List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City

This article lists National Historic Landmarks in New York City, of which there are 108. 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 256 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.

	Landmark name	Image	Date of designation	Location	County	Description
1	69th Regiment Armory		19 June 1996	Manhattan 40.741648°N 73.983607°W / 40.741648; -73.983607 (69th Regiment Armory)	New York	Home of the watershed Armory Show in 1913, which introduced America to modern art
2	African Burial Ground		19 April 1993	Manhattan 40.714558°N 74.004384°W / 40.714558; -74.004384 (African Burial Ground)	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
3	Ambrose (lightship)		11 April 1989	Manhattan 40.704844°N 74.002467°W / 40.704844; -74.002467 (Ambrose Lightship)	New York	Lightship, several miles offshore, that marked Ambrose Channel into New York Harbor, now at South Street Seaport.
4	American Stock Exchange		6 June 1978	Manhattan 40.7090°N 74.0126°W / 40.7090; -74.0126 (American Stock Exchange)	New York	One of the world-class stock exchanges dating back to colonial times
5	Chester A. Arthur House		12 December 1965	Manhattan 40.74279°N 73.982196°W / 40.74279; -73.982196 (Chester A. Arthur House)	New York	Home of president Chester A. Arthur; site of his inaugural oath
6	Louis Armstrong House		11 May 1976	Corona 40.754556°N 73.861557°W / 40.754556; -73.861557 (Louis Armstrong House)	Queens	Home of jazz legend Louis Armstrong for 28 years
7	Alice Austen House		19 April 1993	Rosebank 40.615129°N 74.062952°W / 40.615129; -74.062952 (Alice Austen House)	Richmond (Staten Island)	Home of photographer Alice Austen, now a museum
8	Bartow-Pell Mansion		8 December 1976	Pelham Bay Park 40.871748°N 73.805578°W / 40.871748; -73.805578 (Bartow-Pell Mansion)	Bronx	19th-century mansion in largest New York City park
9	Bayard-Condict Building		8 December 1976	Manhattan 40.7263°N 73.9956°W / 40.7263; -73.9956 (Bayard-Condict Building)	New York	Only Louis Sullivan building in New York City; one of the first steel skeleton skyscrapers
10	Bell Laboratories Building		15 May 1975	Manhattan 40.736852°N 74.009871°W / 40.736852; -74.009871 (Bell Laboratories Building)	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.
11	Brooklyn Bridge		29 January 1964	Brooklyn and Manhattan 40.706344°N 73.997439°W / 40.706344; -73.997439 (Brooklyn Bridge)	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"
12	Brooklyn Heights Historic District		12 January 1965	Brooklyn	Kings	Exemplary collection of 19th-century architectural styles; first historic district in New York City
13	Brooklyn Historical Society Building		17 July 1991	Brooklyn 40.694761°N 73.992794°W / 40.694761; -73.992794 (Brooklyn Historical Society Building)	Kings	One of the few remaining buildings by George B. Post; innovative structural system
14	Ralph Johnson Bunche House		11 May 1976	Kew Gardens 40.70646°N 73.836998°W / 40.70646; -73.836998 (Ralph Johnson Bunche House)	Queens	Home of Ralph Johnson Bunche, eminent African-American diplomat and Undersecretary General of United Nations
15	Carnegie Hall		29 December 1962	Manhattan 40.764944°N 73.980139°W / 40.764944; -73.980139 (Carnegie Hall)	New York	One of the most famous music venues in the world
16	Andrew Carnegie Mansion		13 November 1966	Manhattan 40.784421°N 73.95789°W / 40.784421; -73.95789 (Andrew Carnegie Mansion)	New York	Home of Andrew Carnegie, now the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
17	Central Park		23 May 1963	Manhattan 40.781944°N 73.966111°W / 40.781944; -73.966111 (Central Park)	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.
