Seven NHL sites are among the 20 National Park System historic areas in New York state.
A list of these National Park Service areas that conserve historic sites in New York State is also provided.
[nb 11] Many properties, numbering in the thousands, are contributing or non-contributing structures in the state's nine National Historic Landmark Districts.
[nb 56] The firm McKim, Mead, and White participated in design of at least six buildings later declared to be NHLs.
[nb 57] It was also that firm's work, Pennsylvania Station, whose pending demolition in 1963 launched a historic preservation movement in New York City and led to creation of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1965.
[5] Download coordinates as: The State of New York, exclusive of NYC, is home to 155 of these landmarks, which are tabulated here.
Twenty-three of these are also State Historic Sites (SHS), and fourteen are National Park System areas; these designations are indicated in italics.
[13]: 94–95 In New York State, the William Floyd House within the Fire Island National Seashore and Ellis Island within the Statue of Liberty National Monument were both deemed NHL-eligible by the advisory board but were not designated.
[13]: 95 It was not until 1977 that a policy was promulgated that would allow for designation of a National Historic Landmark "whose primary significance is not related to its park's purpose".
[nb 58] Seven of the 20 were declared National Historic Landmarks, in several instances before receiving the higher protection designation, and retain their NHL standing.
