America's Most Endangered Places

Each year since 1987 the National Trust for Historic Preservation has released a list of places they consider the most endangered in America. The number of sites included on the list has varied, with the most recent lists settling on 11. The name of the list has varied from "America's Most Endangered Places" to "America's Most Endangered Historic Places" to "America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places."

While many of the locations listed by the Trust have been preserved—with there being some argument about how important the Trust's listing has actually been to their preservation—there have been notable losses, such as 2 Columbus Circle, which is undergoing significant renovations, and the original Guthrie Theater, demolition of which was completed in early 2007.

2009 Places

• Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California
• Miami Marine Stadium, Florida
• Mount Taylor, Grants, New Mexico
• Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois
• Dorchester Academy, Midway, Georgia
• The Manhattan Project's Enola Gay Hangar at Wendover Air Force Base, Utah
• Ames Shovel Shops, Easton, Massachusetts
• Human Services Center, Yankton, South Dakota
• Memorial Bridge, Portsmouth, NH & Kittery, Maine
• Cast-Iron Architecture of Galveston, Texas
• Lana'i City, Maui, Hawaii

2008 Places

• Bonnet House, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Boyd Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• California State Parks, California
• Charity Hospital and the surrounding neighborhood, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Great Falls Portage, Great Falls, Montana
• Hangar One, Moffett Federal Airfield, Santa Clara County, California
• Michigan Avenue Streetwall, Chicago, Illinois
• Neighborhood of the Lower East Side, New York, New York
• Neighborhood of Peace Bridge, Buffalo, New York
• The Statler Hilton Hotel, Dallas, Texas
• Sumner Elementary School, Topeka, Kansas
• Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, Florida

2007 Places

• Brooklyn's Industrial Waterfront, New York, New York
• El Camino Real Historic Trail, New Mexico
• H.H. Richardson House, Brookline, Massachusetts
• Hialeah Park Race Course, Hialeah, Florida
• Historic Places in Transmission Line Corridors
• Historic Route 66 Motels, Illinois to California
• Historic Structures in Mark Twain National Forest, 29 counties in Missouri
• Minidoka Internment Camp, Hunt, Idaho
• Philip Simmons Workshop and Home, Charleston, South Carolina
• Pinon Canyon, Colorado
• Stewart's Point Rancheria, Sonoma County, California.

2006 Places

• Arts and Industries Building of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
• Blair Mountain Battlefield, Logan County, West Virginia
• Doo Wop Motels of Wildwood, New Jersey
• Fort Snelling Upper Post, Hennepin County, Minnesota
• Historic Communities and Landmarks of the Mississippi Coast
• Historic Neighborhoods of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Kenilworth, Illinois
• Kootenai Lodge, Bigfork, Montana
• Mission San Miguel Arcángel, San Miguel, California
• Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood, Cincinnati, Ohio
• World Trade Center Vesey Street Staircase, New York, New York

2005 Places

• Daniel Webster Farm, Franklin, New Hampshire
• The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Corridor, MD, PA, VA
• Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Belleair, Florida
• Camp Security, York County, Pennsylvania
• Eleutherian College, Madison, Indiana
• Ennis-Brown House, Los Angeles, California
• Finca Vigía: Ernest Hemingway House, San Francisco de Paula, CUBA
• Historic Buildings of Downtown Detroit, Detroit, Michigan
• Historic Catholic Churches of Greater Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
• King Island, Alaska
• National Landscape Conservation System, Western States

2004 Places

• 2 Columbus Circle, New York, New York
• Bethlehem Steel Plant, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• Elkmont Historic District, Tennessee
• George Kraigher House, Brownsville, Texas
• Gullah/Geechee Coast, SC AND GA
• Historic Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
• Madison-Lenox Hotel, Detroit, Michigan
• Nine Mile Canyon, Utah
• Ridgewood Ranch, Home of Seabiscuit, Willits, California
• State of Vermont, Vermont
• Tobacco Barns of Southern Maryland, Maryland

2003 Places

• Amelia Earhart Memorial Bridge, Atchison, Kansas
• Bathhouse Row, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
• East Side School and Middle School, Decorah, Iowa
• Little Manila, Stockton, California
• Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments, Chicago, Illinois
• Minute Man National Historical Park and Environs, Concord, Lincoln, Lexington, Massachusetts
• Ocmulgee Old Fields Traditional Cultural Property, Macon, Georgia
• TWA Terminal at JFK International Airport, New York, New York
• United States Marine Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky
• Urban Houses of Worship, Nationwide
• Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary Zone, New Mexico

2002 Places

• Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks, Statewide, Maryland
• Gold Dome Bank, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Hackensack Water Works, Oradell, New Jersey
• Historic Bridges of Indiana, Statewide, Indiana
• Kw'st'an Sacred Sites at Indian Pass, Indian Pass, California
• Missouri River Cultural and Sacred Sites, Midwestern States, MO, MT, KS, NB, ND, SD
• Pompey's Pillar, Billings, Montana
• Rosenwald Schools, Southern and Southwestern States, MD, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, LA, AL, MS, TX, AR, NM, OK
• St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia
• Teardowns in Historic Neighborhoods, Nationwide

