On February 12, 2015 the National Historic Landmarks Committee, chaired by Dr. Stephen Pitti of Yale University, unanimously approved the nomination of the Henry Gerber House at 1710 North Crilly Court, Chicago, Illinois to move forward as a National Historic Landmark (NHL). The nomination goes next to the National Park Service Advisory Board in May…
Month: February 2015
Join the Rainbow Heritage Network in supporting National Historic Landmark designation for Chicago’s Gerber House
Rainbow Heritage Network strongly supports acceptance of the Henry Gerber home at 1710 North Crilly Court, Chicago, IL as a National Historic Landmark (NHL). The site has extraordinary civil rights significance as the place where the first chartered group was organized to advocate for the civil rights of homosexuals. The organization lasted from 1924 to…
