The South of Market location is within the city's Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District, but, according to the Bay Area Reporter, it's the first LGBTQ landmark designated within the district.Ī recently developed Eagle Plaza now fronts the bar and honors the city's leather, kink, and LGBTQ communities. The unanimous vote by the San Francisco supervisors had been expected after the city leaders provided preliminary approval for the declaration two weeks prior. Although Atlanta's Eagle received landmark status first, it was founded six years after the San Francisco location. of the same name to become a local landmark, following 2020's designation of Atlanta's leather bar as a historical landmark. This is the second leather bar in the U.S. The local queer community has been advocating for years to save LGBTQ+ sites before they are shuttered and their historical value lost.
The gay bar becomes the first leather community site to be named a historical landmark in the city. San Francisco supervisors have granted city landmark status to the San Francisco Eagle, a leather bar founded in 1981.
