Liste der National Historic Landmarks in New York City

This article lists National Historic Landmarks, New York City Historic Sites, and National Monuments in New York City, which overlap.

National Historic Landmarks in New York City

There are 110 National Historic Landmarks in New York City. This list describes them all. In all of New York State there are 258, the most of any state. For those outside New York City, see List of National Historic Landmarks in New York State. One of these sites is also a National Monument, and there are two more National Monuments in New York City as well. These are listed further below. For consistency, the sites are named here as designated under the National Historic Landmark program.

	Landmark name	Image	Year of designation	Location	County	Description
1	69th Regiment Armory	Datei:69th regiment armory.jpg	19 Jun, 1996	Manhattan	New York	Home of the watershed Armory Show in 1913, which introduced America to modern art
2	African Burial Ground		19 Apr, 1993	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.
3	Alfred E. Smith House		28 Nov, 1972	Manhattan	New York	Home of four time New York State governor, Alfred E. Smith (and later presidential candidate) from 1907 to 1923
4	Alice Austen House		19 Apr, 1993	Rosebank	Richmond (Staten Island)	Home of photographer Alice Austen, now a museum
5	Ambrose (lightship)		11 Apr, 1989	Manhattan	New York	Marked the entrance to New York Harbor from 1908 to 1933
6	American Stock Exchange		06 Jun, 1978	Manhattan	New York	One of the world-class stock exchanges dating back to colonial times
7	Andrew Carnegie Mansion		13 Nov, 1966	Manhattan	New York	Home of Andrew Carnegie, now the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
8	A. T. Stewart Company Store		02 Jun, 1978	Manhattan	New York	Site of the first American department store (now known as the New York Sun building)
9	Bartow-Pell Mansion		08 Dec, 1976	Pelham Bay Park	Bronx	19th-century mansion in largest New York City park
10	Bayard-Condict Building		08 Dec, 1976	Manhattan	New York	Only Louis Sullivan building in New York City; one of the first steel skeleton skyscrapers
11	Bell Laboratories Building		15 May, 1975	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	Brooklyn Bridge		29 Jan, 1964	Brooklyn and Manhattan	Kings and New York	The first steel wire suspension bridge and one point, the largest in the world. Inspiration for Hart Crane's poem, "The Bridge"
13	Brooklyn Heights Historic District		12 Jan, 1965	Brooklyn	Kings	Exemplary collection of 19th-century architectural styles; first historic district in New York City
14	Brooklyn Historical Society Building		17 Jul, 1991	Brooklyn	Kings	One of the few remaining buildings by George W. Post; innovative structural system
15	Carnegie Hall		29 Dec, 1962	Manhattan	New York	One of the most famous music venues in the world
16	Central Park		23 May, 1963	Manhattan	New York	The Green Lung of the city, it is one of the most visited city parks in the world. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.
17	Central Synagogue		15 May, 1975	Manhattan	New York	Oldest synagogue continuously in use by a New York City Jewish congregation. Built in a Moorish Revival style to recognize imporance of that period in Jewish history.
18	Chamber of Commerce Building		22 Dec, 1977	Manhattan	New York	New York City's Chamber of Commerce, established in 1768, was the prototype for the organization
19	Chester A. Arthur House		12 Dec, 1965	Manhattan	New York	Home of president Chester A. Arthur; he took his inaugural oath here.
20	Chrysler Building			Manhattan	New York	Art Deco skyscraper is a distinctive feature of Manhattan skyline; was at one point world's tallest building
21	Church of the Ascension		23 Dec, 1987	Manhattan	New York	Early church design by Richard Upjohn; valuable interior artwork
22	City Hall		19 Dec, 1960	Manhattan	New York	Oldest city hall in U.S. still in use as main municipal government building
23	Claude McKay Residence		08 Dec, 1976	Manhattan	New York	Home of African-American writer Claude McKay. Now Harlem YMCA
24	Conference House		23 May, 1966	Tottenville	Richmond (Staten Island)	Only surviving pre-Revolutionary War manor house in New York City; site of unsuccessful peace conference in 1776.