2001 Places

• Bok Kai Temple, Marysville, California
• Carter G. Woodson Houses, Washington, District of Columbia
• CIGNA Campus, Bloomfield, Connecticut
• Ford Island at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Historic American Movie Theaters, Nationwide
• Jackson Ward, Richmond, Virginia
• Los Caminos del Rio Heritage Corridor, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas
• Miller-Purdue Barn, Upland, Indiana
• Prairie Churches of North Dakota, Statewide, North Dakota
• Stevens Creek Settlements, Lincoln, Nebraska
• Telluride Valley Floor, Telluride, Colorado

2000 Places

• Eisenhower VA Medical Center, Leavenworth, Kansas
• Fifth & Forbes Historic Retail Area, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Historic Neighborhood Schools, Nationwide
• Hudson River Valley, Statewide, New York
• Lincoln cottage, Washington, District of Columbia
• Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts
• Okeechobee Battlefield, Okeechobee, Florida
• Red Mountain Mining District, Colorado
• Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, California
• Valley Forge National Historical Park, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
• Wheelock Academy, Millerton, Oklahoma

1999 Places

• The Corner of Main and Main, Nationwide
• Angel Island Immigration Station, San Francisco, California
• Country Estates of River Road, Louisville, Kentucky
• Four National Historic Landmark Hospitals, Statewide, New York
• Hulett Ore Unloaders, Cleveland, Ohio
• Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• Pullman Historic District, Chicago, Illinois
• Richard H. Allen Memorial Auditorium, Sitka, Alaska
• San Diego Arts & Warehouse District, San Diego, California
• Travelers' Rest, Travelers Rest, Montana
• West Side of Downtown Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

1998 Places

• Black Hawk & Central City, Black Hawk & Central City, Colorado
• Cannery Row, Monterey, California
• Chancellorsville Battlefield, Fredericksburg, Virginia
• Governors Island, New York, New York
• Great Bowdoin Mill, Topsham, Maine
• Historic Courthouses of Texas, Statewide, Texas
• Historically Black Colleges & Universities, Southern States, MD, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, LA, AL, MS
• Mapes Hotel, Reno, Nevada
• Mesa Verde National Park, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
• Michigan's Historic Lighthouses, Exemplified by DeTour Reef Light, Statewide, Michigan
• Monocacy Aqueduct, Maryland

1997 Places

• Bridge of Lions, St. Augustine, Florida
• Cathedral of St. Vibiana, Los Angeles, California
• Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia
• Cranston Street Armory, Providence, Rhode Island
• Flathead Indian Reservation, Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana
• Historic Buildings Infested with Formosan Termites, Gulf Coast States, LA, FL, TX, MS, AL, GA
• Montezuma Castle, Montezuma, New Mexico
• Stillwater Bridge, Stillwater, Minnesota
• Vicksburg Campaign Trail, MS, LA
• Wa'ahila Ridge, Honolulu, Hawaii

1996 Places

• Adobe Churches of New Mexico, Statewide, New Mexico
• East Broad Top Railroad, Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania
• East End Historic District, Newburgh, New York
• Harry S. Truman Historic District, Independence, Missouri
• Historic Black Churches of the South, Southern States, MD, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, LA, AL, MS
• Historic Structures in Glacier National Park, Glacier National Park, Montana
• Knight Foundry, Sutter Creek, California
• Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas
• Petoskey, Petoskey, Michigan
• Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood, Maryland
• Uptown Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
• Wentworth-by-the-Sea Hotel, Newcastle, New Hampshire

1995 Places

• Archaeological Treasures of the Colorado Plateau, Statewide, Colorado
• Ashley River Historic District, South Carolina
• Bronx River Parkway, New York
• Farish Street Historic District, Jackson, Mississippi
• Historic Boston Theaters, Boston, Massachusetts
• Ossabaw Island, Ossabaw Island, Georgia
• South Pass, South Pass, Wyoming
• Tugboat Hoga, Oakland, California
• Village of East Aurora, East Aurora, New York
• Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Fair Park's Texas Centennial Buildings, Dallas, Texas

1994 Places

• Fair Park's Texas Centennial Buildings, Dallas, Texas
• Cape Cod, Massachusetts
• Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin
• Historic Northern Virginia Piedmont, Virginia Piemont, Virginia
• Manuelito Archaeological Complex, Gallup vicinity, New Mexico
• Natchez, Natchez, Mississippi
• Oldest Surviving McDonald's, Downey, California
• The Cornices (and Buildings of Harlem), Harlem, New York
• The Old Mint, San Francisco, California
• U.S.S. Constellation, Baltimore, Maryland

1993 Places

• Virginia City, Montana
• Eight Historic Dallas Neighborhoods, Dallas, Texas
• Brandy Station Battlefield, Fredericksburg, Virginia
• Downtown New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Prehistoric Serpent Mound, Locust Grove, Adams County, Ohio
• Schooner C.A. Thayer, San Francisco, California
• State of Vermont
• Sweetgrass Hills, Montana
• Thomas Edison's Invention Factory, West Orange, New Jersey
• Town of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri

1992 Places

• Virginia City, Montana
• Eight Historic Dallas Neighborhoods, Dallas, Texas
• Ellis Island National Monument, New York Harbor, New York, Harlem New York
• Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• Louisiana's Historic River Road, Louisiana
• Sweet Auburn, Atlanta, Georgia
• West Baden Springs Hotel, West Baden Springs, Indiana
• Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Montpelier, Orange, Virginia
• Tiger Stadium, Detroit, Michigan

External links

• America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places: Archive