″W / 40.755556°N 73.981556°W |
New York | Oldest yachting club in U.S.; longtime home of the America's Cup |
| 70 | Old Merchant's House |
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Manhattan 40°43′39″N 73°59′33″W / 40.7276°N 73.992386°W |
New York | Nineteenth-century family home; preserved inside and out |
| 71 | Old Quaker Meeting House |
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Flushing 40°45′47″N 73°49′49″W / 40.763028°N 73.830365°W |
Queens | Only surviving 17th-century ecclesiastical frame building in New York; in almost continuous use since 1696 |
| 72 | Philosophy Hall |
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Columbia University 40°48′22″N 73°57′45″W / 40.806111°N 73.9625°W |
New York | Edwin Armstrong developed FM radio in this Columbia University building |
| 73 | Players Club |
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Manhattan 40°44′15″N 73°59′13″W / 40.737503°N 73.987058°W |
New York | Extensive collection of art and theater memorabilia; interior redone by Stanford White |
| 74 | Plaza Hotel |
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Manhattan 40°45′53″N 73°58′28″W / 40.764712°N 73.974574°W |
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 |
| 75 | Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims |
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Brooklyn 40°41′57″N 73°59′37″W / 40.699272°N 73.993556°W |
Kings | Important station on Underground Railroad when Henry Ward Beecher was pastor |
| 76 | Pupin Physics Laboratory, Columbia University |
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Columbia University 40°48′36″N 73°57′42″W / 40.810064°N 73.961533°W |
New York | Columbia University building; site of first splitting of uranium atom in U.S. and other milestones in development of atomic bomb |
| 77 | Quarters A, Brooklyn Navy Yard |
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Brooklyn 40°42′09″N 73°58′52″W / 40.702494°N 73.981114°W |
Kings | Home to Matthew Perry at the time of his opening of Japan |
| 78 | Paul Robeson Home |
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Manhattan 40°50′04″N 73°56′20″W / 40.834361°N 73.938972°W |
New York | Home of legendary African-American actor and activist Paul Robeson |
| 79 | Jackie Robinson House |
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Brooklyn 40°38′54″N 73°54′54″W / 40.648292°N 73.915081°W |
Kings | Home of baseball great Jackie Robinson |
| 80 | Rockefeller Center |
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Manhattan 40°45′31″N 73°58′45″W / 40.758611°N 73.979167°W |
New York | Successful urban planning project of 20th-century America; changed Midtown Manhattan; originating site of popular NBC television programs Today and Saturday Night Live |
| 81 | Sailors' Snug Harbor |
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Sailors' Snug Harbor 40°38′33″N 74°06′10″W / 40.6425°N 74.102778°W |
Richmond | First and only home for retired merchant seamen in U.S. |
| 82 | St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church |
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Brooklyn 40°41′40″N 73°59′35″W / 40.694583°N 73.992975°W |
Kings | Site of first figural stained-glass windows in U.S. |
| 83 | St. George's Episcopal Church |
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Manhattan 40°44′04″N 73°59′06″W / 40.734397°N 73.984964°W |
New York | Home church of Harry Thacker Burleigh, African-American singer who helped establish the spiritual in the liturgy of many American faiths |
| 84 | St. Patrick's Cathedral |
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Manhattan 40°45′31″N 73°58′35″W / 40.758611°N 73.976389°W |
New York | First large-scale medieval-style church built in U.S. |
| 85 | St. Paul's Chapel |
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Manhattan 40°42′41″N 74°00′36″W / 40.711394°N 74.009947°W |
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 attacks |
| 86 | Margaret Sanger Clinic |
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Manhattan 40°44′17″N 73°59′39″W / 40.738056°N 73.994167°W |
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| 87 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture |
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Harlem 40°48′52″N 73°56′29″W / 40.814444°N 73.941389°W |
New York | Research library of the New York Public Library (NYPL) and an archive repository for information on people of African descent worldwide. |
| 88 | Gen. Winfield Scott House |
