List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City

This article lists National Historic Landmarks in New York City, of which there are 113. 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 261 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.

National Historic Landmarks in New York City

	Landmark name	Image	Date designated	Location	County	Description
1	69th Regiment Armory		June 19, 1966 (#93001538)	Manhattan	New York	Home of the watershed Armory Show in 1913, which introduced America to modern art
2	Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Gravesite		October 17, 2012 (#12001008)	The Bronx	Bronx	Only intact known property directly associated with Admiral David Farragut
3	African Burial Ground		April 19, 1993 (#93001597)	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
4	Ambrose (lightship)		April 11, 1989 (#84002758)	Manhattan	New York	Lightship, several miles offshore, that marked Ambrose Channel into New York Harbor, now at South Street Seaport Museum.
5	American Stock Exchange Building		June 6, 1978 (#78001867)	Manhattan	New York	One of the world-class stock exchanges dating back to colonial times
6	Louis Armstrong House		May 11, 1976 (#76001265)	Corona	Queens	Home of jazz legend Louis Armstrong for 28 years
7	Chester A. Arthur House	Chester A. Arthur House	December 12, 1965 (#66000534)	Manhattan	New York	Home of President Chester A. Arthur; site of his inaugural oath
8	Alice Austen House	Alice Austen House	April 19, 1993 (#70000925)	Rosebank	Richmond (Staten Island)	Home of photographer Alice Austen, now a museum
9	Bartow-Pell Mansion		December 8, 1976 (#74001220)	Pelham Bay Park	Bronx	19th-century mansion in largest New York City park
10	Bayard-Condict Building		December 8, 1976 (#76001236)	Manhattan	New York	Only Louis Sullivan building in New York City; one of the first steel skeleton skyscrapers
11	Bell Laboratories Building		May 15, 1975 (#75001202)	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.
12	Bronx Community College		October 17, 2012 (#12001013)	The Bronx	Bronx	Collection of Beaux Arts buildings by Stanford White is one of the best examples of that style anywhere.
13	Brooklyn Bridge		January 29, 1954 (#66000523)	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"
14	Brooklyn Heights Historic District	Brooklyn Heights Historic District	January 12, 1965 (#66000524)	Brooklyn	Kings	Exemplary collection of 19th-century architectural styles; first historic district in New York City
15	Brooklyn Historical Society Building		July 17, 1991 (#91002054)	Brooklyn	Kings	One of the few remaining buildings by George B. Post; innovative structural system
16	Ralph Johnson Bunche House		May 11, 1976 (#76001266)	Kew Gardens	Queens	Home of Ralph Johnson Bunche, eminent African-American diplomat and Undersecretary General of United Nations
17	Carnegie Hall		December 29, 1962 (#66000535)	Manhattan	New York	One of the most famous music venues in the world
18	Andrew Carnegie Mansion		November 13, 1966 (#66000536)	Manhattan	New York	Home of Andrew Carnegie, now the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
19	Central Park		May 23, 1963 (#66000538)	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.
20	Central Synagogue		May 15, 1975 (#70000423)	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
21	Chamber of Commerce Building		December 22, 1977 (#73001214)	Manhattan	New York	New York City's Chamber of Commerce; established in 1768; prototype for the organization
22	Chrysler Building		December 8, 1976 (#76001237)	Manhattan	New York	Art Deco skyscraper; distinctive feature of Manhattan skyline; at one point world's tallest building
23	Church of the Ascension		December 23, 1987 (#87002593)	Manhattan	New York	Early church design by Richard Upjohn; valuable interior artwork
24	City Hall		December 19, 1960 (#66000539)	Manhattan	New York	Oldest city hall in U.S. still in use as main municipal government building
25	Conference House		May 23, 1966 (#66000566)	Tottenville	Richmond (Staten Island)	Only surviving pre-Revolutionary War manor house in New York City; site of unsuccessful peace conference in 1776
26	Will Marion Cook House		May 11, 1976 (#76001238)	Manhattan	New York	Home of the leading black composer and musician Will Marion Cook
27	Cooper Union		July 4, 1961 (#66000540)	Manhattan	New York	Pioneering adult education center; site of famous anti-slavery speech by Abraham Lincoln
28	Daily News Building		June 29, 1989 (#82001191)	Manhattan	New York	First modernistic free-standing skyscraper designed by Raymond Hood
