Historic Places to Visit from the LGBTQ Past

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Alphabetical List of Historic Places to Visit from the LGBTQ Past:

Town and Country Building, Liberty, New York. The saving and rehabilitation of this historic building, in the center of Liberty, in the center of Sullivan County, the center of the former Jewish resort industry, was initiated by four gay men when they read in a local newspaper in [????], that the Village of Liberty had received a grant to tear it down and replace it with a parking lot. The building was abandoned, deteriorating, and considered an eyesore. The four men were the late Allan Berube, graphic designer David Gibson, architect Cleve Harp, and historian Jonathan Ned Katz. That day these men began a long process that ended with the building declared a historic landmark, its classic 1950s facade restored by a volunteer group of Cornell historic preservationists, and the building's sale to a local family who in 2008 operate it as a large antique store. This is an example of the prominent role of gay men in the historic preservation movement, discussed in a book on the subject by Will Fellows, cited in the bibliography below.

Yourcenar, Marguerite. Home, Petite Plaisance. Mount Desert, Maine. Visit the cherished “country” home of celebrated French author Marguerite Yourcenar with its many mementos of her life, interests and achievements. Guided tours of Petite Plaisance are available daily, by appointment only, from July 15 through August 31. To arrange a visit, call (207) 276-3940 or send an e-mail to petiteplaisance@acadia.net.

Bibliography on Historic Places in LGBTQ History

Last name, First name. Title. Place of publication. Publisher. Date of publication. Annotation.

Fellows, Will. A Passion to Preserve: Gay Men as Keepers of Culture. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, May 2004. LC: 2003020531 HQ. 280 pp. 6 x 9. ISBN 0-299-19680-1. Cloth $30.00. http://www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/books/Passion.htm

Hurewitz, Daniel. Stepping Out: Nine Walks Through New York City's Gay and Lesbian Past Paperback: 334 pages. Publisher: Owlet; 1st edition (June 1997). ISBN-10: 0805041583. ISBN-13: 978-0805041583