18	Central Synagogue		15 May 1975	Manhattan 40.759592°N 73.970473°W / 40.759592; -73.970473 (Central Synagogue)	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
19	Chamber of Commerce Building		22 December 1977	Manhattan 40.709434°N 74.009871°W / 40.709434; -74.009871 (Chamber of Commerce Building)	New York	New York City's Chamber of Commerce; established in 1768; prototype for the organization
20	Chrysler Building		8 December 1976	Manhattan 40.7517°N 73.9753°W / 40.7517; -73.9753 (Chrysler Building)	New York	Art Deco skyscraper; distinctive feature of Manhattan skyline; at one point world's tallest building
21	Church of the Ascension		23 December 1987	Manhattan 40.733647°N 73.995492°W / 40.733647; -73.995492 (Church of the Ascension)	New York	Early church design by Richard Upjohn; valuable interior artwork
22	City Hall		19 December 1960	Manhattan40.7127°N 74.0059°W / 40.7127; -74.0059 (City Hall)	New York	Oldest city hall in U.S. still in use as main municipal government building
23	Conference House		23 May 1966	Tottenville 40.503072°N 74.253159°W / 40.503072; -74.253159 (Conference House)	Richmond (Staten Island)	Only surviving pre-Revolutionary War manor house in New York City; site of unsuccessful peace conference in 1776
24	Will Marion Cook House		11 May 1976	Manhattan 40.818096°N 73.942924°W / 40.818096; -73.942924 (Will Marion Cook House)	New York	Home of the leading black composer and musician Will Marion Cook
25	Cooper Union		4 July 1961	Manhattan 40.729405°N 73.990417°W / 40.729405; -73.990417 (Cooper Union)	New York	Pioneering adult education center; site of famous anti-slavery speech by Abraham Lincoln
26	Daily News Building		29 June 1989	Manhattan 40.749544°N 73.973492°W / 40.749544; -73.973492 (Daily News Building)	New York	First modernistic free-standing skyscraper designed by Raymond Hood
27	Dakota Apartments		8 December 1976	Manhattan 40.776642°N 73.976269°W / 40.776642; -73.976269 (Dakota Apartments)	New York	Combination of Renaissance architectural styles by Henry Hardenbergh; setting for Rosemary's Baby and the shooting death of John Lennon
28	Dyckman House		24 December 1967	Manhattan 40.8674°N 73.9233°W / 40.8674; -73.9233 (Dyckman House)	New York	Only remaining farmhouse in Manhattan
29	Eldridge Street Synagogue		19 June 1996	Manhattan 40.715007°N 73.993982°W / 40.715007; -73.993982 (Eldridge Street Synagogue)	New York	One of the oldest synagogues in the U.S.; first built by Jews from Eastern Europe
30	Duke Ellington House		11 May 1976	Manhattan 40.832269°N 73.94096°W / 40.832269; -73.94096 (Duke Ellington House)	New York	Ellington, the legendary jazz composer and bandleader, lived in Apartment 4A from 1939–61
31	Empire State Building		24 June 1986	Manhattan 40.748433°N 73.985694°W / 40.748433; -73.985694 (Empire State Building)	New York	Current tallest building in New York and internationally-recognized symbol of the city
32	Equitable Building		2 June 1978	Manhattan 40.709722°N 74.011111°W / 40.709722; -74.011111 (Equitable Building)	New York	One of the earliest skyscrapers in Manhattan; profoundly influenced later skyscraper design
33	Fire Fighter		30 June 1989	Staten Island	Richmond (Staten Island)	Most powerful diesel-electric fireboat when built in 1938; still in use today
34	Hamilton Fish House		15 May 1975	Manhattan 40.730052°N 73.988583°W / 40.730052; -73.988583 (Hamilton Fish House)	New York	Home of Hamilton Fish, future Governor and Senator of New York
35	Flatiron Building		29 June 1989	Manhattan 40.741111°N 73.989722°W / 40.741111; -73.989722 (Flatiron Building)	New York	Considered the World's first Skyscraper. Distinctive triangular building at Madison Square; world's tallest 1901-1911
36	Founder's Hall, The Rockefeller University		30 May 1974	Manhattan 40.762471°N 73.955074°W / 40.762471; -73.955074 (Founders Hall)	New York	Building marked the start of John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s putting the vast family fortune to philanthropic purposes
37	Governors Island Governors Island National Monument		4 February 1985	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
38	Grace Church		22 December 1977	Manhattan	New York	Gothic Revival masterpiece designed by James Renwick, Jr.
39	Grand Central Terminal		8 December 1976	Manhattan	New York	Beaux-Arts architecture; historic rail gateway to New York City; largest train station in the world by number of platforms
40	Green-Wood Cemetery		20 September 2006	Brooklyn 40.6522°N 73.9911°W / 40.6522; -73.9911 (Green-Wood Cemetery)	Kings	Popular tourist attraction in the 1850s; most famous New Yorkers who died during the second half of the nineteenth century buried here
41	Hamilton Grange National Memorial		19 December 1960	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
42	Henry Street Settlement and Neighborhood Playhouse		30 May 1974	Manhattan	New York	One of the nation's first settlement homes where new immigrants and the poor could find assistance
43	Matthew Henson Residence		15 May 1975	Manhattan	New York	Home of Matthew Henson, African-American polar explorer who may have been the first to reach the North Pole
44	Holland Tunnel		4 November 1993	Manhattan	New York	Tunnel underneath the Hudson River, connecting Manhattan and New Jersey; civil engineering landmark; one of the earliest ventilated tunnels
45	USS Intrepid		14 January 1986	Manhattan	New York	One of the most active U.S. ships during World War II; today a museum moored along the West Side
46	James Weldon Johnson Residence		11 May 1976	Manhattan	New York	Harlem home of African-American artist-activist James Weldon Johnson
47	King Manor		2 December 1974	Jamaica 40.703021°N 73.80376°W / 40.703021; -73.80376 (King Manor)	Queens	Home of Rufus King, a signer of Declaration of Independence and early U.S. Senator from New York
48	Lettie G. Howard (schooner)		11 April 1989	Manhattan	New York	Last remaining Fredonia-type schooner (once the standard for American fishing boats) at the South Street Seaport
49	Lorillard Snuff Mill		22 December 1977	New York Botanical Garden	Bronx	Oldest existing tobacco-manufacturing facility in U.S.
