LGBT historic places in the United States
Name City State Designation Level of designation Date first designated Description
Alice Austen House aka Clear Comfort Staten Island New York NRHP NHL NYCL Federal August 2 , 1967 Birthplace of photographer Alice Austen ( 1866-1952 ) and later of her partner Gertrude Tate
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
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
Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District New York City New York NRHP HD NYCL Federal August 16 , 1966 The John V. Gridley House , 37 Charlton Street , was Marianne Moore 's childhood home
Cherry Grove Community House and Theatre Cherry Grove New York NRHP Federal June 4 , 2013 Oldest continually-operating gay summer theater
Cinema Follies Washington District of Columbia HABS Federal - 37 L St . SE , Washington , DC , was the Cinema Follies , adult film theater for gay men
The Clubhouse Washington District of Columbia HABS Federal - 1296 Upshur St. NW , Washington , DC , was the Clubhouse of the Metropolitan Capitolites , a social club for African American LGBTQ Washingtonians
Earl Hall at Columbia University New York City New York NRHP Federal March 14 , 2018 The Student Homophile League was the first gay student organization in the US , founded at Columbia University in 1966
Edificio Comunidad de Orgullo Gay de Puerto Rico Pueblo Puerto Rico NRHP Federal May 2 , 2016 Founded in 1974 , also known as Casa Orgulllo , meeting place for the first LGBT organization in Puerto Rico
Elks Athletic Club Louisville Kentucky NRHP Federal July 16 , 1979 The Beaux Arts Cocktail Lounge was a club for gay men from 1947 to 1955
Federal Building San Francisco California HD Federal June 5 , 2017 In 1985 a protest took place at this location with AIDS activists chaining themselves to the door of the building , asking for an increase in funding for AIDS-related research , social services , and medical care
The Furies Collective Washington District of Columbia NRHP Federal February 5 , 2016 House of the Furies Collective , a lesbian feminist separatist collective active from 1971 to 1973
Henry Gerber House Chicago Illinois CL NRHP NHL Local June 6 , 2001 Apartment of Henry Gerber , who founded the first gay rights organization
Barbara Gittings Way Philadelphia Pennsylvania - - October 1 , 2012 A section of Locust Street , Philadelphia , is named Barbara Gittings Way in Gittings ' memoir . Gittings ' house was at 236 S 21st Street
Great Wall of Los Angeles Los Angeles California NRHP Federal September 18 , 2017 Represented themes are also gay and lesbian rights
Harleigh Cemetery , Camden Camden New Jersey NJRHP Local 1995 Burial Place of Walt Whitman
Hull House Chicago Illinois NRHP NHL CL Federal June 23 , 1965 Settlement house co-founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr
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
Dr. Franklin E. Kameny Residence Washington District of Columbia NRHP Federal November 2 , 2011 Home of gay rights activist Frank Kameny
James Merrill House Stonington Connecticut NRHP NHL Federal August 28 , 2013 Home of poet James Merrill and his partner David Noyes Jackson
Historic sites
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.