The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), formed in 1965, is the New York City governmental commission that administers the city's Landmarks Preservation Law. Since its founding, it has designated over a thousand landmarks, classified into four categories: individual landmarks, interior landmarks, scenic landmarks, and historic districts.
The New York City borough of Manhattan contains a high concentration of designated landmarks, interior landmarks and historic districts. The section of Manhattan above 110th Street is known as Upper Manhattan. It includes numerous individual landmarks and historic districts, as well as two scenic landmarks. The following is an incomplete list. Some of these are also National Historic Landmark (NHL) sites, and NHL status is noted where known.
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Historic Districts Landmark NameDate Designated Audubon Park Historic District Audubon Terrace Historic District Central Harlem - West 130th-132nd Streets Historic District Dorrance Brooks Square Historic District Hamilton Heights Historic District ; extension: Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Historic District and Extension ; extension: Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Northeast Historic District Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Northwest Historic District Jumel Terrace Historic District Morningside Heights Historic District Mount Morris Park Historic District and Extension ; extension: Park Terrace West-West 217th Street Historic District St. Nicholas Historic District
Individual Landmarks 1 – 9 Landmark Name Image Date Designated 115th Street Branch of the New York Public Library 12 West 129th Street House 17 East 128th Street House 30th Police Precinct Station House (Former) (32nd Police Precinct Station House) 155th Street Viaduct 369th Regiment Armory 409 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments (Colonial Parkway Apartments) 555 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments (Roger Morris Apartments) 935 St. Nicholas Avenue
A – M Landmark Name Image Date Designated Abyssinian Baptist Church and Community House Apollo Theater (Hurtig & Seamon's New (Burlesque) Theater) Astor Row (8-62 (even) West 130th Street Houses) , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , James A. and Ruth M. Bailey House Nicholas C. and Agnes Benziger House Casa Italiana Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine and the Cathedral Close Chapel of the Intercession Chapel of the Intercession Vicarage Church of All Saints (Roman Catholic), Parish House and School Church of Notre Dame Church of Notre Dame Rectory, 405 West 114th Street Church of St. Joseph of the Holy Family, 401-403 West 125th Street City College of New York, North Campus Claremont Theater Building Cloisters, The (Metropolitan Museum of Art) (CB12) Croton Aqueduct Gate House Croton Aqueduct West 119th Street Gatehouse Dunbar Apartments Dyckman House Fire Engine Company No. 47 (502 West 113th Street) Fire Engine Company No. 67 (518 West 170th Street) Fire Engine Company No. 84 and Hook & Ladder Company No. 34 (513-515 West 161st Street) Fire Hook & Ladder Company No. 14 (Fire Engine Company No. 36) (120 East 125th Street) Fort Washington Presbyterian Church Benjamin Franklin High School (now Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics), 260 Pleasant Avenue General Grant National Memorial Graham Court Apartments Hamilton Grange Hamilton Theater (Former) (Broadway & West 146th Street) Harlem Courthouse Harlem River Houses High Bridge, Aqueduct, and Pedestrian Walk Highbridge Play Center Historic Street Lampposts Hotel Cecil and Minton's Playhouse Holyrood Episcopal Church Hotel Theresa (Theresa Towers) Langston Hughes House IRT Broadway Line Viaduct (Manhattan Valley Viaduct) Jeffrey's Hook Lighthouse ("Little Red Lighthouse") Loew's 175th Street Theatre (4140 Broadway) Joseph Loth & Company Silk Ribbon Mill (500 West 151st Street at Amsterdam Avenue) Low Memorial Library, Columbia University Macombs Dam Bridge (Central Bridge) and 155th Street Viaduct Metropolitan Baptist Church (New York City) (New York Presbyterian Church) (151 West 128th Street) Morris-Jumel Mansion Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Mount Morris Bank Building (Corn Exchange Bank, Mount Morris Branch) (81-85 East 125th Street at Park Avenue) Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church (Second Reformed Presbyterian Church (Former)) (304-308 West 122nd Street)
N – Z Landmark Name Image Date Designated New York Public Library, 125th Street Branch New York Public Library, Aguilar Branch (174 East 110th Street) New York Public Library, George Bruce Branch (518 West 125th Street) New York Public Library, Hamilton Grange Branch New York Public Library, Harlem Branch New York Training School for Teachers/New York Model School (later A. Philip Randolph Campus High School) (443 West 135th Street) Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church 472 West 142nd Street Plant and Scrymser Pavilions for Private Patients, St. Luke's Hospital (St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center)(401 West 113th Street & 400 West 114th Street) Regent Theater (First Corinthian Baptist Church), 1910 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard Riverside Church Jackie Robinson (Colonial Park) Play Center St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church, New York (209 West 132nd Street) St. Andrew's Church St. Martin's Episcopal Church St. Martin's Episcopal Church Rectory, 18 W122 St St. Mary Protestant Episcopal Church (Manhattanville), Parish House, and Sunday School (521 West 126th St) Saint Paul Roman Catholic Church (now Parish of St. Paul and Holy Rosary), 121 East 117th Street St. Paul's Chapel (Columbia University) St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church (Former)(12th Church of Christ, Scientist; Greater Metropolitan Baptist Church, 147 West 123rd Street) St. Philip's Episcopal Church Schomburg Collection for Research in Black Culture (West 135th Street Branch Library) Thomas Jefferson Play Center Union Theological Seminary: Brown Memorial Tower, James Tower & James Memorial Chapel University Heights Bridge Wadleigh High School for Girls (Wadleigh School, 215 West 114th Street) Washington Apartments (Seventh Avenue & 122nd Street) Washington Bridge Watch Tower Water Tower Webber Packing House (207-215 East 119th Street) Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Building, 135th Street (Harlem) Branch (180 West 135th Street) Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Building, West 135th Street Branch (now Jackie Robinson YMCA Youth Center) (181 West 135th Street)
Interior Landmarks Landmark NameImageDate Designated Apollo Theater (Hurtig & Seamon's New (Burlesque) Theater), First Floor Interior General Grant National Memorial Interior Jackie Robinson (Colonial Park) Play Center Bath House Interior, First Floor Interior Low Memorial Library Interior, Main Floor Interior Morris-Jumel Mansion, First Floor Interior
Scenic Landmarks
Landmark NameDate Designated Fort Tryon Park Morningside Park
See also List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan below 14th Street List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 59th to 110th Streets National Register of Historic Places listings in New York County, New York List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City
References
External links New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission New York City Landmarks Designation Reports New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission flickr Group