50	Low Memorial Library		23 December 1987	Columbia University	New York	First building on Morningside Heights campus; capped by largest freestanding granite dome in U.S.
51	R. H. Macy and Company Store (Macy's)		2 June 1978	Manhattan	New York	Largest department store in world for many years
52	Claude McKay Residence		8 December 1976	Manhattan	New York	Home of African-American writer Claude McKay; now Harlem YMCA
53	McGraw Hill Building		29 June 1989	Manhattan	New York	Landmark Art Deco building; first U.S. building in International Style
54	Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower		6 February 1978	Manhattan	New York	Tallest building in the world 1909-13; still part of the skyline a century later
55	Metropolitan Museum of Art		24 June 1986	Manhattan	New York	One of the world's most important and prestigious art museums
56	Pierpont Morgan Library		13 November 1966	Manhattan	New York	Office, Library, and now Museum of J. P. Morgan; the Panic of 1907 ended in the Library
57	Morris-Jumel Mansion		20 January 1961	Manhattan	New York	Oldest building in Manhattan
58	National City Bank Building		2 June 1978	Manhattan	New York	Home to one of the country's largest and most important banks since 1908
59	New York Amsterdam News Building		11 May 1976	Manhattan	New York	Influential black newspaper the New York Amsterdam News was published here 1916-38
60	New York Botanical Garden		28 May 1967	The Bronx	Bronx	One of the leading botanical gardens in the world and home to many plant laboratories
61	New York Cotton Exchange		22 December 1977	Manhattan	New York	First commodity market in the U.S.
62	New York Life Building		2 June 1978	Manhattan	New York	Last significant Cass Gilbert skyscraper in Manhattan
63	New York Public Library		21 December 1965	Manhattan	New York	One of the largest and most important libraries in the U.S.
64	New York Stock Exchange		2 June 1978	Manhattan	New York	One of the first securities markets in the U.S.; still the world's largest
65	New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture		27 April 1992	Manhattan	New York	Original home of the Whitney Museum, the first devoted to 20th-century American art
66	New York Yacht Club		28 May 1987	Manhattan	New York	Oldest yachting club in U.S.; longtime home of the America's Cup
67	Old Merchant's House Seabury Tredwell House Merchants House Museum		23 June 1965	Manhattan	New York	Nineteenth-century family home; preserved inside and out
68	Old Quaker Meeting House (Flushing, Queens)		24 December 1967	Flushing 40.763028°N 73.830365°W / 40.763028; -73.830365 (Old Quaker Meeting House)	Queens	Only surviving 17th-century eccelsiastical frame building in New York; in almost continuous use since 1696
69	Philosophy Hall		21 July 2003	Columbia University	New York	Edwin Armstrong developed FM radio in this Columbia University building
70	Players Club		19 December 1962	Manhattan	New York	Extensive collection of art and theater memorabilia; interior redone by Stanford White
71	Plaza Hotel		24 June 1986	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
72	Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims		4 July 1961	Brooklyn 40.699272°N 73.993556°W / 40.699272; -73.993556 (Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims)	Kings	Important station on Underground Railroad when Henry Ward Beecher was pastor
73	Pupin Physics Laboratory, Columbia University		21 December 1965	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
74	Quarters A, Brooklyn Navy Yard		30 May 1974	Brooklyn 40.702494°N 73.981114°W / 40.702494; -73.981114 (Quarters A, Brooklyn Navy Yard)	Kings	Home to Matthew Perry at the time of his opening of Japan
75	Paul Robeson Home		8 December 1976	Manhattan	New York	Home of legendary African-American actor and activist Paul Robeson
76	Jackie Robinson House		11 May 1976	Brooklyn 40.648292°N 73.915081°W / 40.648292; -73.915081 (Jackie Robinson House)	Kings	Home of baseball great Jackie Robinson
77	Rockefeller Center		23 December 1987	Manhattan	New York	Successful urban planning projects of 20th-century America; changed Midtown Manhattan; originating site of popular NBC television programs Today and Saturday Night Live
78	Sailors' Snug Harbor		8 December 1976	Sailors' Snug Harbor	Richmond (Staten Island)	First and only home for retired merchant seamen in U.S.