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Manhattan 40°44′06″N 73°59′45″W / 40.735°N 73.995833°W |
New York | Home of Winfield Scott, heroic general in the U.S.-Mexican War and later presidential candidate |
| 89 | Seventh Regiment Armory |
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Manhattan 40°46′03″N 73°57′58″W / 40.7675°N 73.966111°W |
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 |
| 90 | Harry F. Sinclair House |
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Manhattan 40°46′36″N 73°57′49″W / 40.77675°N 73.963611°W |
New York | Harry F. Sinclair, the oil industrialist, lived here from 1918 to 1930; now part of the Ukrainian Institute; often used in filmmaking and television production |
| 91 | Alfred E. Smith House |
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Manhattan 40°42′48″N 73°59′53″W / 40.713208°N 73.997962°W |
New York | Home of four time New York State governor, Alfred E. Smith (and later presidential candidate) from 1907 to 1923 |
| 92 | SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District |
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Manhattan 40°43′28″N 74°00′05″W / 40.724315°N 74.001292°W |
New York | Believed to be the largest existing collection of late 19th-century cast iron facades in the world |
| 93 | A. T. Stewart Company Store |
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Manhattan 40°42′51″N 74°00′22″W / 40.71425°N 74.006111°W |
New York | Site of the first American department store (now known as the "New York Sun Building") |
| 94 | Stonewall |
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Manhattan 40°44′02″N 74°00′08″W / 40.733797°N 74.0021°W |
New York | Site of 1969 Stonewall riots which began gay rights movement |
| 95 | St. Bartholomew's Church and Community House |
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Midtown Manhattan 40°45′26″N 73°58′25″W / 40.757222°N 73.973611°W |
New York | A pivotal example of the work of Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and an outstanding example of early 20th-century ecclesiastical architecture. |
| 96 | Surrogate's Court |
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Manhattan 40°42′49″N 74°00′17″W / 40.713511°N 74.004589°W |
New York | Probate Courthouse across from City Hall |
| 97 | Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street |
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Manhattan 40°43′07″N 73°59′25″W / 40.7185°N 73.990139°W |
New York | Preserved tenement building that housed hundreds of immigrants; now the heart of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. |
| 98 | Third Judicial District Courthouse |
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Manhattan 40°44′05″N 73°59′57″W / 40.734722°N 73.999167°W |
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 |
| 99 | Tiffany and Company Building |
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Manhattan 40°45′00″N 73°58′53″W / 40.75°N 73.981306°W |
New York | Served as the home of Tiffany and Company from 1905 through 1940 |
| 100 | Samuel J. Tilden House |
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Manhattan 40°44′15″N 73°59′14″W / 40.7375°N 73.987222°W |
New York | Home of Samuel J. Tilden, former New York State governor and loser of the bitter 1876 presidential election |
| 101 | The Town Hall |
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Manhattan 40°45′22″N 73°59′05″W / 40.755986°N 73.984712°W 40°45′22″N 73°59′05″W / 40.755986°N 73.984712°W |
New York | "America's Town Meetings of the Air" radio programs from here in the 1930s created public-affairs media. |
| 102 | Triangle Shirtwaist Factory |
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Manhattan 40°43′48″N 73°59′45″W / 40.730011°N 73.995817°W |
New York | Site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, one of the worst industrial disasters in the U.S., which led to many workplace reforms |
| 103 | Trinity Church |
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Manhattan 40°42′29″N 74°00′44″W / 40.708056°N 74.012222°W |
New York | Historic church which looks down Wall Street |
| 104 | Old New York County Courthouse |
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Manhattan 40°42′47″N 74°00′22″W / 40.713167°N 74.006°W |
New York | Historic courthouse, more commonly known as the Tweed Courthouse, connected to Tammany Hall, now used by NYC's Department of Education |
| 105 | Union Square |
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Manhattan 40°44′08″N 73°59′26″W / 40.735556°N 73.990556°W |
