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Other guests included New York City Ballet co-founder Lincoln Kerstein, fashion designer Bill Blass, actor Henry Fonda, actress Gertrude Lawrence, and actress Katharine Hepburn. Carrington House — Cherry Grove, New York
The Carrington House was a bungalow in Cherry Grove, New York, acquired by theater director Frank Carrington in 1927. This location ultimately became the center of the neighborhood’s growing gay community and the campaign headquarters for his various runs for office.
Dr. Franklin E. Kameny Residence — Washington, DC
Considered to be the father of gay rights activism, Dr. Franklin E. Kameny moved into a residence in Washington, DC that soon thereafter became the headquarters for a gay civil rights organization that began in the 1960s. These riots were the direct result of when Los Angeles police force raided the bar on New Year’s Eve, beating a large portion of the crowd with any objects that they could find.
Pauli Murray Family Home — Durham, North Carolina
This home belonged to the incredibly prolific reverend and pioneering legal advocate of African-American civil rights in the 20th century. Clad entirely in white glazed terra cotta, the twelve-story building features monumental piers and mullions that soar upward to round arches, culminating in a row of winged angels amidst a profusion of Sullivan’s highly distinctive organic ornamentation.
Entry by Jay Shockley, project director (October 2017).
NOTE: Names above in bold indicate LGBT people.
The Berkey and Gay Furniture Company Factory, now The Boardwalk Building, marks the importance of furniture manufacturing in Grand Rapids from 1870 to 1929 and of mixed-use redevelopment to the economic and social health of the city today.
In 1873, Julius Berkey and George Gay formed the Berkey and Gay Furniture Company.
It took several years for the state legislature to pass a law (in 1921) that limited building heights to 90 feet in the vicinity of the capitol. This event eventually led to the emergence of gay pride parades around the nation — usually held during the month of June to honor the Stonewall Riots. Murray, certainly ahead of her time, longed to be a man and even took hormones for a short period, but eventually settled into life as an androgynous lesbian.
That was not the case for his Lake Forest project on the southern banks of Lake Wingra, the notorious “Lost City.” Platted in 1915, the development had failed by 1922 and the property became part of the University of Wisconsin Arboretum.
Upon Leonard Gay’s passing the State Journal noted that he was responsible for “the first of Madison’s tall office structures.” Nonetheless, his name disappeared from the high-rise in the 1970s when it was purchased and renovated by Hovde Properties and redubbed the Churchill Building.
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The 15 Most Important LGBTQ Landmarks in the US
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Now, guests can visit the present-day Black Cat restaurant, which pays homage to the original bar with photographs lining the walls.
2. In the years since his death, the Stonington Village Improvement Association has designated Merrill’s former home as a rent-free space for writers and scholars to use.
In 1882 Berkey and Gay built and equipped a factory complex of manufacturing, office, warehouse, shipping, and showroom space that occupied three-square blocks at 178 Canal Street (now Monroe Avenue at Michigan Street). Decades later, the store has been converted into the Human Rights Campaign Action Center and Store, with a plaque in front of the store memorializing Milk.
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The company's superb woodworking facilities and concern for the workers' welfare had few equals at this time. To this day, visitors can enjoy the historical gravity of this building — along with the building’s mission to help women and girls find their rightful place in the world.
10. Currently, funds are being raised to turn her childhood home, considered a National Historic Landmark, into a museum for the public and a way to memorialize her amazing legacy.15.
Federal Building — San Francisco, California
While the Federal Building in San Francisco, California, hasn’t received any special designation by the government declaring it an important site in LGBTQ culture, it once saw a truly groundbreaking protest demonstrated by members of the LGBTQ community. Since its creation, the Gay People at Columbia group has made substantial changes in the LGBT scene at the university and beyond.