- List of National Historic Landmarks in New York
This is a list of all
National Historic Landmarks and certain other historic sites designated by the U.S. government inNew York State . The United StatesNational Historic Landmark (NHL) program operates under the auspices of theNational Park Service , and recognizes buildings, structures, objects, sites and districts of resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.cite web | last = National Park Service | first = | authorlink = National Park Service | coauthors = | title = National Historic Landmarks Program: Questions and Answers | work = | publisher = | date = | url = http://www.nps.gov/nhl/QA.htm | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-09-21 ] There are 256 NHLs inNew York state, which is more than 10 percent of all the NHLs nationwide, and the most of any state.Citation | last = National Park Service | first = | author-link = National Park Service | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | year = 2007 | date = November 2007 | title = National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State | place = | publisher = U.S. Department of the Interior | edition = | volume = | id = | isbn = | url = http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/LIST07.pdf | accessdate = 2008-01-25 (Note its count of 258 for New York has not yet been updated for the departure of U.S.S. "Edson" and absence of Coast Guard cutter "Fir".)] The National Park Service also has listed 20 National Monuments, National Historic Sites, National Memorials, and other sites as being historic landmarks of national importance, of which 7 are also designated NHLs. All of these historic landmarks are covered in this list.There are 135 NHLs in
upstate New York , 13 onLong Island , and 108 withinNew York City (NYC). Three counties have ten or more NHLs: New York County (Manhattan ) has 85; Westchester County, just north of NYC, has 17; and Erie County in western New York has 10. Eleven other counties have five to nine NHLs, nine have three or four, 27 counties have one or two, and the remaining twelve of the state's 62 counties have none. The first New York NHLs were eight designated on October 9, 1960; the latest was designated on September 20, 2006. The NHLs and other landmarks outside of NYC are listed below; the NHLs in NYC are in this companion article.Seven NHL sites are among the 20 National Park System historic areas in New York state. [NHLs that are also NPS areas: upstate
Thomas Cole House ,Fort Stanwix ,Lindenwald ,Kate Mullany House , and in NYCAfrican Burial Ground ,Hamilton Grange , andGovernors Island .] The other 13 National Park Service areas are also historic landmark sites of national importance, but are already protected by Federal ownership and administration, so NHL designation is unnecessary. A list of these National Park Service areas that conserve historic sites in New York State is also provided. Finally, three former NHLs in the state are also listed.Overview
New York State NHLs include nine prehistoric or other
archeological sites ,The nine archeological sites are:Ganondagan State Historic Site ,Fort Corchaug Archeological Site ,Fort Massapeag Archeological Site ,Fort Orange Archeological Site ,Lamoka Site ,Mohawk Upper Castle Historic District ,Schuyler Flatts , and two in NYC: (African Burial Ground , andWards Point Archeological Site ).] 12 historical Dutch farmhouses, manors, and historic districts,The twelve Dutch home sites are:Bronck House ,De Wint House ,Fort Crailo ,Jean Hasbrouck House ,Huguenot Street Historic District ,Hurley Historic District ,Philipsburg Manor ,Van Alen House , and four in NYC (Conference House ,Voorlezer's House ,Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead , andWyckoff House ).] and 20 architecturally and/or historically important churches or houses of worship.The twenty churches or houses of worship are: one of the three buildings inCobblestone Historic District ,Dutch Reformed Church (Newburgh, New York) ,Dutch Reformed Church (Sleepy Hollow) ,First Presbyterian Church (Sag Harbor, New York) , Harriet Tubman'sThompson AME Zion Church , the Indian Castle Church inMohawk Upper Castle Historic District ,St. Paul's Cathedral (Buffalo) ,St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Albany, New York) ,Willard Memorial Chapel-Welch Memorial Hall and 11 in NYC (Central Synagogue ,Church of the Ascension ,Eldridge Street Synagogue ,Grace Church, New York ,Old Quaker Meeting House ,Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims ,St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church ,Trinity Church ,St. George's Episcopal Church ,St. Patrick's Cathedral , andSt. Paul's Chapel ).] Fully 26 NHLs are primarily military, including 13 fort sites (five standing forts, three fortified houses, and five ruins),The thirteen fort sites include five standing forts:Fort Crown Point ,Fort Montgomery (Hudson River) ,Fort Niagara ,Fort Stanwix , andFort Ticonderoga ; three fortified houses:Fort Crailo ,Fort Klock , andFort Johnson ; and