25	Cooper Union		04 Jul, 1961	Manhattan	New York	Pioneering adult education center; site of famous anti-slavery speech by Abraham Lincoln
26	Daily News Building	Datei:HughFerris1.jpg	29 Jun, 1989	Manhattan	New York	First modernistic free-standing skyscraper designed by Raymond Hood.
27	Dakota Apartments		08 Dec, 1976	Manhattan	New York	Combination of Renaissance architectural styles by Henry Hardenbergh; in modern times known as the setting for Rosemary's Baby and the shooting death of John Lennon
28	Duke Ellington House		11 May, 1976	Manhattan	New York	Ellington, the legendary jazz composer and bandleader, lived in Apartment 4A from 1939-61
29	Dyckman House		24 Dec, 1967	Manhattan	New York	Only remaining farmhouse in Manhattan
30	USS Edson (DD-946)		21 Jun, 1990	Manhattan	New York soon to be moved to Wisconsin	One of two surviving Forrest Sherman-class destroyers; saw action from World War II to Vietnam
31	Eldridge Street Synagogue		19 Jun, 1996	Manhattan	New York	One of the oldest synagogues in the U.S.; first built by Jews from Eastern Europe.
32	Empire State Building		24 Jun, 1986	Manhattan	New York	Current tallest building in New York and internationally-recognized symbol of the city
33	Equitable Building		02 Jun, 1978	Manhattan	New York	One of the earliest skyscrapers in Manhattan; concerns over its construction resulted in zoning changes which profoundly influenced later skyscraper design
34	Firefighter (fireboat)		30 Jun, 1989	Staten Island	Richmond (Staten Island)	Most powerful diesel-electric fireboat when built in 1938; still in use today
35	Flatiron Building		29 Jun, 1989	Manhattan	New York	Distinctive triangular building at Madison Square was world's tallest for a decade following its 1901 construction
36	Florence Mills House		08 Dec, 1976	Manhattan	New York	Site of home of Florence Mills, popular African-American singer and actress in the 1920s (Note: The NPS may have designated the wrong address)
37	Founder's Hall, The Rockefeller University		30 May, 1974	Manhattan	New York	Building marked the start of John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s putting the vast family fortune to philanthropic purposes.
38	Gen. Winfield Scott House		07 Nov, 1973	Manhattan	New York	Home of Winfield Scott, heroic general in the U.S.-Mexican War and later presidential candidate
39	Governors Island	Datei:Govisland.jpg	04 Feb, 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
40	Grace Church		22 Dec, 1977	Manhattan	New York	a Gothic Revival masterpiece designed by [[[James Renwick, Jr.]]
41	Grand Central Terminal	Datei:Grand Central test.jpg	08 Dec, 1976	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		20 Sep, 2006	Brooklyn	Kings	Popular tourist attraction in the 1850s. Most famous New Yorkers who died during the second half of the nineteenth century were buried here.
43	Hamilton Fish House		15 May, 1975	Manhattan	New York	Hamilton Fish, future Governor and Senator of New York, was born and resided here from 1808 - 1838
44	Hamilton Grange National Memorial		19 Dec, 1960	Manhattan	New York	the 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
45	Harry F. Sinclair House		02 Jun, 1978	Manhattan	New York	Harry F. Sinclair, the oil industrialist, lived here from 1918- 1930. Now part of the Ukrainian Institute, it's dramatic features and location are often used in film and television.
46	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
47	Holland Tunnel			Manhattan	New York	Tunnel underneath the Hudson River, connecting Manhattan and New Jersey. A civil engineering landmark; one of the earliest ventilated tunnels
48	USS Intrepid			Manhattan	New York	One of the most active U.S. ships during World War ii; today a museum moored along the West Side
49	Jackie Robinson House		11 May, 1976	Brooklyn	Kings
50	James Weldon Johnson Residence		11 May, 1976	Manhattan	New York	Harlem home of African-American artist-activist James Weldon Johnson
51	King Manor		02 Dec, 1974	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)		11 Apr, 1989	Manhattan	New York	Last remaining Fredonia-type schooner (once the standard for American fishing boats)