New York | The political heart of Manhattan; many protests begin or end here |
| 106 | United Charities Building |
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Manhattan 40°44′22″N 73°59′11″W / 40.739389°N 73.986389°W |
New York | Built in 1893 by a wealthy businessman in order to provide his favorite charities a low cost location for their operations |
| 107 | United Workers Cooperatives |
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Bronx 40°51′59″N 73°52′11″W / 40.866389°N 73.869722°W |
Bronx | Built in 1926 by the United Workers' Association to improve the living standards of its members, many of whom lived in squalid conditions in the tenements of the Lower East Side |
| 108 | U.S. Customhouse |
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Manhattan 40°42′15″N 74°00′50″W / 40.704294°N 74.013773°W |
New York | Cass Gilbert designed Customhouse for New York Harbor; now part of the Smithsonian Institution |
| 109 | University Heights Campus (Bronx Community College of the City University of New York) |
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Bronx 40°51′28″N 73°54′44″W / 40.857778°N 73.912222°W |
Bronx | Collection of Beaux Arts buildings by Stanford White is one of the best examples of that style anywhere. |
| 110 | Van Cortlandt House |
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Van Cortlandt Park 40°53′24″N 73°53′47″W / 40.89°N 73.896389°W |
Bronx | Mansion for the Van Cortlandt family built in 1748 and used during the American Revolution |
| 111 | Voorlezer's House |
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Richmondtown 40°34′17″N 74°08′51″W / 40.571417°N 74.1475°W |
Richmond | Oldest known surviving schoolhouse in America; owned by the Staten Island historical society |
| 112 | Wards Point Archeological Site |
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Tottenville 40°29′56″N 74°15′07″W / 40.498889°N 74.251944°W |
Richmond | Archaeological site in Conference House Park containing prehistoric remains. |
| 113 | Woodlawn Cemetery |
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Bronx 40°53′21″N 73°52′24″W / 40.889167°N 73.873333°W |
Bronx | Illustrates transition from rural cemetery to 20th-century styles; notable dead buried here include Robert Moses and R.H. Macy |
| 114 | Woolworth Building |
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Manhattan 40°42′44″N 74°00′29″W / 40.712222°N 74.008056°W |
New York | One of the oldest — and most famous — skyscrapers in New York City; still one of the tallest buildings in New York City |
| 115 | Wyckoff House |
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Brooklyn 40°38′40″N 73°55′15″W / 40.644342°N 73.920777°W |
Kings | Oldest surviving Dutch saltbox frame house in America |
| 116 | Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead |
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Brooklyn 40°36′39″N 73°57′05″W / 40.610851°N 73.951265°W |
Kings | Housed Hessian soldiers during the American Revolution |
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 Memorials or National Historic Sites in New York City (all but the Statue of Liberty are also National Historic Landmarks):
- African Burial Ground National Monument, declared February 27, 2006
- Governors Island National Monument, declared January 19, 2001
- Statue of Liberty National Monument, declared October 15, 1924
- Stonewall National Monument, declared June 24, 2016
- Federal Hall National Memorial
- General Grant National Memorial (Grant's Tomb)
- Castle Clinton National Monument
- Hamilton Grange National Memorial
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Former National Historic Landmarks in New York City
| Landmark name | Image | Date of designation | Date of move or dedesignation |
Location | County | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florence Mills House |  |
December 8, 1976 | January 26, 2009 | 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. The wrong house was listed in error, and the proper house was demolished. The National Park Service withdrew the landmark designation in 2009. |
| 2 | Jacob Riis House | November 24, 1968 | 1973 | Richmond Hill | Queens | Home of social activist Jacob Riis; demolished in 1973. |
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in New York
- List of National Historic Landmarks by state
- List of Registered Historic Places in New York City
- List of New York City Designated Landmarks
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