29	Dakota Apartments		December 8, 1976 (#72000869)	Manhattan	New York	Combination of Renaissance architectural styles by Henry Hardenbergh; setting for Rosemary's Baby and the shooting death of John Lennon
30	Dyckman House		December 24, 1967 (#67000014)	Manhattan	New York	Only remaining farmhouse in Manhattan
31	Eldridge Street Synagogue		June 19, 1996 (#80002687)	Manhattan	New York	One of the oldest synagogues in the U.S.; first built by Jews from Eastern Europe
32	Duke Ellington House		May 11, 1976 (#76001239)	Manhattan	New York	Ellington, the legendary jazz composer and bandleader, lived in Apartment 4A from 1939–61
33	Empire State Building		June 24, 1986 (#82001192)	Manhattan	New York	World's tallest building from 1931–1972 and internationally recognized symbol of New York City
34	Equitable Building		June 2, 1978 (#78001869)	Manhattan	New York	One of the earliest skyscrapers in Manhattan; profoundly influenced later skyscraper design
35	Hamilton Fish House		May 15, 1975 (#72001456)	Manhattan	New York	Home of Hamilton Fish, future Governor and Senator of New York
36	Flatiron Building	Flatiron Building	June 29, 1989 (#79001603)	Manhattan	New York	Considered the World's first skyscraper. Distinctive triangular building at Madison Square; world's tallest 1901-1911
37	Founder's Hall, The Rockefeller University		May 30, 1974 (#74001269)	Manhattan	New York	Building marked the start of John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s putting the vast family fortune to philanthropic purposes
38	The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library Building		October 6, 2008 (#08001091)	Manhattan	New York
39	Governors Island		February 4, 1985 (#85002435)	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
40	Grace Church	Grace Church	December 22, 1977 (#74001270)	Manhattan	New York	Gothic Revival masterpiece designed by James Renwick, Jr.
41	Grand Central Terminal		December 8, 1976 (#75001206)	Manhattan	New York	Beaux-Arts architecture; historic rail gateway to New York City; largest train station in the world by number of platforms
42	Green-Wood Cemetery		September 20, 2006 (#97000228)	Brooklyn	Kings	Popular tourist attraction in the 1850s; most famous New Yorkers who died during the second half of the nineteenth century buried here
43	Hamilton Grange National Memorial		December 19, 1960 (#66000097)	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
44	Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum		October 6, 2008 (#05000443)	Manhattan	New York
45	Henry Street Settlement and Neighborhood Playhouse		May 30, 1974 (#74001272)	Manhattan	New York	One of the nation's first settlement homes where new immigrants and the poor could find assistance
46	Matthew Henson Residence		May 15, 1975 (#75001207)	Manhattan	New York	Home of Matthew Henson, African-American polar explorer who may have been the first to reach the North Pole
47	Hispanic Society of America		October 17, 2012 (#12001009)	Manhattan	New York	Museum of Iberian Art
48	Holland Tunnel		November 4, 1993 (#93001619)	Manhattan	New York	Tunnel underneath the Hudson River, connecting Manhattan and New Jersey; civil engineering landmark; one of the earliest ventilated tunnels
49	USS Intrepid		January 14, 1986 (#86000082)	Manhattan	New York	One of the most active U.S. ships during World War II; today a museum moored along the West Side
50	James Weldon Johnson Residence		May 11, 1976 (#76001241)	Manhattan	New York	Harlem home of African-American artist-activist James Weldon Johnson
51	King Manor		December 2, 1974 (#74001295)	Jamaica	Queens	Home of Rufus King, a signer of Declaration of Independence and early U.S. Senator from New York
52	Lettie G. Howard (schooner)		April 11, 1989 (#84002779)	Manhattan	New York	Last remaining Fredonia-type schooner (once the standard for American fishing boats) at the South Street Seaport
53	Lorillard Snuff Mill		December 22, 1977 (#77000935)	New York Botanical Garden	Bronx	Oldest existing tobacco-manufacturing facility in U.S.
54	Low Memorial Library		December 23, 1987 (#87002599)	Columbia University	New York	First building on Morningside Heights campus; capped by largest freestanding granite dome in U.S.
55	R. H. Macy and Company Store (Macy's)		June 2, 1978 (#78001873)	Manhattan	New York	Largest department store in world for many years
56	McGraw Hill Building		June 29, 1989 (#80002701)	Manhattan	New York	Landmark Art Deco building; first U.S. building in International Style
57	Claude McKay Residence		December 8, 1976 (#76002143)	Manhattan	New York	Home of African-American writer Claude McKay; now Harlem YMCA