six ruins:Fort Corchaug Archeological Site ,Fort Massapeag Archeological Site ,Mohawk Upper Castle Historic District ,Fort Orange Archeological Site , andFort St. Frédéric .] five other battlegrounds,The five other battlegrounds are:Bennington Battlefield ,Newtown Battlefield ,Oriskany Battlefield ,Plattsburgh Bay , andStony Point Battlefield .] seven military headquarters, training facilities, arsenals and armories,The seven military support sites are:Washington's Headquarters ,Knox's Headquarters ,United States Military Academy ,Watervliet Arsenal , and three in NYC (69th Regiment Armory ,Quarters A, Brooklyn Navy Yard , and theSeventh Regiment Armory ).] and one military shipwreck site.The shipwreck site isLand Tortoise (shipwreck) .] One of these NHLs is associated with theAmerican Civil War ,The military site associated with the Civil War isWatervliet Arsenal .] while all the rest of these forts and other military places are associated with theFrench and Indian War and/or theAmerican Revolutionary War .There are 10 NHL ships, including a warship and a tugboat that served in
World War II , one warship that saw combat in theVietnam War , three sailing boats, twofireboat s and twolightship s.The ten ships are:Edward M. Cotter (fireboat) ,Modesty (sloop) ,Nantucket (lightship) ,Nash (tugboat) ,Priscilla (sloop) ,USS The Sullivans (DD-537) , and five in NYC (Ambrose (lightship) ,Firefighter (fireboat) ,USS Intrepid , andLettie G. Howard (schooner) ).] Salient in the list are 24 mansions,The 24 mansions include 17 in the Hudson River valley or otherwise outside NYC:Boston Post Road Historic District ,Clermont ,Jay Gould Estate ,E.H. Harriman Estate ,John Hartford House ,Hyde Hall ,Lindenwald ,Philipse Manor Hall ,John D. Rockefeller Estate ,Rose Hill (Fayette) ,Dr. Oliver Bronson House and Estate ,Montgomery Place ,Elkanah Watson House ,Philip Schuyler Mansion ,Sunnyside ,Villa Lewaro , andSamuel F. B. Morse House , and seven in NYC: (Bartow-Pell Mansion ,Carnegie Mansion ,Pierpont Morgan Library ,King Manor ,Harry F. Sinclair House ,Morris-Jumel Mansion , andVan Cortlandt House ).] and four sites primarily significant for their architectural landscaping.The four landscaped sites areSpringside (Matthew Vassar Estate) and three in NYC: (Central Park ,Green-Wood Cemetery , andNew York Botanical Garden ).] Many properties, numbering in the thousands, are contributing or non-contributing structures in the state's nineNational Historic Landmark Districts .The nine historic districts are:Boston Post Road Historic District ,Chautauqua Historic District ,Cobblestone Historic District ,Geneseo Historic District ,Hudson River Historic District ,Huguenot Street Historic District ,Hurley Historic District , and two in NYC:Brooklyn Heights Historic District andSoHo Cast Iron Historic District ).] Intellectual accomplishments of New Yorkers are associated with 22 sites, including nine university buildings,The nine university buildings are: Morrill Hall,Main Building (Vassar College) ,Vassar College Observatory ,Nott Memorial Hall ,Elihu Root House , and four in NYC: (Low Memorial Library ,Philosophy Hall ,Pupin Hall , andFounder's Hall, The Rockefeller University ).] ten other NHLs associated with inventions, inventors or scientists,The ten inventions and scientists NHLs are:General Electric Research Laboratory ,W. & L. E. Gurley Building ,James Hall Office ,John William Draper House ,George Eastman House ,Irving Langmuir House ,Franklin Hough House ,Samuel F. B. Morse House ,Jethro Wood House , and one in NYC: (Bell Laboratories Building ).] and four engineering landmarks, including two bridges that were once the longest of their types.The four engineering landmarks are:Old Blenheim Bridge ,Adams Power Plant Transformer House , and two in NYC: (Brooklyn Bridge andHolland Tunnel ).] Commercial accomplishments include 11 historic skyscrapers, five of which were once the tallest in the world,The eleven skyscrapers include five that were once the tallest in the world, all in NYC:Flatiron Building ,Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower ,Woolworth Building ,Chrysler Building , andEmpire State Building ), and six others:Prudential Building in Buffalo and five in NYC (Bayard-Condict Building ,Daily News Building ,Equitable Building ,McGraw-Hill Building , andNew York Life Building ).] seven stock exchanges and other buildings important in commercial history,The seven commercial buildings, all in NYC, are:A. T. Stewart Company Store ,American Stock Exchange ,New York Stock Exchange ,R. H. Macy and Company Store (building) ,New York Cotton Exchange , Chamber of Commerce Building, andTiffany and Company Building .] two bank buildings,The two bank buildings are:Troy Savings Bank and one in NYC: (National City Bank Building ).] five industrial facilities,The five industrial facilities are:Adams Power Plant Transformer House ,Harmony Mills ,W. & L. E. Gurley Building ,Rudolph Oyster House , and one in NYC (Lorillard Snuff Mill ).] and three water-basedcivil engineering works.The three water works are:Croton Aqueduct ,Erie Canal National Historic Landmark , andDelaware and Hudson Canal .] Two are architectural oddities.The two architectural oddities areArmour-Stiner House andNott Memorial Hall .]Political and social accomplishments are represented by four former mental care institutions (a legacy of the state's leading role in mental health care),The four mental care institutions are:
Utica State Hospital ,Buffalo State Hospital ,Hudson River State Hospital , andNew York State Inebriate Asylum .] 14 sites associated withsuffragettes or other women leaders,The fourteen sites associated with women leaders are:Susan B. Anthony House ,Kate Mullany House ,Petrified Sea Gardens ,Elizabeth Cady Stanton House ,Steepletop ,Harriet Tubman House ,Villa Lewaro ,Vassar College Observatory , and six in NYC (Alice Austen House ,Florence Mills House ,Henry Street Settlement ,Morris-Jumel Mansion ,New York Studio School (building) , andMargaret Sanger Clinic ).] fiveUnderground Railroad or other sites associated with abolitionists,The five abolitionist sites are:John Brown Farm and Gravesite ,Lemuel Haynes House ,Gerrit Smith Estate ,Harriet Tubman House , and one in NYC (Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims ).] , six sites associated with African-American leaders,The six sites later associated with African-American leaders are:Villa Lewaro and five in NYC (Matthew Henson Residence ,James Weldon Johnson Residence ,Florence Mills House ,New York Amsterdam News Building , andPaul Robeson Home ).] three sites associated with labor rights,The three labor rights associated sites are:Kate Mullany House , and two in NYC (Triangle Shirtwaist Factory andUnion Square )] and four sites associated with other social activism.The four other social activism sites in NYC are:Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site ,Henry Street Settlement ,Margaret Sanger Clinic , andStonewall .] In addition, there are 21 homes of other national leaders,The twenty-one homes of other national leaders are:Roscoe Conkling House ,Millard Fillmore House ,Gen. William Floyd House ,John Jay Homestead ,Johnson Hall ,Lindenwald ,Thomas Paine Cottage ,Elihu Root House ,William Seward House ,Gerrit Smith Estate ,Top Cottage ,Elkanah Watson House , and seven in NYC (Chester A. Arthur House ,Ralph Johnson Bunche House ,Hamilton Grange National Memorial ,King Manor ,Alfred E. Smith House ,Gen. Winfield Scott House , andSamuel J. Tilden House ).] and six government buildings that are significant on a national scale.The six government building are:New York State Capitol and five in NYC (New York City Hall ,New York Surrogate's Court ,Third Judicial District Courthouse ,Tweed Courthouse , andU.S. Customhouse ).] Community, arts and entertainment accomplishments represented include twoutopia n communes,The two utopian communes areMount Lebanon Shaker Society andOneida Community Mansion House .] theAdirondack Park and four of itsGreat Camps ,TheAdirondack Park 's four great camps are:Camp Pine Knot ,Eagle Island Camp ,Sagamore Camp , andSantanoni Preserve .] and five other retreat sites.The five other retreats are:Lewis Miller Cottage, Chautauqua Institution ,Chautauqua Historic District ,Lake Mohonk Mountain House ,Saratoga Spa State Park , andCanfield Casino and Congress Park .] No fewer than nine artist homes or studios are landmarked,The nine artist studios are:Frederic E. Church House ,Thomas Cole House ,Roycroft Campus ,Manitoga (Russel Wright Home) ,Thomas Moran House ,William Sidney Mount House ,Jackson Pollock House and Studio , and two in NYC (New York Studio School andAlice Austen House ).] as well as nine homes of writers and composers.The nine writer/composer sites are: three associated with John Burroughs (Slabsides ,Woodchuck Lodge , andJohn Burroughs' Riverby Study ), Edgar Eggleston'sOwl's Nest , Edna St. Vincent Millay'sSteepletop , Washington Irving'sSunnyside , and four in NYC (Will Marion Cook House ,Duke Ellington House ,Claude McKay Residence , andJohn Philip Sousa House ).] There are four club buildings, of which two are historical societies,The four clubs are:Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Building , and three in NYC (Brooklyn Historical Society Building ,New York Yacht Club , andPlayers Club ).] and eight entertainment venues or sites associated with entertainers.The eight entertainment venues or entertainers are:Canfield Casino and Congress Park ,Elephant Hotel ,Historic Track ,Kleinhans Music Hall , Playland Amusement Park, and three in NYC (Carnegie Hall ,Florence Mills House , andJackie Robinson House ).] Sixteen others are unique sites that are difficult to classify.The sixteen sites not elsewhere categorized are:Armour-Stiner House ,Holland Land Office ,Old House ,Palisades Interstate Park , and 12 in NYC (Cooper Union ,Dakota Apartments ,Governors Island ,Grand Central Station ,Merchants House Museum ,Metropolitan Museum of Art ,New York Public Library Main Branch ,Plaza Hotel ,United Charities Building ,Rockefeller Center , andSailors' Snug Harbor ).]Notable architects whose work is represented in the NHLs of the state include:
Alexander Jackson Davis (7 sites),Architect Alexander Jackson Davis designed (or contributed to the design of) a mansion in theBoston Post Road Historic District ,Dr. Oliver Bronson House and Estate ,Dutch Reformed Church (Newburgh, New York) ,Lyndhurst (Jay Gould Estate) ,Montgomery Place ,Locust Grove (Samuel F. B. Morse House) , andUtica Psychiatric Center .]Andrew Jackson Downing (2),Andrew Jackson Downing designedSpringside (Matthew Vassar Estate) andUtica State Hospital .]William West Durant (2),William West Durant designedCamp Pine Knot andSagamore Camp .]Leopold Eidlitz (2),Leopold Eidlitz designedNew York State Capitol andTweed Courthouse .]Cass Gilbert (2),Cass Gilbert designedNew York Life Building andU.S. Customhouse .]Henry J. Hardenbergh (2),Henry J. Hardenbergh designedThe Dakota andPlaza Hotel .]Raymond Hood (3),Raymond Hood designedDaily News Building ,McGraw Hill Building , andRockefeller Center .]Philip Hooker (2),Philip Hooker designedHyde Hall andRoscoe Conkling House .]Minard Lafever (6),Minard Lafever designed a mansion withinBoston Post Road Historic District ,First Presbyterian Church (Sag Harbor) ,Old Merchant's House ,Rose Hill (Fayette) ,Sailors Snug Harbor , andSt. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church .]John McComb Jr. (3),John McComb, Jr., designedHamilton Grange ,New York City Hall , andQuarters A, Brooklyn Navy Yard .]Frederick Law Olmsted (3),Frederick Law Olmsted designedCentral Park ,Buffalo State Hospital , andHudson River State Hospital .]Isaac G. Perry (2),Isaac G. Perry designedNew York State Capitol andNew York State Inebriate Asylum .]George B. Post (3),George B. Post designedBrooklyn Historical Society Building ,New York Stock Exchange , andTroy Savings Bank .]James Renwick, Jr. (4),James Renwick, Jr., designedGrace Church, New York ,Main Building (Vassar College) ,New York Stock Exchange , andSt. Patrick's Cathedral, New York .]Henry Hobson Richardson (2),Henry Hobson Richardson originated theRichardsonian Romanesque style withBuffalo State Hospital and also contributed to the design ofNew York State Capitol .]Louis Sullivan (2),Louis Sullivan designedPrudential Building andBayard-Condict Building .]Richard Upjohn (6),Richard Upjohn designedChurch of the Ascension (New York) , part ofGreen-Wood Cemetery ,Lindenwald ,St. Paul's Cathedral (Buffalo) ,St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Albany, New York) , andTrinity Church .]Calvert Vaux (6),Calvert Vaux designedCentral Park ,Frederic E. Church House ,Hudson River State Hospital ,Metropolitan Art Museum ,Third Judicial District Courthouse , andSamuel J. Tilden House .] andFrederick Clarke Withers (2).Frederick Clarke Withers designedHudson River State Hospital andThird Judicial District Courthouse .] The firmMcKim, Mead, and White participated in design of at least six buildings later declared to be NHLs.McKim, Mead, and White designedMetropolitan Art Museum ,National City Bank Building ,Pierpont Morgan Library ,Low Memorial Library ,Philosophy Hall , andTiffany and Company Building .] It was also that firm's work, Pennsylvania Station, whose pending demolition in 1963 launched an historic preservation movement in New York City and led to creation of theNew York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1965.cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/about/about.shtml
title=About the Landmarks Preservation Commission |accessdate=2008-01-26|work= |publisher=New York City]Current National Historic Landmarks outside New York City
The state of
New York , exclusive of NYC, is home to 148 of these landmarks, which are tabulated here. Of these, the first seven were designated on October 9, 1960; the latest two were designated on February 17, 2006. For consistency, the sites are named here as designated under the National Historic Landmark program. Twenty-three of these are also State Historic Sites (SHS), and fourteen are National Park System areas; these designations are indicated in italics.ee also
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List of National Historic Landmarks by state
*List of Registered Historic Places in New York
*Historic preservation in New York Notes
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*cite web|publisher=National Park Service|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/LIST07.pdf |title=National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State|date=November 2007|accessdate=2008-01-25|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior|format=PDF (Note its count of 258 for New York mistakenly includes the absent Coast Guard cutter "Fir".)
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nhl/ National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service]
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nhl/designations/listsofNHLs.htm National Park Service listings of National Historic Landmarks]
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