{"nrhp_refnum":"99000562","name":"Stonewall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Greenwich Ave., Seventh Ave., Washington St., and Sixth Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.73377536550004,"lon":-74.00169424945821,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-05-27","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"2000-02-16","areas_of_significance":[],"significance_levels":[],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A site in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, made up of the former Stonewall Inn at 51-53 Christopher Street, Christopher Park, and surrounding streets and sidewalks. The two-story inn building dates to about 1843-1846, was combined in 1930 with a new facade, and was the scene of the 1969 Stonewall events.","why_significant":"The site is nationally significant for its association with the Stonewall uprising of June 28 to July 3, 1969, which began when police raided the gay bar and the crowd fought back. The nomination describes it as the major catalyst for the modern gay and lesbian rights movement. It argues the site meets the exceptional-significance standard because its importance was recognized almost immediately, has been widely studied, and is acknowledged internationally.","narrative":"Stonewall is a several-block area of Greenwich Village in Manhattan centered on the former Stonewall Inn at 51-53 Christopher Street and the triangular Christopher Park across the street. The inn occupies a two-story building begun around 1843-1846 as two separate stables, joined in 1930 for restaurant use behind a new brick and stucco facade that survives. In the late 1960s it operated as a gay bar. Police raided it around 1:30 a.m. on June 28, 1969, and the patrons and a growing crowd resisted instead of dispersing. Street confrontations continued over several evenings, ending on July 2 and 3, and at their peak drew several thousand people. The nomination presents these events as the catalyst for the modern gay rights movement, followed by new activist groups, commemorative marches, and international recognition. Christopher Park holds George Segal's sculpture Gay Liberation, installed in 1992. The bar space today still echoes the inn's two-room layout.","period_of_significance":"June 28, 1969 - July 3, 1969","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"no style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The 1930 facade remains intact. The building now holds two commercial enterprises, including a bar called the Stonewall in the western section. Christopher Park keeps its 1969 configuration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.839405-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99000562_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000562/b3e7eb772b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000562/b3e7eb772b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Antigng","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stonewall_Inn,_April_2019.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Antigng</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stonewall_Inn,_April_2019.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"79001604","name":"Greenwich Village Historic District (Additional Documentation)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/greenwich-village-historic-district-additional-documentation-79001604/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315976","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1261362"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/stonewall-99000562/"}