The first Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender site on the National Register of Historic Places is The Stonewall Inn. This building, along with the Gay Liberation monument across the street in Christopher Park, symbolizes the start of the Gay Rights movement in America.

During the early hours of June 29, 1969 New York Police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in Greenwich Village. Police raided bars catering to homosexuals for operating without a liquor license and often harassed patrons because they considered homosexuality indecent and illegal at the time.

On this particular raid, clientele of the Stonewall and onlookers became enraged and began to fight back. They threw bottles and bricks and injured four police officers who arrested patrons and staff members.

For several nights following the Stonewall Riot, hostile crowds gathered outside of the bar.

In the wake of the Stonewall Riot, homosexuals in the area collectivized and formed organizations such as the Gay Liberation Front and Gay Activists Alliance igniting the Gay Rights Movement.

On the first anniversary of the Stonewall Riot, thousands marched through the streets of New York, from Greenwich Village to Central Park, in what they called a "Gay-In" and declared it Gay Liberation Day. Cited, along with others occurring simultaneously around the country, as the first Gay Pride Parade in United States History.

Unveiled in 1992, the Gay Liberation Monument in Christopher Park is adjacent to the Stonewall Inn. On the 30 year anniversary of the riot, the National Register added the Stonewall Inn to its list of Historic Places.