Next week the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) will meet to consider granting the Stonewall Inn landmark status, Gay City News is reporting.

If approved, it would be the first time the LPC has granted the designation to a site solely for its significance to LBGT history.

Stonewall, of course, was the site of the historic Stonewall riots in 1969 and is considered by many to be the "birthplace" of the modern LGBT movement. The Commission will meet June 2 to discuss whether or not to schedule a public hearing about granting landmark status.

"The Stonewall Inn is widely known as the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement and holds a truly iconic place in history," LPC chair Meenakshi Srinivasan told Gay City News. "In addition to its cultural importance, the building still retains its architectural integrity from its period of significance during the Stonewall Rebellion."

Srinivasan called the bar "a worthy site that symbolizes one of the most important events in LGBT history for not only New York City, but for the entire country."

The Stonewall Inn is already on the National Register of Historic Places and is listed on the New York State Register of Historic Places.

Recognition by the Commission, which is separate from federal or state landmark status, would apply only to the exterior. (The bar's interior has been renovated since the 1969 riots, and is therefore not eligible.)

Separately, the National Parks Service has launched an initiative to recognize more sites associated with the LGBT community, and is encouraging the public to get involved.