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.
Landmark Name | Date Designated |
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Audubon Park Historic District | May 12, 2009 [3] [4] |
Audubon Terrace Historic District | January 9, 1979 [5] [6] |
Central Harlem - West 130th-132nd Streets Historic District | May 29, 2018 [7] |
Dorrance Brooks Square Historic District | June 15, 2021 [8] |
Hamilton Heights Historic District | November 26, 1974; [9] extension: March 28, 2000 [10] [11] |
Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Historic District and Extension | June 27, 2000; [12] extension: October 3, 2001 [13] |
Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Northeast Historic District | October 23, 2001 [14] |
Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Northwest Historic District | June 18, 2002 [15] |
Jumel Terrace Historic District | August 18, 1970 [16] [17] |
Morningside Heights Historic District | February 21, 2017 [18] |
Mount Morris Park Historic District and Extension | November 3, 1971; [19] [20] extension: September 2015 [21] |
Park Terrace West-West 217th Street Historic District | December 11, 2018 [22] |
St. Nicholas Historic District | March 16, 1967 [23] [24] |
Landmark Name | Image | Date Designated |
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115th Street Branch of the New York Public Library | July 12, 1967 | |
12 West 129th Street House | July 26, 1994 | |
17 East 128th Street House 40°48′29″N73°56′23.4″W / 40.80806°N 73.939833°W | December 21, 1982 | |
30th Police Precinct Station House (Former) (32nd Police Precinct Station House) | July 15, 1986 | |
155th Street Viaduct | 1992 | |
369th Regiment Armory | May 14, 1985 | |
409 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments (Colonial Parkway Apartments) | June 15, 1993 | |
555 Edgecombe Avenue Apartments (Roger Morris Apartments) | June 15, 1993 | |
935 St. Nicholas Avenue | June 27, 2023 |
Landmark Name | Image | Date Designated |
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Apollo Theater (Hurtig & Seamon's New (Burlesque) Theater), First Floor Interior | June 28, 1983 | |
General Grant National Memorial Interior | November 23, 1975 | |
Jackie Robinson (Colonial Park) Play Center Bath House Interior, First Floor Interior | April 10, 2007 | |
Low Memorial Library Interior, Main Floor Interior | February 3, 1981 | |
Morris-Jumel Mansion, First Floor Interior | May 27, 1975 |
Landmark Name | Date Designated |
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Fort Tryon Park | September 20, 1983 [25] |
Morningside Park | July 15, 2008 [26] |
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