(draft) F. W. Woolworth Company Building National Historic Landmark Nomination
Eskew G and Farrisee A. 2024. (draft) F. W. Woolworth Company Building National Historic Landmark Nomination. National Park Service. Washington, DC
This property is the subject of a pending National Historic Landmark nomination. The September 2024 draft of the National Historic Landmark nomination for the F. W. Woolworth Company Building will be considered by the National Park System Advisory Board (NPSAB) at its meeting on December 9-10, 2024. The NPSAB will evaluate whether to recommend that the Secretary of the Interior proceed with designation. The National Historic Landmark (NHL) nomination for the F. W. Woolworth Company Building in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina documents its national significance under NHL Criterion 1 as the location of the Greensboro sit-ins that launched the nationwide sit-in movement to protest racial discrimination in public accommodations, marked a shift in leadership of the civil rights movement, and inspired other protest movements in the 1960s. The period of national significance is February 1, 1960 to July 25, 1960.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Eskew, Glenn; Farrisee, Anne
- Date of Issue
- 2024-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Keywords
- National Historic Landmark; Greensboro; North Carolina; civil rights; sit-ins; African American; Black