79	St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church		23 December 1987	Brooklyn 40.694583°N 73.992975°W / 40.694583; -73.992975 (St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church)	Kings	Site of first figural stained-glass windows in U.S.
80	St. George's Episcopal Church		8 December 1976	Manhattan	New York	Home church of Harry Thacker Burleigh, African-American singer who helped establish the spiritual in the liturgy of many American faiths
81	St. Patrick's Cathedral		8 December 1976	Manhattan	New York	First large-scale medieval-style church built in U.S.
82	St. Paul's Chapel		9 October 1960	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
83	Margaret Sanger Clinic		14 September 1993	Manhattan	New York	Clinic where Margaret Sanger dispensed birth control
84	Gen. Winfield Scott House		7 November 1973	Manhattan	New York	Home of Winfield Scott, heroic general in the U.S.-Mexican War and later presidential candidate
85	Seventh Regiment Armory		24 February 1986	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
86	Harry F. Sinclair House		2 June 1978	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
87	Alfred E. Smith House		28 November 1972	Manhattan 40.713208°N 73.997962°W / 40.713208; -73.997962 (Alfred E. Smith)	New York	Home of four time New York State governor, Alfred E. Smith (and later presidential candidate) from 1907 to 1923
88	SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District		2 June 1978	Manhattan	New York	Believed to be the largest existing collection of late 19th-century cast iron facades in the world
89	A. T. Stewart Company Store		2 June 1978	Manhattan	New York	Site of the first American department store (now known as the New York Sun building)
90	Stonewall		16 February 2000	Manhattan	New York	Site of 1969 Stonewall riots which began gay rights movement
91	Surrogate's Court		22 December 1977	Manhattan	New York	Probate Courthouse across from NYC's city hall
92	Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street		19 April 1994	Manhattan	New York	Preserved tenement building that housed hundreds of immigrants; now the heart of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.
93	Third Judicial District Courthouse		22 December 1977	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
94	Tiffany and Company Building		2 June 1978	Manhattan	New York	Served as the home of Tiffany and Company from 1905 through 1940
95	Samuel J. Tilden House		11 May 1976	Manhattan	New York	Home of Samuel J. Tilden, former New York State governor and loser of the bitter 1876 presidential election
96	Triangle Shirtwaist Factory		17 July 1971	Manhattan 40.730011°N 73.995817°W / 40.730011; -73.995817	New York	Site of one of the worst industrial disasters in the US, which led to many workplace reforms
97	Trinity Church		8 December 1976	Manhattan	New York	Historic church which looks down Wall Street
98	Tweed Courthouse		11 May 1976	Manhattan	New York	Historic courthouse connected to Tammany Hall, now used by NYC's Department of Education
99	Union Square		9 December 1997	Manhattan	New York	The political heart of Manhattan; many protests begin or end here
100	United Charities Building		17 July 1991	Manhattan	New York	Built in 1893 by a wealthy businessman in order to provide his favorite charities a low cost location for their operations
101	U.S. Customhouse		8 December 1976	Manhattan	New York	Cass Gilbert designed Customhouse for New York Harbor; now part of the Smithsonian Institution
102	Van Cortlandt House		24 December 1976	Van Cortlandt Park	Bronx	Mansion for the Van Cortlandt family built in 1748 and used during the American Revolution
103	Voorlezer's House		5 November 1961	Richmondtown	Richmond (Staten Island)	Oldest known surviving schoolhouse in America; owned by the Staten Island historical society
104	Wards Point Archeological Site		19 April 1993	Tottenville	Richmond (Staten Island)	Archaeological dig in Tottenville
105	Woodlawn Cemetery		23 June 2011	Bronx	Bronx	Illustrates transition from rural cemetery to 20th-century styles; notable dead buried here include Robert Moses and R.H. Macy
106	Woolworth Building		13 November 1966	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
107	Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead		24 December 1976	Brooklyn 40.610851°N 73.951265°W / 40.610851; -73.951265 (Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead)	Kings	Housed Hessian soldiers during the American Revolution
108	Wyckoff House		24 December 1967	Brooklyn 40.644342°N 73.920777°W / 40.644342; -73.920777 (Wyckoff House)	Kings	Oldest surviving Dutch saltbox frame house in America

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	Location	County	Description
1	USS Edson		21 June 1990	Manhattan		Formerly at the Intrepid Air and Space museum.
2	Florence Mills House		8 December 1976	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, now demolished. The National Park Service withdrew its NHL status in 2009.

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