53	Louis Armstrong House		11 May, 1976	Corona	Queens	Home of jazz legend Louis Armstrong for 30 years
54	Lorillard Snuff Mill		22 Dec, 1977	New York Botanical Garden	Bronx	Oldest existing tobacco-manufacturing facility in U.S.
55	Low Memorial Library		23 Dec, 1987	Columbia University	New York	First building on Morningside Heights campus; capped by largest freestanding granite dome in U.S.
56	Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site			Manhattan	New York	Preserved tenement that housed hundreds of immigrants; now a museum dedicated to that period
57	Margaret Sanger Clinic			Manhattan	New York	Clinic where Margaret Sanger dispensed birth control
58	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
59	McGraw Hill Building		29 Jun, 1989	Manhattan	New York	Landmark Art Deco building; first U.S. building in International Style
60	Merchants House Museum		23 Jun, 1965	Manhattan	New York	Nineteenth-century family home preserved inside and out.
61	Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower		06 Feb, 1978	Manhattan	New York	Tallest building in the world 1909-13; still part of the skyline a century later
62	Metropolitan Museum of Art			Manhattan	New York	One of the world's most important and prestigious art museums
63	Morris-Jumel Mansion		20 Jan, 1961	Manhattan	New York	Oldest building in Manhattan
64	Nantucket (lightship)		20 Dec, 1989	Manhattan	New York	Largest lightship ever built
65	National City Bank Building		02 Jun, 1978	Manhattan	New York	Home to one of the country's largest and most important banks since 1908
66	New York Amsterdam News Building		11 May, 1976	Manhattan	New York	Influential black newspaper the New York Amsterdam News was published here 1916-38
67	New York Botanical Garden	Datei:NY Botanical Garden.JPG		The Bronx	Bronx	One of the leading botanical gardens in the world and home to many plant laboratories
68	New York Cotton Exchange		22 Dec, 1977	Manhattan	New York	First commodity market in the U.S.
69	New York Life Building		02 Jun, 1978	Manhattan	New York	Last significant Cass Gilbert skyscraper in Manhattan
70	New York Public Library		21 Dec, 1965	Manhattan	New York	One of the largest and most important libraries in the U.S.
71	New York Stock Exchange		02 Jun, 1978	Manhattan	New York	One of the first securities markets in the U.S. and still the world's largest
72	New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture		27 Apr, 1992	Manhattan	New York	Original home of the Whitney Museum, the first devoted to 20th-century American art
73	New York Yacht Club		28 May, 1987	Manhattan	New York	Oldest yachting club in U.S.; longtime home of the America's Cup
74	Old Quaker Meeting House		24 Dec, 1967	Flushing	Queens	Only surviving 17th-century eccelsiastical frame building in New York. In almost continuous use since 1696
75	Paul Robeson Home		08 Dec, 1976	Manhattan	New York	Home of legendary African-American actor and activist Paul Robeson
76	Philosophy Hall		21 Jul, 2003	Manhattan	New York	Edwin Armstrong developed FM radio in this Columbia University building
77	Pierpont Morgan Library		13 Nov, 1966	Manhattan	New York	Office, Library, and now Museum of J. P. Morgan. The Panic of 1907 was ended in the Library.
78	Players Club		19 Dec, 1962	Manhattan	New York	Extensive collection of art and theater memorabilia; interior redone by Stanford White
79	Plaza Hotel		24 Jun, 1986	Manhattan	New York	French Renaissance-style building is outstanding example of American hotel architecture and a symbol of elegance, visible from much of lower Central Park. Setting for Kay Thompson's popular Eloise series of children's books.
80	Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims		04 Jul, 1961	Brooklyn	Kings	Important station on Underground Railroad when Henry Ward Beecher was pastor
81	Pupin Physics Laboratory, Columbia University		21 Dec, 1965	Manhattan	New York	Columbia University building was site of first splitting of uranium atom in U.S. and other milestones in development of atomic bomb.
82	Quarters A, Brooklyn Navy Yard		30 May, 1974	Brooklyn	Kings	Home to Matthew Perry at the time of his opening of Japan