58	Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower	Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower	June 2, 1978 (#78001874)	Manhattan	New York	Tallest building in the world 1909-13; still part of the skyline a century later
59	Metropolitan Museum of Art		June 24, 1986 (#86003556)	Manhattan	New York	One of the world's most important and prestigious art museums
60	Pierpont Morgan Library		November 13, 1966 (#66000544)	Manhattan	New York	Office, Library, and now Museum of J. P. Morgan; the Panic of 1907 ended in the Library
61	Morris-Jumel Mansion		January 20, 1961 (#66000545)	Manhattan	New York	Oldest building in Manhattan
62	National City Bank Building		June 2, 1978 (#78001875)	Manhattan	New York	Home to one of the country's largest and most important banks since 1908
63	New York Amsterdam News Building		May 11, 1976 (#76001247)	Manhattan	New York	Influential black newspaper the New York Amsterdam News was published here 1916-38
64	New York Botanical Garden		May 28, 1967 (#67000009)	The Bronx	Bronx	One of the leading botanical gardens in the world and home to many plant laboratories
65	New York Cotton Exchange		December 22, 1977 (#72001586)	Manhattan	New York	First commodity market in the U.S.
66	New York Life Building		June 2, 1978 (#78001876)	Manhattan	New York	Last significant Cass Gilbert skyscraper in Manhattan
67	New York Public Library		December 21, 1965 (#66000546)	Manhattan	New York	One of the largest and most important libraries in the U.S.
68	New York Stock Exchange	New York Stock Exchange	June 2, 1978 (#78001877)	Manhattan	New York	One of the first securities markets in the U.S.; still the world's largest
69	New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture		April 27, 1992 (#92001877)	Manhattan	New York	Original home of the Whitney Museum, the first devoted to 20th-century American art
70	New York Yacht Club		May 28, 1987 (#82001203)	Manhattan	New York	Oldest yachting club in U.S.; longtime home of the America's Cup
71	Old Merchant's House		June 23, 1965 (#66000548)	Manhattan	New York	Nineteenth-century family home; preserved inside and out
72	Old Quaker Meeting House		December 24, 1967 (#67000015)	Flushing	Queens	Only surviving 17th-century ecclesiastical frame building in New York; in almost continuous use since 1696
73	Philosophy Hall	Philosophy Hall	July 21, 2003 (#03001046)	Columbia University	New York	Edwin Armstrong developed FM radio in this Columbia University building
74	Players Club		December 19, 1962 (#66000549)	Manhattan	New York	Extensive collection of art and theater memorabilia; interior redone by Stanford White
75	Plaza Hotel		June 24, 1986 (#78001878)	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
76	Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims		July 4, 1961 (#66000525)	Brooklyn	Kings	Important station on Underground Railroad when Henry Ward Beecher was pastor
77	Pupin Physics Laboratory, Columbia University		December 21, 1965 (#66000550)	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
78	Quarters A, Brooklyn Navy Yard		May 30, 1974 (#74001252)	Brooklyn	Kings	Home to Matthew Perry at the time of his opening of Japan
79	Paul Robeson Home		December 8, 1976 (#76001248)	Manhattan	New York	Home of legendary African-American actor and activist Paul Robeson
80	Jackie Robinson House		May 11, 1976 (#76001226)	Brooklyn	Kings	Home of baseball great Jackie Robinson
81	Rockefeller Center	Rockefeller Center	December 23, 1987 (#87002591)	Manhattan	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
82	Sailors' Snug Harbor		December 8, 1976 (#72000909)	Sailors' Snug Harbor	Richmond (Staten Island)	First and only home for retired merchant seamen in U.S.
83	St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church		December 23, 1987 (#87002590)	Brooklyn	Kings	Site of first figural stained-glass windows in U.S.
84	St. George's Episcopal Church		December 8, 1976 (#76001249)	Manhattan	New York	Home church of Harry Thacker Burleigh, African-American singer who helped establish the spiritual in the liturgy of many American faiths
85	St. Patrick's Cathedral		December 8, 1976 (#76001250)	Manhattan	New York	First large-scale medieval-style church built in U.S.
86	St. Paul's Chapel		October 9, 1960 (#66000551)	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
87	Margaret Sanger Clinic	Margaret Sanger Clinic	September 14, 1993 (#93001599)	Manhattan	New York	Clinic where Margaret Sanger dispensed birth control
88	Gen. Winfield Scott House		November 7, 1973 (#73001222)	Manhattan	New York	Home of Winfield Scott, heroic general in the U.S.-Mexican War and later presidential candidate
