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Presence of cremains may impact Lyon-Martin House landmark request

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Due to the cremains of lesbian pioneering couple Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin being interred where they lived in Noe Valley, historians are calling on City Hall to landmark the entire property.

It would be the fifth city landmark specifically tied to LGBTQ history, if approved, and the first focused solely on lesbian history.

But the city's preservation advisory body is recommending that only the couple's former two-story cottage located at 651 Duncan Street be designated a city landmark.

It saw no need to include the adjoining garden plot where the couple's cremains are located, which has an address of 649 Duncan Street.

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