83	R. H. Macy and Company Store (Macy's)		02 Jun, 1978	Manhattan	New York	Largest department store in world for many years
84	Ralph Johnson Bunche House		11 May, 1976	Kew Gardens	Queens	Home of Ralph Johnson Bunche, eminent African-American diplomat and Undersecretary General of United Nations
85	Rockefeller Center	Datei:BirdsEyeRockPlaza.JPG	23 Dec, 1987	Manhattan	New York	One of the most successful urban planning projects of 20th-century America, it changed Midtown Manhattan completely. Originating site of popular NBC television programs such as Today and Saturday Night Live.
86	Sailors' Snug Harbor		08 Dec, 1976	Sailors' Snug Harbor	Richmond (Staten Island)	First and only home for retired merchant seamen in U.S.
87	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
88	St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church		23 Dec, 1987	Brooklyn	Kings	Site of first figural stained-glass windows in U.S.
89	St. George's Episcopal Church		08 Dec, 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
90	St. Patrick's Cathedral		08 Dec, 1976	Manhattan	New York	First large-scale medieval-style church built in U.S.
91	St. Paul's Chapel	Datei:StPaulsChapel3.jpg	09 Oct, 1960	Manhattan	New York	One of the few suriviving colonial-era churches in city. George Washington worshipped here following his inauguration. Site of informal memorials following September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on nearby World Trade Center buildings.
92	Seventh Regiment Armory		24 Feb, 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.
93	SoHo Cast Iron Historic District		02 Jun, 1978	Manhattan	New York	Believed to be the largest existing collection of late 19th-century cast iron facades in the world.
94	Stonewall		16 Feb, 2000	Manhattan	New York	Site of 1969 Stonewall riots which began gay rights movement.
95	Surrogate's Court	Datei:1-15-2007-22.jpg	22 Dec, 1977	Manhattan	New York	Probate Courthouse across from NYC's city hall
96	Third Judicial District Courthouse		22 Dec, 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.
97	Tiffany and Company Building		02 Jun, 1978	Manhattan	New York	Served as the home of Tiffany and Company from 1905 through 1940
98	Triangle Shirtwaist Factory		17 Jul, 1971	Manhattan	New York	Site of one of the worst industrial disasters in the US, which lead to many workplace reforms
99	Trinity Church		08 Dec, 1976	Manhattan	New York	Historic church which looks down Wall Street
100	Tweed Courthouse		11 May, 1976	Manhattan	New York	Historic courthouse connected to Tammany Hall, now used by NYC's Department of Education
101	Union Square		09 Dec, 1997	Manhattan	New York	The political heart of Manhattan, many protests begin or end here.
102	United Charities Building		17 Jul, 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
103	U.S. Customhouse		08 Dec, 1976	Manhattan	New York	Cass Gilbert designed Customhouse for New York Harbor. Now part of the Smithsonian Institution
104	Van Cortlandt House		24 Dec, 1976	Van Cortlandt Park	Bronx	a mansion for the Van Cortlandt family built in 1748 and used during the American Revolution
105	Voorlezer's House		05 Nov, 1961	Richmondtown	Richmond (Staten Island)	It is the oldest known schoolhouse in America, now owned by the Staten Island historical society
106	Wards Point Archeological Site		19 Apr, 1993	Tottenville	Richmond (Staten Island)	Archaeological dig in Tottenville
107	Will Marion Cook House		11 May, 1976	Manhattan	New York	the home of the leading black composer and musician
108	Woolworth Building		13 Nov, 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
109	Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead		24 Dec, 1976	Brooklyn	Kings
110	Wyckoff House		24 Dec, 1967	Brooklyn	Kings	oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America

National Monuments in New York City

There are three National Monuments in New York City:

• African Burial Ground National Monument, declared 27. Februar 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

See also

• http://www.nps.gov/history/nhl/designations/listsofNHLs.htm (National Park Service listings of National Historic Landmarks]
• Questions and Information Issues regarding National Historic Landmarks
• Vorlage:GeoGroupTemplate