89	Seventh Regiment Armory		February 24, 1986 (#75001208)	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
90	Harry F. Sinclair House		June 2, 1978 (#78001882)	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
91	Alfred E. Smith House		November 28, 1972 (#72000882)	Manhattan	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		June 2, 1978 (#78001883)	Manhattan	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		June 2, 1978 (#78001885)	Manhattan	New York	Site of the first American department store (now known as the New York Sun building)
94	Stonewall		February 16, 2000 (#99000562)	Manhattan	New York	Site of 1969 Stonewall riots which began gay rights movement
95	Surrogate's Court		December 22, 1977 (#72000888)	Manhattan	New York	Probate Courthouse across from NYC's city hall
96	Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street		April 19, 1994 (#92000556)	Manhattan	New York	Preserved tenement building that housed hundreds of immigrants; now the heart of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.
97	Third Judicial District Courthouse		December 22, 1977 (#72000875)	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
98	Tiffany and Company Building	Tiffany and Company Building	June 2, 1978 (#78001886)	Manhattan	New York	Served as the home of Tiffany and Company from 1905 through 1940
99	Samuel J. Tilden House		May 11, 1976 (#76001251)	Manhattan	New York	Home of Samuel J. Tilden, former New York State governor and loser of the bitter 1876 presidential election
100	The Town Hall		March 2, 2012 (#80002724)	Manhattan	New York	"America's Town Meetings of the Air" radio programs from here in the 1930s created public-affairs media.
101	Triangle Shirtwaist Factory		July 17, 1971 (#91002050)	Manhattan	New York	Site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, one of the worst industrial disasters in the US, which led to many workplace reforms
102	Trinity Church		December 8, 1976 (#76001252)	Manhattan	New York	Historic church which looks down Wall Street
103	Old New York County Courthouse		May 11, 1976 (#74001277)	Manhattan	New York	Historic courthouse, more commonly known as the Tweed Courthouse, connected to Tammany Hall, now used by NYC's Department of Education
104	Union Square		December 9, 1997 (#97001678)	Manhattan	New York	The political heart of Manhattan; many protests begin or end here
105	United Charities Building		July 17, 1991 (#85000661)	Manhattan	New York	Built in 1893 by a wealthy businessman in order to provide his favorite charities a low cost location for their operations
106	U.S. Customhouse		December 8, 1976 (#72000889)	Manhattan	New York	Cass Gilbert designed Customhouse for New York Harbor; now part of the Smithsonian Institution
107	Van Cortlandt House	Van Cortlandt House	December 24, 1976 (#67000010)	Van Cortlandt Park	Bronx	Mansion for the Van Cortlandt family built in 1748 and used during the American Revolution
108	Voorlezer's House		November 5, 1961 (#66000565)	Richmondtown	Richmond (Staten Island)	Oldest known surviving schoolhouse in America; owned by the Staten Island historical society
109	Wards Point Archeological Site		April 19, 1993 (#93000609)	Tottenville	Richmond (Staten Island)	Archaeological site in Conference House Park containing prehistoric remains.
110	Woodlawn Cemetery	Woodlawn Cemetery	June 23, 2011 (#11000563)	Bronx	Bronx	Illustrates transition from rural cemetery to 20th-century styles; notable dead buried here include Robert Moses and R.H. Macy
111	Woolworth Building		November 13, 1966 (#66000554)	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
112	Wyckoff House		December 24, 1967 (#67000013)	Brooklyn	Kings	Oldest surviving Dutch saltbox frame house in America
113	Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead		December 24, 1976 (#74001253)	Brooklyn	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 Historic sites in New York City:

• African Burial Ground National Monument, declared 27 February 2006, (also a National Historic Landmark)
• Governors Island National Monument, declared 19 January 2001, (also a National Historic Landmark)
• Statue of Liberty National Monument, declared 15 October 1924,
• Federal Hall (also a National Historic Landmark)
• Grant's Tomb (also a National Historic Landmark)
• Castle Clinton (also a National Historic Landmark)
• Hamilton Grange (also a National Historic Landmark)
• Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace (also a National Historic Landmark)

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

External links

• National Park Service listings of National Historic Landmarks