The Lyon-Martin House at 651 Duncan St. in Noe Valley. Photo by Shayne Watson.
Update 5/4/21: Today, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed an ordinance to designate the former home of pioneering LGBTQ and civil rights activists Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin as a local historic landmark. The Board will take a final vote on the ordinance at their May 11 meeting, after which the ordinance and landmark will be in effect in June. The site will become the city’s fourth landmark of LGBTQ+ heritage and the first associated with lesbian activism.
On Monday, April 26, the Board of Supervisors Land Use and Transportation Committee recommended city landmark designation for the Lyon-Martin House. Heritage has worked with Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, the GLBT Historical Society, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and Friends of the Lyon-Martin House to champion this important location to LGBTQ history. Our great thanks to Shayne Watson for spearheading these efforts, and to everyone who has supported the effort.
Some snippets from the journey:
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“The Board of Supervisors should embrace this opportunity to correct decades of oversight & inequity by approving the Lyon-Martin House as a SF landmark of women’s history & LGBTQIA+ civil rights activism.”https://t.co/2sIBdIsEdh@eBARnews @SFHeritage @GLBTHistory
— Saving Places (@SavingPlaces) April 26, 2021
