Political Notes: CA panel supports designations for three LGBTQ historic properties
A trio of California sites important to the history of the LGBTQ community has received support for being designated as such from a state panel.
One of the three is Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco. The California State Historical Resources Commission unanimously voted 6-0 Friday, January 21, to recommend the liberal congregation's Tenderloin sanctuary plus an adjacent apartment building and the Morris Kight House in Los Angeles for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
It also voted to add the Black Cat Tavern in Los Angeles to the list of California Historical Landmarks. The three were among eight properties of historic significance for various reasons throughout the Golden State that the commission voted on at its first quarterly meeting of 2022. "California certainly has a diverse history," said commission chair Lee Adams III.
For Glide and the Kight house it is now up to the State Historic Preservation Officer for approval and submission to their federal counterpart.
